Year

1950

Video Details

9:20; b&w; sound; V-99 BA170; S. 828

Description

This film was produced by Paramount as part of a series of Grantland Rice films. It starts in the Okefenokee and flows with the Suwannee River through rapids and past "the old faithful Negroes" who live on the banks. They have no pension plan, no social security and "no ulcers," according to the narrator. Sportsmen fish along the way and see gators, raccoons and a bobcat. They reach the river's mouth and fish some more, then shoot ducks at the end.

Contributors

Grantland Rice Films
Paramount

Geographic Subject

Okefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.)
Suwannee River

Subject

African Americans
American alligator
Boating
Fishing
Hunting
Promotional films
Recreation
Wildlife