1970 “ DISCOVERY GOES TO KEY WEST ” MODERN HISTORY AND CULTURE OF FLORIDA KEYS XD30892

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Stately white homes, palm tree-lined streets, ships waiting in the harbor (0:09); “Discovery Goes to Key West” (0:37) in this episode of Discovery ’70 (0:57), the award-winning program for young people produced hosted by Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson. Gibson and Owen stand at the end of U.S. Highway 1 that starts in Fort Kent, Maine, and ends in Key West, Florida (1:06). Cars pass; the camera zooms in on an “END” sign (1:41). The highway was once a railroad. Old photos show the former railroad (1:46), its steam train (1:50), workers and equipment (1:55), and Henry Flagler, the man who inaugurated the project (2:15). The train crosses the sea (2:28). Pirates like Black Cesar (2:43) and Henry Morgan (2:47) preyed on sunken ships near Key West (2:51). A ship sinks, its men struggle onshore (2:57). An overhead illustration of the town (3:22). John Simonton purchase