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One of the Castle Films newsreels, “Windjammer Thrills“ presents images of historic sailing ships including the USCG Eagle, and Germany’s Gorch Fock. There are also shots of the famed schooner Gertrude Thebaud, the American’s Cup and Sir Thomas Lipton as well as Britain’s newest 1937 America’s Cup challenger the Endeavour II. The race between it and the Ranger, a J-class racing yacht is seen with Ranger winning 4-0 at Newport, Rhode Island. It was the last time J-class yachts would race for the America’s
