Year

1960 (circa)

Video Details

13:33; color; sound; V-86; CA167, S 828

Description

This film shows how Ross Allen captures dangerous animals for the Ross Allen Reptile Institute at Silver Springs. Allen wrestles an alligator and then brings it to an enclosure. There is a tour of the Seminole Indian Village and footage of clothing and corn grinding. Francis Osceola wrestles an alligator. Linda Kennedy wears a boa constrictor, and a young boy chooses a snake to buy. Ross Allen and his son Tom then wrestle a 20-foot, 120-pound anaconda at Silver Springs to show how it's done, and then they return the snake to its enclosure. There is footage of other attractions at Silver Springs, including the Jungle Cruise down the Silver River, the Deer Ranch, the Carriage Cavalcade and the Prince of Peace Memorial by artist Paul Cunningham. Produced by Guided Tour Productions Inc.; sponsored by Silver Springs.

Contributors

Guided Tour Productions Inc.

Corporate Subject

Ross Allen's Reptile Institute (Silver Springs, Fla.)
Seminole Indian Village (Silver Springs, Fla.)
Tommy Bartlett's Deer Ranch (Silver Springs, Fla.)
Prince of Peace Memorial (Ocala, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Silver River
Silver Springs (Ocala, Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla. : Spring)
Marion County

Personal Subject

Allen, Ross, 1908-1981
Osceola, Francis
Osceola, Alice
Kennedy, Linda
Stalling, Rita
Cunningham, Paul

Subject

Alligators
Sightseeing business
Promotional films
Reptiles
Seminole Indians
Tourism--Florida--Marion County--Ocala
Attractions--Florida--Silver Springs
Boats and boating
Rhesus monkey