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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
/fpc/memory/PhotographicCollection/video/fishcapade.jpg
            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 31 October 2025.
MLA
Florida Fishcapade. 1964 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/232453>
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