The Salvato Family Collection - Visit to Aquarena Springs

Duration: 0:02:15

Year Published: 1950s

Sound: silent

Description: This 1950s home movie shows Dixie and her brother Jimmy Salvato visiting the Aquarena Springs amusement park in San Marcos. The main attraction, the Submarine Underwater Theater, comprises the majority of the film. A young woman, known as an aquamaid, swims underwater amongst fish and ducks as the audience watches through glass windows. She breathes through an air hose, has an underwater picnic, and performs synchronized swimming routines.