1947 FLORIDA MARINE STUDIOS, ALLIGATOR FARM, GASPARILLA PIRATE FESTIVAL, MARDI GRAS GG41105

Description: Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Website: www.PeriscopeFilm.com This reel features a series of "Florida Color Shorts" and other films, produced by an obscure company called Wurtele Film Productions. This was a pioneering Orlando, Florida based film production company founded by Col. Harold S. and Elizabeth Wurtele. Wurtele Productions was founded in 1947 and these silent shorts seem to date to that era. 0:00 The film begins with footage of Marine Studios including the famed porpoises. At 2:52, the Alligator and Ostrich Farm at St. Augustine, Florida, now known as the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park. This is one of Florida's oldest continuously running attractions, having opened on May 20, 1893. At 5:22 the Gasparilla Carnival at Tampa is shown, with a title card explaining the history of the event and pirate Jose Gaspar. At 8:00, a wonderful segment showing Mardi Gras in New Orleans circa 1947. The Gasparilla Pirate Festival (often simply referred to as Gasparilla) is a large parade and a host of related community events held in Tampa, Florida, United States, most years since 1904.The centerpiece of the festivities is the Parade of Pirates, which is framed as a friendly invasion by the crew of the mythical pirate José Gaspar (also known as Gasparilla), a popular figure in Florida folklore. The Parade of Pirates is often referred to as the Gasparilla Parade by locals, and the date of the event is known as Gasparilla Day. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

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