1 00:00:20,487 --> 00:00:24,719 Skilled hands bring the faded past to life 2 00:00:24,858 --> 00:00:30,296 and reach back to rescue treasures lost in the wake of time. 3 00:01:16,976 --> 00:01:21,879 Snatched from oblivion, aglow once more with original splendor 4 00:01:22,015 --> 00:01:27,146 priceless treasures from the past now live again. 5 00:02:18,037 --> 00:02:20,028 The paths that lead to treasure 6 00:02:20,173 --> 00:02:23,108 are often found by those who follow a dream. 7 00:02:23,843 --> 00:02:26,971 As a child, en Hyde's dream was to fly. 8 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,948 Today he is an airline pilot. 9 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:37,416 En Hyde lives in rural Virginia. 10 00:02:37,557 --> 00:02:41,288 Here, with his wife and daughter he pursues a larger dream 11 00:02:41,427 --> 00:02:45,329 and each day that dream comes closer to fulfillment. 12 00:03:19,332 --> 00:03:21,129 Nestled safely in its hangar 13 00:03:21,267 --> 00:03:25,397 an aeronautical wonder from another time is coming to life. 14 00:03:32,845 --> 00:03:35,837 Bearing the colors of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, 15 00:03:35,982 --> 00:03:40,817 it is a Curtiss JN-4D, one of the famous Jennys 16 00:03:40,887 --> 00:03:42,149 that first took to the skies 17 00:03:42,255 --> 00:03:45,918 after the United States plunged into World War I. 18 00:03:49,295 --> 00:03:52,594 With advanced designs, 6,000 Jennys were built 19 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:55,257 to train young American fliers. 20 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:58,870 Though she never fought in combat 21 00:03:59,005 --> 00:04:02,338 the Jenny helped redefine the rules of war... 22 00:04:02,475 --> 00:04:06,844 she taught a generation of pilots the principles of air power. 23 00:04:18,891 --> 00:04:22,588 After the War in the roaring 20th heats turned to the sky 24 00:04:22,729 --> 00:04:25,823 cause the bomb stormer roar across America 25 00:04:33,139 --> 00:04:36,973 Surplus Jennys were expendable prompts in the areo vaudevilles 26 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:40,443 which sometimes ended in tragedy. 27 00:04:54,661 --> 00:04:57,323 Today, only fragments remain. 28 00:04:57,997 --> 00:04:59,760 From such meager clues 29 00:04:59,899 --> 00:05:02,766 en Hyde has learned how the plane was built. 30 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:05,900 It basically was a hand-built airplane. 31 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:09,941 They had some automation but most everything was done by hand. 32 00:05:10,076 --> 00:05:12,977 I didn't see any reason why I couldn't do that 33 00:05:13,112 --> 00:05:15,342 if I followed the old procedures 34 00:05:15,481 --> 00:05:17,779 and did it pretty much as they did. 35 00:05:17,917 --> 00:05:20,112 And it was a test. 36 00:05:23,356 --> 00:05:25,824 En Hyde is returning his Jennys to the way she was 37 00:05:25,958 --> 00:05:29,519 when this man put her together in the Curtis Factory 38 00:05:32,198 --> 00:05:35,827 To recover a lost technology he's become a student of History 39 00:05:35,968 --> 00:05:40,166 Searching through manuals blueprints and old parts 40 00:05:42,408 --> 00:05:45,036 Here, he finds evidence hidden in a photograph 41 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:48,079 to help him reconstruct a wild-shield 42 00:05:58,224 --> 00:06:01,159 Fifteen years ago, en Hyde found the pieces of a Jenny 43 00:06:01,294 --> 00:06:03,888 in a building set for demolition. 44 00:06:04,897 --> 00:06:08,094 Before long he found the parts of two more. 45 00:06:08,234 --> 00:06:12,466 And there was a time when we had three airplanes in the basement 46 00:06:12,605 --> 00:06:17,235 of this little 1500-square-foot house in a subdivision. 47 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:21,711 I just remember things everywhere and I didn't know... 48 00:06:21,848 --> 00:06:23,372 I knew it was an airplane but 49 00:06:23,516 --> 00:06:25,108 you know, when you're that small, you don't realize 50 00:06:25,251 --> 00:06:26,275 that all these little parts and pieces are 51 00:06:26,419 --> 00:06:29,149 really going to go into something that fantastic. 52 00:06:29,288 --> 00:06:31,153 It almost seems like a dream. 53 00:06:31,791 --> 00:06:34,885 J just remember it being a very slow process... 54 00:06:35,027 --> 00:06:36,426 something that you looked at. 55 00:06:36,562 --> 00:06:38,154 You didn't touch. 56 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:39,992 You wanted to help, 57 00:06:40,133 --> 00:06:43,296 and you were politely told to go do something else. 58 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:48,366 Out of en Hyde's dream, the shape of a Jenny slowly emerged. 59 00:06:52,945 --> 00:06:55,106 He has spent months on small details 60 00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:58,911 to ensure the historic accuracy of every nut and bolt, 61 00:06:59,051 --> 00:07:02,748 for the Jenny must be authentic to be true to his dream. 62 00:07:07,527 --> 00:07:09,620 When I started the airplane 15 years ago, 63 00:07:09,762 --> 00:07:11,787 a lot of the workmanship at that time 64 00:07:11,931 --> 00:07:14,661 was geared to just being airworthy. 65 00:07:14,801 --> 00:07:18,237 And over the years the antique movement has changed; 66 00:07:18,371 --> 00:07:21,499 it's getting more into museum quality 67 00:07:21,641 --> 00:07:25,270 And the value of the airplane is based on being as authentic 68 00:07:25,411 --> 00:07:26,742 as you possibly can make it. 69 00:07:26,879 --> 00:07:29,848 It's very easy and it's a lot faster to do it 70 00:07:29,982 --> 00:07:33,543 with modern materials and modern techniques 71 00:07:33,686 --> 00:07:36,086 But more than anything else, if it's going to be preserved 72 00:07:36,222 --> 00:07:37,587 as a museum piece, it ought to be just the way 73 00:07:37,723 --> 00:07:39,691 it came from the factory. 74 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,462 Fifteen years of work now show in every detail. 75 00:07:47,033 --> 00:07:50,400 To cover just one wing it took days to stitch 76 00:07:50,536 --> 00:07:53,266 the Irish linen by hand. 77 00:07:55,341 --> 00:07:58,071 The family spent endless nights fraying the cloth tapes 78 00:07:58,211 --> 00:08:00,008 that cover the seams. 79 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:03,479 Even the varnish formula took months to develop. 80 00:08:04,217 --> 00:08:05,411 All clear. 81 00:08:07,053 --> 00:08:08,987 Okay, it's coming off the lip now. 82 00:08:09,522 --> 00:08:12,821 To be authentic the Jenny must be airworthy. 83 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:15,757 Before she can fly, her engine has to be tested. 84 00:08:15,895 --> 00:08:17,590 Real easy as it comes off. 85 00:08:18,197 --> 00:08:19,664 Enny, it's turning. 86 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:26,395 Okay, choke on. 87 00:08:26,539 --> 00:08:27,836 Choke on. 88 00:08:28,908 --> 00:08:31,433 The principle behind flying, and a lot of people say well, 89 00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:34,808 we shouldn't fly the airplane, because if you damage it, 90 00:08:34,947 --> 00:08:36,972 then all that work is for nothing. 91 00:08:37,116 --> 00:08:39,243 But we've been fortunate in that 92 00:08:39,385 --> 00:08:41,182 we have most of the parts and pieces, 93 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,288 and we can manufacture anything 94 00:08:43,422 --> 00:08:46,687 on the airplane with the exception of the engine, possibly. 95 00:08:46,826 --> 00:08:49,659 So hopefully, knock on wood, we won't damage the airplane, 96 00:08:49,795 --> 00:08:51,956 but if we do, we can restore that. 97 00:08:52,098 --> 00:08:54,658 So that's why we want to fly the airplane. 98 00:08:54,967 --> 00:08:55,991 Contact. 99 00:08:56,135 --> 00:08:57,193 Contact. 100 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:00,936 Choke off. 101 00:09:01,073 --> 00:09:02,233 Choke off. 102 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:05,108 Contact. 103 00:09:05,244 --> 00:09:06,142 Contact. 104 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:07,576 Throttle closed. 105 00:09:07,713 --> 00:09:08,907 Throttle closed. 106 00:09:12,018 --> 00:09:13,212 Way to go, baby! 107 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:44,539 On a summer afternoon, family and friends gather to see her fly. 108 00:09:46,185 --> 00:09:47,982 Okay, contact. 109 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,629 I did have stage fright that day with all those people 110 00:10:06,772 --> 00:10:10,264 because Murphy's Law says that if it's going to happen, 111 00:10:10,409 --> 00:10:12,969 it's going to happen right there in front of 230 people. 112 00:10:13,112 --> 00:10:16,604 But it's really exciting to see it all come together. 113 00:10:16,749 --> 00:10:20,048 It's just great when things start all flowing together. 114 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:22,781 It's been a long time, and it's been a lot of fun. 115 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:26,085 A lot of frustration sometimes, but it's been an awful lot of fun. 116 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:37,566 It really lifts off in a hurry, too. There it goes! 117 00:10:52,685 --> 00:10:54,152 Isn't it beautiful? 118 00:10:57,523 --> 00:10:58,512 It's gotta be exciting. 119 00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:02,754 It is really exciting for him. It is really exciting for him. 120 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:06,950 At 65 miles an hour, she soars again, 121 00:12:07,093 --> 00:12:10,722 one of four airworthy Jennys in the world today. 122 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:13,661 Forgotten skills have been relearned, 123 00:12:13,799 --> 00:12:16,529 and in the skies over the Virginia countryside, 124 00:12:16,669 --> 00:12:21,163 a priceless treasure from our past now lives again. 125 00:12:40,459 --> 00:12:44,122 In Auburn, Indiana, another treasure is up for sale, 126 00:12:44,263 --> 00:12:46,959 its value to be determined by the highest bidder. 127 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:50,034 You now have one of the rarest opportunities ever available 128 00:12:50,169 --> 00:12:51,966 in your lifetime to purchase 129 00:12:52,104 --> 00:12:54,766 one of the finest restored Duesenbergs 130 00:12:54,907 --> 00:12:57,205 in the history of the world... 131 00:12:57,343 --> 00:13:00,312 One of the greatest Duesenbergs ever created 132 00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:02,209 and one of the finest restoration 133 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:04,680 ever sampled on the Duesenberg automobile 134 00:13:04,817 --> 00:13:07,047 right here in Auburn, Indiana. 135 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:08,345 How much do you want to bid? 136 00:13:08,487 --> 00:13:10,421 Who will give one million five hundred thousand? 137 00:13:10,556 --> 00:13:11,181 Who will give... 138 00:13:11,323 --> 00:13:14,952 A model J Duesenberg glitters on the auction block, 139 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:18,894 and wealthy collectors who wish to possess it must pay the price. 140 00:13:19,031 --> 00:13:21,556 I got 500, and now 750? 141 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:24,100 Anybody wants to bid from 500 to now 750? 142 00:13:24,236 --> 00:13:29,071 I got 500 now, anybody wants to get 750? 143 00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:32,507 I got 600, and now 700. Anybody wants to bid in? 144 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:35,113 I got 600, anybody wants to bid 700? 145 00:13:35,247 --> 00:13:37,181 Lorance, you want to bid with the same two bidders? 146 00:13:37,316 --> 00:13:39,648 And 700. Now we 800. Anybody wants to bid in? 147 00:13:39,785 --> 00:13:44,688 Now 900. There. 900. Yes. He. 148 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:49,090 And 900. You'd better bid one million dollars. Anybody else? 149 00:13:49,228 --> 00:13:52,459 And 900. You'd better bid one million dollars to get you bid in. 150 00:13:52,598 --> 00:13:54,998 And 900. Anybody else? 151 00:13:55,134 --> 00:13:59,468 Would you get 950? Maybe you can help me get the million 152 00:14:00,105 --> 00:14:02,835 Going once, 950. 153 00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:08,038 Going twice, 950,000. Anybody else? At 950, 154 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:11,308 I close the bidding right here at 900,000 dollars. 155 00:14:12,218 --> 00:14:16,382 In the presence of a Model J, people tend to get stirred up. 156 00:14:16,522 --> 00:14:19,821 It's part of a legacy left by Fred and August Dusesnberg, 157 00:14:19,959 --> 00:14:22,257 who grew up on a farm near Rockfor, lowa, 158 00:14:22,394 --> 00:14:24,794 just before the turn of the century. 159 00:14:24,930 --> 00:14:27,421 Mechanically minded as young boys, 160 00:14:27,566 --> 00:14:30,467 they became innovators of engine technology. 161 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:33,003 But their first love was racing, 162 00:14:33,138 --> 00:14:35,402 the Indianapolis Speedway was the crucible 163 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:38,203 where new designs were put to the test. 164 00:14:38,344 --> 00:14:39,470 In the 1920s, 165 00:14:39,612 --> 00:14:44,447 their engineering genius brought the checkered flat tree times. 166 00:14:45,017 --> 00:14:47,918 In 1928, at their Indianapolis plant, 167 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:51,318 they created the ultimate passenger car. 168 00:14:52,691 --> 00:14:55,990 The owner of a super-charged Model J could cruise in luxury 169 00:14:56,128 --> 00:14:59,188 at 115 miles an hour. 170 00:14:59,698 --> 00:15:03,031 In Hollywood, the Duesenberg became the mark of a star. 171 00:15:03,168 --> 00:15:05,193 Clark Gable owned two. 172 00:15:05,337 --> 00:15:10,331 Gary Cooper's was goldenrod yellow with pale green fenders. 173 00:15:12,478 --> 00:15:15,845 James Cagney smiled behind the wheel. 174 00:15:15,981 --> 00:15:19,576 But the Depression finally caught up with the Duesenberg. 175 00:15:19,718 --> 00:15:25,554 Less than 500 had been built when the assembly line shut down for good. 176 00:15:29,361 --> 00:15:32,489 Duesenberg owners form an exclusive club. 177 00:15:32,631 --> 00:15:33,689 In Auburn, Indiana, 178 00:15:33,832 --> 00:15:38,132 they gather every Labor Day weekend to parade their restored Model Js 179 00:15:38,270 --> 00:15:42,036 before an admiring crowd of automotive enthusiasts. 180 00:15:51,116 --> 00:15:54,574 Owners love their Duesenbergs were further than enthusiasm. 181 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,553 Many obsessed to perfections. 182 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,487 Others simply enjoyed the status to come with ownership. 183 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:09,124 And pride, the showing off their treasures to the thousands who come to look. 184 00:16:12,104 --> 00:16:16,404 Some restored their Duesenbergs not to drive them, but to compete. 185 00:16:22,181 --> 00:16:25,708 Auburn native Phil Allison judges a restoration. 186 00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:27,846 Growing up around classic cars, 187 00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:31,013 he restores them today for wealthy collectors. 188 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:36,621 One of the best descriptive terms I've ever heard, 189 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:41,131 and it's not mine I get it from Gordon Buehrig's book. 190 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:43,461 And the title of his book is Rolling Sculptures. 191 00:16:43,602 --> 00:16:46,867 Morning, Ron. Have they brought the Murphy convertible in yet? 192 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:47,700 Yes. 193 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:53,506 And I think that it so neatly defines the work on these cars, 194 00:16:53,645 --> 00:16:56,375 whether it be the Duesenberg or the Cord. 195 00:16:56,515 --> 00:17:01,214 They were such unique cars, and they are truly works of art. 196 00:17:01,353 --> 00:17:05,414 I know for years I was always hoping for the opportunity to 197 00:17:05,557 --> 00:17:06,922 get to do a Duesenberg. 198 00:17:07,059 --> 00:17:08,583 Now we have three in our shop. 199 00:17:08,727 --> 00:17:10,251 And so... 200 00:17:10,396 --> 00:17:12,091 Now we have arrived. 201 00:17:12,231 --> 00:17:15,257 Today, let's get started on dismantling this car. 202 00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:20,065 Once owned by movie actor Tyrone Power, Model J Number 391 203 00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:24,835 has just been purchased for $610,000. 204 00:17:25,344 --> 00:17:29,041 Spruced up for the cheap coat of paint by its most recent owner 205 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:33,379 No.391 will now be restored to original condition of the grown up. 206 00:17:35,521 --> 00:17:38,547 We will probably spend around two years on the car. 207 00:17:38,690 --> 00:17:41,784 Maybe not quite that long, but it will be close. 208 00:17:41,927 --> 00:17:43,895 And there is a lot of things uh... restoration. 209 00:17:44,029 --> 00:17:47,521 But unsugest can be hurried duro on that car 210 00:17:47,666 --> 00:17:51,796 Several missing parts and it don't go in logo-parts orderly. 211 00:17:51,937 --> 00:17:59,139 Go to find them and there be several lighten on the difficulty come up with. 212 00:17:59,278 --> 00:18:05,080 And we can find them have to be fabricative. And it all take times. 213 00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:08,015 To do a total restoration, we're talking about 214 00:18:08,153 --> 00:18:10,781 dismantling the car completely. 215 00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:14,825 Then the rear end, or differential-rear-axle assembly, 216 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:16,894 will be totally gone through. 217 00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:21,056 The engine and transmission will be totally rebuilt. 218 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:25,660 The exhaust manifolds will be reporcelained. 219 00:18:26,238 --> 00:18:30,368 The Dusesnberg engine has an excessive amount of aluminum on it, 220 00:18:30,509 --> 00:18:32,977 which has to be highly polished. 221 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:36,809 There's a lot of hours of just polishing and cleaning. 222 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:39,713 The chroming itself is a major process. 223 00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:41,581 It's a triple plating. 224 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,486 You first cover it with copper and then it's buffed, 225 00:18:45,624 --> 00:18:47,819 then it's nickled, then it's buffed, 226 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,793 Then it's chromed, and then it's chrome-buffed. 227 00:18:50,929 --> 00:18:52,988 A lot of times we like to have a car sit 228 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:57,193 for four to six weeks just in primer. 229 00:18:57,336 --> 00:18:58,735 Then it's blocked. 230 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:02,329 Then we put on maybe four to five coast of lacquer 231 00:19:02,474 --> 00:19:06,808 and let it set for another four to six weeks. 232 00:19:06,945 --> 00:19:10,108 Once it's totally cured, then we'll sand off maybe 233 00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:13,480 three of four of those coats of paint and blocking it out. 234 00:19:13,619 --> 00:19:16,281 And then we'll put on another four to five coats, 235 00:19:16,421 --> 00:19:18,753 let it set for another four to six weeks, 236 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:22,327 and we'll probably end up sanding off two or three of those coats. 237 00:19:22,461 --> 00:19:26,989 And that's how we get the high luster-high depth finish. 238 00:19:27,132 --> 00:19:31,694 It takes obviously a fair amount of money to fund a project like this, 239 00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:35,830 and a lot of people are not in a financial position to do this 240 00:19:35,974 --> 00:19:37,805 until they're on in years. 241 00:19:37,943 --> 00:19:43,381 And some customers express concern that they're not going to live long 242 00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:45,813 enough to see the finished product. 243 00:19:46,251 --> 00:19:49,311 I think in most cases they are being a little facetious, 244 00:19:49,454 --> 00:19:54,391 but I can appreciate that when you look at a long-term project 245 00:19:54,526 --> 00:19:58,189 in your later years, it could be a concern. 246 00:19:59,765 --> 00:20:03,360 Restored for the pleasure of those very few who can afford it, 247 00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:06,938 the Duesenberg lives on in Auburn, Indiana. 248 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:11,642 But in a city for away, heroic endeavors are recovering 249 00:20:11,777 --> 00:20:13,404 the treasures of a nation 250 00:20:13,545 --> 00:20:16,105 for all the world to see. 251 00:20:18,183 --> 00:20:21,675 Through the heart of Leningrad flows the Neva River. 252 00:20:21,820 --> 00:20:25,153 Along these banks nearly three centuries ago, 253 00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:27,758 one man created a great city 254 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:29,292 St. Petersburg 255 00:20:29,428 --> 00:20:32,659 which became the capital of imperial Russia. 256 00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:38,459 Today, Peter the Great still looks out over his city. 257 00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:43,140 With watchful eye he gazes on wondrous visions... 258 00:20:57,189 --> 00:21:00,215 ...grand and exuberant visions of a tsar 259 00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:03,853 who like his country, was strong and proud 260 00:21:08,967 --> 00:21:13,165 ...fairy-tale places sprung up as if by magic... 261 00:21:15,407 --> 00:21:18,433 ...country playgrounds for the imperial court of Peter 262 00:21:18,577 --> 00:21:20,010 and his successors... 263 00:21:20,145 --> 00:21:22,443 ...designed by the great architects of Europe, 264 00:21:22,581 --> 00:21:24,742 created from exquisite materials 265 00:21:24,883 --> 00:21:29,183 by a multitude of craftsmen summoned from afar. 266 00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:42,361 On long winter nights, these rooms were made brilliant 267 00:21:42,501 --> 00:21:47,598 by candlelight reflected a thousandfold in crystal mirrors. 268 00:21:55,247 --> 00:22:00,708 Light danced on paintings overhead and set the walls ablaze with color. 269 00:22:02,487 --> 00:22:04,284 Light burned in gilded faces, 270 00:22:04,423 --> 00:22:07,756 as costumed nobility danced into the night. 271 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:15,600 They waltzed on parquet floors of wood from the forests 272 00:22:15,734 --> 00:22:19,932 of Europe and Asia, designed in astonishing patterns. 273 00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:34,450 Surrounded by their treasures, 274 00:22:34,586 --> 00:22:38,955 the stars and their court waltzed on into the 20th century. 275 00:22:39,391 --> 00:22:43,327 The dance ended with the Russian Revolution in 1917, 276 00:22:43,462 --> 00:22:46,397 but the palaces lived on as museums. 277 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:51,730 Then distant rumblings in Europe suddenly exploded on their doorstep. 278 00:22:57,776 --> 00:23:01,735 In 1941 Nazi forces surrounded Leningrad. 279 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:06,840 Hitler planned to level the city, but the Soviet Army would not yield. 280 00:23:06,985 --> 00:23:12,423 During the siege, the Nazis occupied four palaces on the city cutskirts. 281 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:19,224 After 900 days they withdrew, burning the palaces as they left. 282 00:23:31,009 --> 00:23:35,378 When the fires died, a nation's treasures lay in ruin. 283 00:23:35,881 --> 00:23:41,114 At the Catherine Palace, chimneys protruded from a roofless skeleton. 284 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:45,747 Statues-victims of bombshells and gunfire. 285 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,124 Stillness filled the Great Hall. 286 00:23:51,797 --> 00:23:57,064 Parquet floors lay charred under a blanket of winter snow. 287 00:24:17,656 --> 00:24:19,214 A soldier in the Soviet Army, 288 00:24:19,357 --> 00:24:23,054 Alexander kedrinsky remembers the siege. 289 00:24:23,195 --> 00:24:27,029 After the Nazi retreat, he entered the Catherine Palace. 290 00:24:27,165 --> 00:24:32,228 On this spot in the Great Hall, he looked up through broken rafters 291 00:24:32,370 --> 00:24:34,235 at the winter sky. 292 00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:43,270 Inside the palace, the interiors that were not burned were looted. 293 00:24:43,415 --> 00:24:47,181 Pictures had been viciously slashed out of their frames; 294 00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:49,879 only the outer edges remained. 295 00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:54,223 Doors were broken away. 296 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,419 Paintings were on the floor, cut to pieces. 297 00:24:57,562 --> 00:24:59,587 That's one thing. 298 00:24:59,731 --> 00:25:03,223 The other thing is that there were land mines hidden everywhere, 299 00:25:03,368 --> 00:25:06,860 and the palace itself was set to blow up. 300 00:25:16,948 --> 00:25:20,179 Beneath it was a series of one-ton bombs wired together 301 00:25:20,318 --> 00:25:22,548 to go up in a single blast. 302 00:25:23,321 --> 00:25:26,586 It's a miracle that the first soldiers to enter the palace gates 303 00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:31,856 after the German retreat discovered this system and disarmed it. 304 00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:37,498 The park around the palace was dug up everywhere 305 00:25:37,636 --> 00:25:40,127 with trenches and gun emplacements. 306 00:25:40,906 --> 00:25:44,307 And in the middle lay the charred hulk of the palace. 307 00:25:44,442 --> 00:25:48,572 The palace decorations were strewn about the park in pieces. 308 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:51,614 Sculpture marms, head, torsos 309 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:53,377 lay all about. 310 00:25:57,722 --> 00:26:00,555 The picture was so terrible and depressing 311 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:02,158 that one's first impression was 312 00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:05,821 that resurrecting it would be impossible. 313 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:10,027 On the other hand, people could not reconcile themselves 314 00:26:10,168 --> 00:26:12,568 to blotting out a page of history, 315 00:26:12,704 --> 00:26:15,935 the glorious history of these monuments. 316 00:26:16,074 --> 00:26:20,704 And so we decided to undertake the restoration. 317 00:26:24,516 --> 00:26:27,349 Pieces of the ruined palaces were scattered everywhere, 318 00:26:27,485 --> 00:26:30,010 hastily hidden before the siege. 319 00:26:30,155 --> 00:26:34,558 From fields, from secret vaults, from the hands of retreating Nazis, 320 00:26:34,693 --> 00:26:38,857 even from the Neva River, the missing pieces were returned. 321 00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:42,262 Restoration could now begin. 322 00:26:50,208 --> 00:26:53,405 A painter and engineer, kedrinsky directed work 323 00:26:53,545 --> 00:26:55,308 at the Catherine Palace. 324 00:26:55,847 --> 00:26:58,077 We long to re-create these monuments, 325 00:26:58,216 --> 00:27:02,118 he said at the time, but do we have the guts to do it? 326 00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:12,494 Under his direction, scores of artists and craftsmen 327 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:15,259 began to rebuild the palace. 328 00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:22,836 Today Alexander edrinsky works with a new generation of artisans 329 00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:27,308 who use original architectural drawings and prewar photographs 330 00:27:27,445 --> 00:27:30,437 that miraculously survived the destruction. 331 00:27:31,783 --> 00:27:33,751 From an old black-and-white photograph, 332 00:27:33,885 --> 00:27:36,683 a painted ceiling comes to life. 333 00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:41,353 The design is rendered in color, and figures are drawn to scale 334 00:27:41,493 --> 00:27:45,452 by artists trained in period styles and techniques. 335 00:27:53,571 --> 00:27:58,634 Designs are modified and approved before the painting begins. 336 00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:08,514 For hours at a time they reach overhead. 337 00:28:08,653 --> 00:28:11,144 Standing so close to the ceiling, 338 00:28:11,289 --> 00:28:15,123 these artists are unable to see the entire painting at once. 339 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:19,458 Skill and planning guide them where their eyes cannot. 340 00:28:24,335 --> 00:28:29,102 After three years of work, the ceiling is almost finished. 341 00:28:31,609 --> 00:28:35,545 Parts of a statue were retrieved from the palace grounds. 342 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:40,014 From these shattered limbs a body is reformed. 343 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:49,118 A wood carver creates anew what fire and shrapnel destroyed. 344 00:28:56,868 --> 00:28:59,098 With clay, he models a missing twin 345 00:28:59,237 --> 00:29:02,070 that he will later replicate in wood. 346 00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:21,322 On the statue's chest, a fracture is mended, 347 00:29:22,093 --> 00:29:24,425 and a wound is healed. 348 00:29:45,650 --> 00:29:49,017 Once again, carvings are adorned with gold. 349 00:29:49,154 --> 00:29:52,123 Though each leaf weighs almost nothing, 350 00:29:52,257 --> 00:29:57,217 nearly 20 pounds of gold were needed to refurbish the Great Hall. 351 00:30:07,071 --> 00:30:09,096 Guided into place by human breath 352 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,334 and held there by rabbit-skin glue, 353 00:30:12,477 --> 00:30:15,810 the gold is burnished with an amber rod. 354 00:30:20,852 --> 00:30:23,184 Gilded faces blaze again. 355 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:26,382 The palaces are reborn. 356 00:31:06,497 --> 00:31:11,799 The glory that was imperial Russia radiates from every quarter once again 357 00:31:11,936 --> 00:31:14,769 but today it shines with new brilliance. 358 00:31:14,906 --> 00:31:18,205 Reflected in the symmetry of crystal mirrors is the labor of 359 00:31:18,343 --> 00:31:22,712 modern craftsmen who have saved the treasures of a nation. 360 00:31:38,529 --> 00:31:41,089 In 1944, Peter's portrait was found 361 00:31:41,232 --> 00:31:45,032 in shredded fragments, scattered in the snow. 362 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:49,271 Today, the scars are almost invisible. 363 00:32:02,353 --> 00:32:04,548 We rebuild these palaces to celebrate 364 00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:08,648 those who built them long ago, says edrinsky, 365 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:11,057 but we need another 20 years 366 00:32:11,195 --> 00:32:13,925 before our work is finished. 367 00:32:21,139 --> 00:32:23,972 Today, from atop his horse, 368 00:32:24,108 --> 00:32:27,339 Peter the Great gazes on a miracle. 369 00:32:27,478 --> 00:32:33,110 Through heroic endeavors his vision lives on. 370 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:45,995 The farming country of eastern Colorado is far from Leningrad, 371 00:32:46,130 --> 00:32:50,658 but the passion to save a treasure can be found here as well. 372 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:52,531 Compared to the Russian court, 373 00:32:52,670 --> 00:32:55,434 life in Burlington, Colorado, is basic 374 00:32:55,573 --> 00:32:59,134 but on the county fairground stands a treasure that might well 375 00:32:59,277 --> 00:33:01,541 have delighted the Russian nobility. 376 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:09,848 How you doing? 377 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:11,012 All right. 378 00:33:11,155 --> 00:33:15,251 Local citizens brought this treasure here some 60 years ago, 379 00:33:15,393 --> 00:33:18,988 and today it is the pride of it Carson County. 380 00:34:02,740 --> 00:34:05,834 In the morning light, fantastic animals awake on 381 00:34:05,977 --> 00:34:09,970 what many herald as the "Jewel of American Carousels." 382 00:34:10,114 --> 00:34:14,380 Because it was the sixth machine built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, 383 00:34:14,519 --> 00:34:18,387 it is known as PTC #6. 384 00:34:23,261 --> 00:34:25,286 Caring for this nusual menagerie is 385 00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:28,399 an art conservator named Will Morton. 386 00:34:35,106 --> 00:34:36,971 In recent years, he restored the animals 387 00:34:37,108 --> 00:34:39,599 from decades of deterioration 388 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:43,111 and unveiled whimsical piece of American history. 389 00:34:46,384 --> 00:34:49,512 PTC #6 was built in 1905 390 00:34:49,654 --> 00:34:53,454 when carousels spun their magic the world over. 391 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:56,116 In 1928, it was bought second-hand 392 00:34:56,260 --> 00:35:00,959 for $1,250 by it Carson County. 393 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:04,068 At the fair that year, citizens paid five cents 394 00:35:04,202 --> 00:35:06,227 for a five-minute ride, 395 00:35:06,370 --> 00:35:07,667 but this frivolous purchase 396 00:35:07,805 --> 00:35:11,070 would cost the county commissioners their jobs. 397 00:35:16,247 --> 00:35:18,044 Dust storms and the Depression 398 00:35:18,182 --> 00:35:21,117 brought hard times to it Carson County. 399 00:35:21,252 --> 00:35:24,619 Homeless families lived on the fairground. 400 00:35:24,755 --> 00:35:27,553 The carousel building was used to store feed 401 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:30,820 and became infested with rats and snakes. 402 00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:33,260 There was talk of burning it down. 403 00:35:33,397 --> 00:35:37,128 Somehow PTC#6 survived, 404 00:35:37,268 --> 00:35:39,736 but it was never quite the same. 405 00:35:39,871 --> 00:35:41,338 Its magic vanished, 406 00:35:41,472 --> 00:35:44,737 and as each year passed, neglect moved it ever closer 407 00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:46,867 to the edge of ruin. 408 00:35:48,346 --> 00:35:52,874 In 1979 a group of concerned citizens brought Will Morton from Denver 409 00:35:53,017 --> 00:35:55,508 to preserve and restore it. 410 00:36:01,259 --> 00:36:04,922 A lot of carousels have been refurbished, 411 00:36:05,062 --> 00:36:08,657 but this is the first one to my knowledge that was 412 00:36:08,799 --> 00:36:13,498 conserved and restored as a work of art might be; 413 00:36:13,638 --> 00:36:17,130 that is, Where we have made every possible effort to 414 00:36:17,275 --> 00:36:21,712 preserve the original material that we found here 415 00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:24,406 and to protect it 416 00:36:24,549 --> 00:36:27,848 as you would with a piece of fine art. 417 00:36:28,753 --> 00:36:30,653 As he lifts the veil of time, 418 00:36:30,788 --> 00:36:33,780 Morton finds traces of Victorian artisans 419 00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:35,358 whose pencil marks look as though 420 00:36:35,493 --> 00:36:38,326 they weredrawn only moments ago. 421 00:36:42,333 --> 00:36:43,823 Surrounded by their creations, 422 00:36:43,968 --> 00:36:48,928 will senses the spirit of those craftsmen lurking nearby. 423 00:36:51,576 --> 00:36:55,706 I spend days here alone just working on the carousel. 424 00:36:55,846 --> 00:36:58,747 Your mind is going a mile a minute 425 00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:01,317 even though your hand may not be or the project 426 00:37:01,452 --> 00:37:03,249 doesn't seem to be going all that fast. 427 00:37:03,387 --> 00:37:05,116 Nevertheless, your mind is going. 428 00:37:05,256 --> 00:37:09,420 And so you're picturing the people who made this carousel, 429 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:10,891 what they were thinking. 430 00:37:11,028 --> 00:37:13,622 I think part of doing a good job in restoration 431 00:37:13,764 --> 00:37:15,789 is discovering the people that made the thing 432 00:37:15,933 --> 00:37:18,026 trying to put yourself in their place. 433 00:37:18,169 --> 00:37:22,731 And that's why I insist on doing things the way they did them. 434 00:37:26,377 --> 00:37:30,711 Will Morton has preserved more than 90 percent of the paint on the animals 435 00:37:30,848 --> 00:37:33,976 Now he restores what has been worn away. 436 00:37:42,727 --> 00:37:45,753 The Wallitzer monster millitary band organ 437 00:37:45,896 --> 00:37:49,423 is the heart and soul of the PTC#6 438 00:37:49,567 --> 00:37:50,591 Over the year 439 00:37:50,735 --> 00:37:52,794 Water damage, heat, humidi 440 00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:57,135 and hungry rats all play habit of this vital parts. 441 00:37:57,275 --> 00:38:02,008 After 1200 hours of restoration the monster gets to check up. 442 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:27,102 Good afternoon and welcome to our third performance of the 1986 443 00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:30,071 it Carson County Fair and Rodeo. 444 00:38:31,142 --> 00:38:33,042 Every year in early August, 445 00:38:33,177 --> 00:38:35,668 people come from all over it Carson County 446 00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:39,271 to ride PTC#6 once again. 447 00:38:39,884 --> 00:38:46,255 Today a ride costs 25 cents, but it lasts a full seven minutes. 448 00:39:56,861 --> 00:40:01,560 I would like to look down from some place beyond 50 years from now 449 00:40:01,699 --> 00:40:06,500 and feel that I'm being complimented by the restorer who's then at work, 450 00:40:06,637 --> 00:40:10,129 saying that the man who did this in the first place did a good job, 451 00:40:10,274 --> 00:40:12,401 and I'm pleased with what he did. 452 00:40:21,819 --> 00:40:26,779 On the plains of eastern Colorado another year passes. 453 00:40:27,625 --> 00:40:31,686 On a summer night, the carousel spins dream 454 00:40:31,829 --> 00:40:35,959 that will not be forgotten in years to come 455 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:46,669 The Age of Sail reached its height in the 19th century 456 00:40:46,811 --> 00:40:50,042 when global voyages were made in tall ships. 457 00:40:55,186 --> 00:40:58,678 The forces of nature were harnessed by experienced hands, 458 00:40:58,823 --> 00:41:01,519 but when canvas was replaced by steam, 459 00:41:01,659 --> 00:41:06,289 the tall ships and a maritime tradition quietly vanished. 460 00:41:13,704 --> 00:41:17,333 In the port of Athens the rusted hull of a once tall ship 461 00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:20,035 is destined for the scrapyard. 462 00:41:20,177 --> 00:41:21,872 In her hundred-year life-span, 463 00:41:22,012 --> 00:41:25,470 she sailed under many names and many flags. 464 00:41:25,616 --> 00:41:28,881 Now Elissa will be reborn. 465 00:41:31,288 --> 00:41:35,657 She was launched in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1877. 466 00:41:35,793 --> 00:41:38,887 In 1979, her hull is made sound 467 00:41:39,029 --> 00:41:43,796 and she is towed across the Atlantic to the port city of Galveston, Texas, 468 00:41:43,934 --> 00:41:46,664 which has adopted Elissa to symbolize the heyday 469 00:41:46,804 --> 00:41:49,136 of its maritime past. 470 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:52,832 Long ago she sailed into Galveston, 471 00:41:52,977 --> 00:41:55,468 and it is here on Galveston's waterfront 472 00:41:55,613 --> 00:41:58,514 that Elissa's reconstruction begins. 473 00:41:58,649 --> 00:42:02,107 And a course of America people come to rebuild her 474 00:42:02,253 --> 00:42:08,886 Since about 19 century commode life the absolutely skills are learned again. 475 00:42:18,569 --> 00:42:23,097 A new deck is caulked with hemp and sealed with pitch. 476 00:42:32,750 --> 00:42:36,481 Self-taught riveters add plates to her hull. 477 00:42:36,987 --> 00:42:39,751 Tree trunks are turned into masts. 478 00:42:39,890 --> 00:42:44,327 Costs rise into the millions, but funds are raised. 479 00:42:54,805 --> 00:42:58,673 With a iron and wood renewed Ellisa will sail again. 480 00:42:58,809 --> 00:43:03,542 And carried in her figure-head the spirit of those ever new her. 481 00:43:09,186 --> 00:43:15,455 In 1986, Elissa is bound for New York to once again become a part of history 482 00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:18,790 Galsveston's mayor being the group farewell. 483 00:43:18,929 --> 00:43:21,796 Terrigenous Ellisa project, David Brink. 484 00:43:21,932 --> 00:43:24,958 And all of you to be vault with Ellisa. 485 00:43:25,102 --> 00:43:28,230 Your dream has truely grown to a mirricle. 486 00:43:55,966 --> 00:43:57,991 Broaching the yellow rose to Texas. 487 00:43:58,135 --> 00:44:02,868 Ellisa's figure head points away aprowl to go to Mexico. 488 00:44:04,241 --> 00:44:08,200 100 years ago she was manned by 8 deckhands. 489 00:44:08,345 --> 00:44:11,803 Today she is sailed by hard-working volunteers. 490 00:44:12,349 --> 00:44:15,147 Let's go, guys. Let's go to the sails. 491 00:44:15,953 --> 00:44:19,514 Their footing is less sure, but perhaps more eager 492 00:44:19,657 --> 00:44:23,286 because they have helped to restore and maintain her. 493 00:44:26,330 --> 00:44:28,127 Executive secretary and grandmother, 494 00:44:28,265 --> 00:44:31,462 Judy Peters became a volunteer six years ago. 495 00:44:31,602 --> 00:44:35,470 And I didn't know anything but I sure that I could help it 496 00:44:35,606 --> 00:44:38,302 so they like to teach me what I need to know. 497 00:44:38,442 --> 00:44:41,309 I came down literally scared to death 498 00:44:41,445 --> 00:44:44,505 but I knew I wanted to help and I knew that they needed help. 499 00:44:44,648 --> 00:44:46,809 And I was willing and I was able. 500 00:44:46,950 --> 00:44:49,817 Some of the job that could be hard to do and I wouldn't. 501 00:44:49,953 --> 00:44:54,913 But I'll do for free for cause of Ellisa for the future. 502 00:44:55,626 --> 00:44:57,651 Steady it on 115. 503 00:44:57,795 --> 00:45:00,525 O... That was sided to the left. 504 00:45:03,233 --> 00:45:04,700 Fine, uh... 505 00:45:05,235 --> 00:45:09,365 Pieer, what we do is that you always take it slight inside the long braces. 506 00:45:09,506 --> 00:45:11,337 Overseeing Elissa's restoration 507 00:45:11,475 --> 00:45:13,909 has been the responsibility of Walter Rybka. 508 00:45:14,044 --> 00:45:16,774 Why don't you always help Pierre with the slacking side of the braces. 509 00:45:16,914 --> 00:45:19,382 I think the key idea of this restoration is that 510 00:45:19,516 --> 00:45:23,475 this ship is not so much an artifact as it is a process. 511 00:45:23,620 --> 00:45:25,645 We're not so much concerned with her past 512 00:45:25,789 --> 00:45:27,518 as we are with our future. 513 00:45:27,658 --> 00:45:29,387 What we're interested in is 514 00:45:29,526 --> 00:45:33,758 the values and the crafts and the skills and everything 515 00:45:33,897 --> 00:45:35,387 that gave the world this beauty. 516 00:45:35,532 --> 00:45:38,660 We'd like to be a part of our lives now and carry it forward in the future. 517 00:45:38,802 --> 00:45:42,602 So the Elissa is as much a process as it is a product. 518 00:45:51,982 --> 00:45:53,381 Under gray skies, 519 00:45:53,517 --> 00:46:04,360 Elissa sails north along the Atlantic coast. 520 00:46:58,415 --> 00:47:03,011 Go as far as you can till you get where you want to stop. 521 00:47:03,153 --> 00:47:07,351 John Elder, a business executive, summons the courage to go aloft 522 00:47:07,491 --> 00:47:10,392 with project director, David Brink. 523 00:47:12,329 --> 00:47:14,820 Big step over to that little crane line there. 524 00:47:14,965 --> 00:47:17,627 Grab the chain with your right hand. 525 00:47:17,768 --> 00:47:18,792 Swing over. 526 00:47:18,936 --> 00:47:20,233 That's it. Good. 527 00:47:20,370 --> 00:47:23,771 Now before you hit the foot ropes, say "laying on" just for practice. 528 00:47:23,907 --> 00:47:25,772 All the way over to the yard. 529 00:47:25,909 --> 00:47:26,807 Great. 530 00:47:26,944 --> 00:47:29,208 Okay, I did it. 531 00:47:29,346 --> 00:47:31,974 Okay. It would help if I came over, wouldn't it? 532 00:47:32,115 --> 00:47:33,412 Just let that fall. Okay. 533 00:47:33,550 --> 00:47:34,983 Now pass that under. 534 00:47:35,118 --> 00:47:36,676 Double back over. 535 00:47:36,820 --> 00:47:39,118 No, no, don't pull. 536 00:47:39,256 --> 00:47:41,724 No, no, don't pull it all the way through. 537 00:47:53,871 --> 00:47:57,568 As she approaches New York, Elissa is not alone. 538 00:47:57,708 --> 00:47:58,766 From all over the world, 539 00:47:58,909 --> 00:48:01,639 tall ships are coming to celebrate the restoration 540 00:48:01,778 --> 00:48:05,839 of the Statue of Liberty on her 100th birthday. 541 00:48:08,518 --> 00:48:10,918 We've got the battleship lowa 542 00:48:11,054 --> 00:48:13,181 overtaking us on the port. 543 00:48:13,323 --> 00:48:15,587 Traffic. 544 00:48:15,726 --> 00:48:17,523 Cars. 545 00:48:20,831 --> 00:48:24,892 An urban world emerges through fog and mist. 546 00:48:25,035 --> 00:48:28,027 The sight brings mixed emotions. 547 00:48:28,171 --> 00:48:29,536 I think there is 548 00:48:29,673 --> 00:48:33,905 a sense of possibly letting go for the crew. 549 00:48:34,044 --> 00:48:36,512 The crew thinks of Elissa as their own 550 00:48:36,647 --> 00:48:38,080 and rightfully so. 551 00:48:38,215 --> 00:48:42,914 We're the folks that have maintained her and sailed her up till now. 552 00:48:43,053 --> 00:48:45,214 We don't mind sharing her with everyone else, 553 00:48:45,355 --> 00:48:48,518 but there is a little bit of a feeling of letting her go. 554 00:48:48,659 --> 00:48:53,096 After the rest of this weekend, particularly Friday, 555 00:48:53,230 --> 00:48:56,131 she's not going to belong to just us anymore. 556 00:48:56,266 --> 00:48:58,791 She's going to belong to the world. 557 00:49:11,315 --> 00:49:14,773 Elissa last entered New York Harbor in 1884, 558 00:49:14,918 --> 00:49:19,184 just two years before the Statue of Liberty was unveiled. 559 00:49:19,323 --> 00:49:23,123 Today a crew of volunteers has brought her here once again, 560 00:49:23,260 --> 00:49:24,750 and after a century, 561 00:49:24,895 --> 00:49:27,022 two ladies greet each other 562 00:49:27,164 --> 00:49:30,565 for the very first time. 563 00:49:32,469 --> 00:49:34,937 The moment is savored by the crew, 564 00:49:35,072 --> 00:49:38,405 but the celebration is about to begin. 565 00:50:01,131 --> 00:50:05,500 The spectacle unfolds, and Elissa takes her place. 566 00:50:05,635 --> 00:50:10,629 She is the oldest of the large square riggers in the parade. 567 00:50:32,562 --> 00:50:34,860 Not long ago, Liberty welcomed tall ships 568 00:50:34,998 --> 00:50:38,331 from around the world to a flourishing America. 569 00:50:38,468 --> 00:50:43,235 Today, one by one, tall ships return to salute her, 570 00:50:43,373 --> 00:50:46,638 as America renews her past. 571 00:50:57,754 --> 00:51:00,348 Elissa has earned her place in history, 572 00:51:00,490 --> 00:51:03,220 and now her moment has come. 573 00:51:04,261 --> 00:51:08,357 It's amazing just to think how it all comes down to one moment. 574 00:51:08,498 --> 00:51:10,466 Here you are. 575 00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:12,625 Everybody knows. 576 00:51:12,769 --> 00:51:15,101 It's a great, great feeling. 577 00:51:16,673 --> 00:51:20,609 She passes the reviewing stands that line the shore. 578 00:51:56,746 --> 00:52:00,705 Everybody was so proud of her that she was there, 579 00:52:00,851 --> 00:52:04,753 she was volunteers had done it. 580 00:52:04,888 --> 00:52:09,188 And it made everybody see that anybody can be a part of restoration. 581 00:52:09,326 --> 00:52:11,055 You don't have to be a somebody. 582 00:52:11,194 --> 00:52:13,594 It takes all the little people to do it. 583 00:52:21,471 --> 00:52:24,736 Volunteers have brought life to a dying ship 584 00:52:24,875 --> 00:52:29,539 and have restored the knowledge that can renew her again and again. 585 00:52:29,679 --> 00:52:33,080 Revived with the human spirit, fragments of our past 586 00:52:33,216 --> 00:52:35,047 become our treasures. 587 00:52:35,185 --> 00:52:37,619 They mirror who we are. 588 00:52:43,994 --> 00:52:47,862 They become living monuments to the achievements of out past 589 00:52:47,998 --> 00:52:52,264 and living testaments to our hopes for the future. 590 00:52:52,402 --> 00:52:55,496 Passing though the hands of one crew to the next, 591 00:52:55,639 --> 00:52:59,200 a tall ship is on a journey through time. 592 00:52:59,342 --> 00:53:01,037 Perhaps in years to come 593 00:53:01,178 --> 00:53:05,137 the sight of her sails will inspire others to voyage forth... 594 00:53:05,282 --> 00:53:09,241 to fulfill their destinies... to cherish their treasures 595 00:53:09,386 --> 00:53:12,412 as they cross new horizons to places 596 00:53:12,556 --> 00:53:16,890 that live today only in our dreams.