MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Wakulla_Springs_Military_Training_and_Underwater_Explosions.jpg (720x480) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | www.flickr.com | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: florida wakulla springs wakullasprings military training militarytraining duck boats duckboats explosions underwater photography underwaterphotography underwater explosions underwaterexplosions dukw Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/296311 Title: Wakulla Springs Military Training and Underwater Explosions Date of film: ca. 1942 Physical descrip: 6:46; color; silent Local call number: V-258; BA437 General note: This film includes shots of underwater explosions in the Wakulla River and Springs. Armed troops patrol through the woods. In the water, promoter and expert swimmer Newt Perry holds up large roots and stumps apparently dislodged by the explosions. The film shows a young man using a small movie camera. A GMC DUKW amphibious vehicle, or "Duck,” with troops on board moves through the springs, emerges on land and goes back into the water. A Wakulla Springs tour boat is in the distance. The film includes underwater footage of the Duck. To see full-length versions of this and other videos from the State Archives of Florida, visit www.floridamemory.com/video/. Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. [email protected] Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/296311 Title: Wakulla Springs Military Training and Underwater Explosions Date of film: ca. 1942 Physical descrip: 6:46; color; silent Local call number: V-258; BA437 General note: This film includes shots of underwater explosions in the Wakulla River and Springs. Armed troops patrol through the woods. In the water, promoter and expert swimmer Newt Perry holds up large roots and stumps apparently dislodged by the explosions. The film shows a young man using a small movie camera. A GMC DUKW amphibious vehicle, or "Duck,” with troops on board moves through the springs, emerges on land and goes back into the water. A Wakulla Springs tour boat is in the distance. The film includes underwater footage of the Duck. To see full-length versions of this and other videos from the State Archives of Florida, visit www.floridamemory.com/video/. Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. [email protected] | ||||
