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Year
1964 (circa)
Video Details
13:30; color; sound; V-24 CA034; S. 828
Description
The film begins with a family in an inboard motorboat leaving a dock on the Homosassa River to go fishing, with the Florida Marine Patrol giving advice and checking safety gear. The family fishes, skies, picnics, goes to Marco Pass and sees college boys fishing. The film also includes footage of Miami; Cape Canaveral, where the family sees a missile tracking ship and a Polaris Submarine; shark fishing; and a diver at Marineland feeding fish. The film's sound is muddy. Produced by Mercury Productions; sponsored by Kiekhaefer Mercury.
Contributors
Geographic Subject
Title
Florida Fishcapade
Subject
Amusement parks
Attractions
Boating
Description and Travel
Fishing
Promotional films
Recreation
Tourism
Description
The film begins with a family in an inboard motorboat leaving a dock on the Homosassa River to go fishing, with the Florida Marine Patrol giving advice and checking safety gear. The family fishes, skies, picnics, goes to Marco Pass and sees college boys fishing. The film also includes footage of Miami; Cape Canaveral, where the family sees a missile tracking ship and a Polaris Submarine; shark fishing; and a diver at Marineland feeding fish. The film's sound is muddy. Produced by Mercury Productions; sponsored by Kiekhaefer Mercury.
Date
1964 (circa)
Contributor
Kiekhaefer Mercury
Mercury Productions
Image URL
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Color
color
Video Details
13:30; color; sound; V-24 CA034; S. 828
Video Filename
CA034.mp4
YouTube ID
VEIaHYAS8YM?
Geographic Term
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Florida
Homosassa River (Fla.)
Marco Pass (Fla.)
Marineland (Fla.)
Miami (Fla.)
Video Snippet
Begins with a family in an inboard motorboat...
Video Time
13:32
Video Category
8
Thumbnail
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/fishcapade.jpg
Digitized
true
Chicago Manual of Style
Florida Fishcapade. 1964 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/232453>, accessed 27 December 2024.
MLA
Florida Fishcapade. 1964 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/232453>