Year

1964

Video Details

14:33; b&w; sound; V-65 CA086; S 828

Description

This film documents a group of skiers as they make a 17-day trip on water skis to the New York World's Fair. Along the way they promote St. Petersburg as a town for "young and old alike." The narrator, Communications Chief Jim Gray, describes the intention of the trip, the difficulties the skiers and boat drivers encounter and each place the skiers stop and speak with the press. The skiers go south through Venice and Fort Myers before cutting across the state via the Okeechobee Waterway. The group then travels up Florida's Atlantic coast, stopping in Jensen Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Jacksonville Beach and Fernandina. They continue along the coast stopping in other states before reaching the Statue of Liberty and New York City. This 1,600 mile trip by amateur skiers ends with a performance at the World's Fair Marina. Produced by FDC; sponsored by St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce.

Corporate Creator

Florida Development Commission
Saint Petersburg Chamber of Commerce

Corporate Subject

New York World's Fair (1964-1965)
World's Fair Marina (New York, N.Y.)
St. Petersburg Times (Firm)
Spa Beach (Saint Petersburg, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Baltimore (Md.)
Caloosahatchee River
Chesapeake Bay
Fort Myers
Lee County
New York City (N.Y.)
Saint Petersburg
Venice
Okeechobee, Lake
Pinellas County
Sarasota County
Saint Lucie Canal
Martin County
Jensen Beach
New Smyrna Beach
Volusia County
Jacksonville Beach
Duval County
Fernandina
Nassau County
Saint Simons Island (Ga.)
Savannah (Ga.)
Beaufort (S.C.)
Atlantic City (N.J.)
Statue of Liberty National Monument (New York, N.Y.)
Okeechobee Waterway

Personal Subject

Gray, Jim
Goldner, Herman Wilson, 1916-2010

Subject

Boating
Promotional films
Recreation
Water sports
Water skiing