Year

1971

Video Details

20:18; color; silent; V-259; DA147

Description

This is a series of short 16mm home movies shot by Ohio native and WWII veteran Frank Turosik during his travels through Florida in the early 1970s. Turosik's love of nature is obvious, as the majority of footage is of birds and other animals at wildlife refuges and nature trails. Film locations include the Gumbo Limbo Trail, Corkscrew Swamp, Everglades National Park, J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Key West and Fort Clinch.
While the film is somewhat choppy and each segment is short, the number of bird species Turosik captured on film is impressive. Birds in the film include egrets, great blue herons, roseate spoonbills, painted buntings, ibis, anhingas, wood storks, cormorants, woodpeckers, geese and pelicans. Of particular interest are scenes of nesting wood storks and of pelicans executing near vertical dives for fish. Other animals Turosik caught on film include alligators, otters and armadillos. Turosik also captured street scenes in Key West, including shots of the Audubon House, the Fogarty Mansion, Delmonico Restaurant, Sloppy Joes, Duval Street and the Motel Key Lodge on U.S. Highway 1.

Corporate Creator

Turosik, Frank A.

Corporate Subject

Everglades National Park (Fla.)
Gumbo Limbo Trail (Everglades National Park, Fla.)
J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge (Fla.)
Fort Clinch
Audubon House
Fogarty Mansion
Delmonico Restaurant

Geographic Subject

Everglades
Collier County
Corkscrew Swamp
Key West
Monroe County
Sanibel
Lee County

Coverage

Late 20th-Century Florida (1968-2000)

Subject

Flora and fauna
Wildlife
National Parks -- Florida
Key West