Film Identifier: F.2012-03-0386

Part Of: Frank Koza Collection

Run Time
0h 4m 5s

Format
16mm

Color
Color

Sound
Silent

Date Produced
circa 1957

Abstract
Two women perform in a "live mermaid show" at Florida's Weeki Wachee Springs. They glide and twirl underwater, sip from their breathing hoses, and eventually sit down for a drink and a banana.

Entrepreneur Newton Perry founded the mermaid attraction in 1947. The performances occur in a natural pool that connects with the springs and a seven-mile river, with a limestone theater where viewers can look through glass to watch the shows.

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