French Ships in Sevastopol

Crimean Television, 1978. The video shows Sevastopol: the arrival of a fleet of French warships led by Vice Admiral de Bigot de Casanova, commander of the French Navy’s Mediterranean Squadron; a sailors’ parade; and ceremonial greetings.

We are publishing this video as part of the “Crimean Archives” initiative: a joint project of Public Broadcasting and the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive.