Captain William Kidd, merchant man operating out of colonial New York and who became the most legendary pirate of all, has been the subject of a lot of speculation about his actual deeds, but even more importantly, did he bury a lot of loot somewhere?
MGM produced this 10 minute short subject using a few well known character actors to offer alternative views to some modern folk planning an expedition. There's a map of an island one of them has, but which of several thousand islands in the world.
In fact one of the islands which has been speculated about is Manhattan island. Kidd in fact was a native New Yorker. I remember first hearing about it as a lad and even speculating our house in Brooklyn could have been sitting on top of it. As if real estate values weren't high enough.
It's a good short subject guaranteed to stir imaginations even now.
MGM produced this 10 minute short subject using a few well known character actors to offer alternative views to some modern folk planning an expedition. There's a map of an island one of them has, but which of several thousand islands in the world.
In fact one of the islands which has been speculated about is Manhattan island. Kidd in fact was a native New Yorker. I remember first hearing about it as a lad and even speculating our house in Brooklyn could have been sitting on top of it. As if real estate values weren't high enough.
It's a good short subject guaranteed to stir imaginations even now.