Frank K. B. Wheeler - Page 9




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               3.   U.S.S. Minneapolis - This two-tape set covers the                 
                    U.S.S. Minneapolis and petitioner’s experiences                   
                    aboard the ship from 1935-1937.  Petitioner sold                  
                    six copies for a total of $240.                                   
               4.   Nobel Prize Award - Petitioner made this two-tape                 
                    set in the early 1980’s for a former shipmate who                 
                    won the Nobel Prize in Economics [James Tobin].                   
                    The video covers the award ceremony and the pre-                  
                    award dinner with the King and Queen.  Petitioner                 
                    sold one copy for $40 and gave the video to the                   
                    shipmate’s family.                                                
               5.   Memorial of Captain Paul Ryan - This video covers                 
                    the burial at Arlington National Cemetery of a                    
                    close friend of petitioner who was a Naval                        
                    officer.  Petitioner thinks he sold one copy for                  
                    $20, and he gave a video to the family.                           
               6.   Memorial of Captain Joe Lyle - This video covers                  
                    the burial at Arlington National Cemetery of one                  
                    of petitioner’s classmates from the Naval Academy.                
                    Petitioner sold two copies for a total of $40.                    
               7.   U.S.S. Kearny Story - This video covers the U.S.S.                
                    Kearny, a destroyer that petitioner commanded                     
                    during World War II.  Petitioner sold 68 copies                   
                    for a total of $1,360.                                            
               8.   Class of 1935 Naval Academy - This video covers                   
                    petitioner’s 4 years at the Naval Academy from                    
                    1931-1935.  Petitioner sold 65 copies for a total                 
                    of $1,318.  Petitioner has copyrighted this video.                
               9.   Naval Academy Class of 1936 - This video covers                   
                    the 1936 graduating class of the Naval Academy.                   
                    Petitioner sold 11 copies for a total of $220.                    
               10. Anchors Aweigh - This six-part set covers events                   
                    in the 1930's.  It includes historic newsreels,                   
                    movies clips, pictures, and sound bites from radio                
                    shows.  Petitioner has not completed the video                    
                    series and plans to extend it to the 1960’s.                      
                    Petitioner has given copies to such places as the                 
                    National Archives, the Naval History Museum in                    
                    Washington, D.C., and the Naval Academy.                          
                    Petitioner believes that he sold between three and                
                    five copies at $120 each.                                         





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