In 1968 Bert Kilbride, along with his step-son, Danny Valls, and a college friend of Danny's, Bill Green, recovered a bronze cannon from the wreck of the HMS Astrea on Anegada reef.
Bert Kilbride - March 8, 1914 - January 8, 2008 -BVI resident from 1964 to 2005-Created the SCUBA Resort Course after founding Dive BVI-Made Receiver of Wrecks by Queen Elizabeth in 1967-Original Deve...
Need I say more, this is a classic film with Bert Kilbride about wrecks and mainly the Astrea. This film is priceless. Thank you to the person who sent it to me.
In 1974 Eastman Kodak did a film about underwater photography. This is another classic that will make you smile. In the film you will see Caneel Bay, Little Dix Bay and Drakes Anchorage, Mosquito Isla...
We called the "Shipwrecks of Anegada" the comedy, it was more fiction than fact. Besides Bert it also starred sons Mike & Chip, (Chip got tangled up in the line). The girls were Vanya (Jaki's daugh...
The TV news show 20/20 came to do a segment about wrecks with Bert Kilbride, sons Gary, Mike, Jimmy and grandson Patrick in 1983. Hosted by Hugh Downs and Geraldo Rivera. The footage is a little rough...
Jean-Michel Cousteau, well known here in the BVI and around the world hosted a tv show called People of the Sea. In 1978 the show focused on the BVI and the Kilbrides.