| Bahamas Tuna Thrills | ||
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| Catalog #: | 437020 | |
| Clip Number: | 437020-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 822 | |
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| Location: | Bahama Islands | |
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| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | FISHING: Recreational | |
| Description: | ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 98007..... Anyone for a fishing expedition to the Bahamas? Who out there wants to hunt the tenacious Blue Fin Tuna, bask beneath the warm Caribbean sun, and sip sudsy Schlitz beer while listening to calypso music? Well, then, you lucky dog, consider this yer vicarious vacation. nice, angled LS of an Eastern Airline commercial jet in flight, pastel colored clouds like a cozy bed beneath it. Cut to montage of white American tourists shopping in Nassau (MS's carriage horses wearing silly hats, tourists looking at & buying wooden sculptures & bead trinkets made by locals); MS's peculiar passenger cars and mopeds; MS's of young women dressed in short or mini skirts ("a girl watcher's paradise," sayth the VO); slo-mo shot of locals dressed in bright solid colors, walking along sidewalkà.. EST shots Paradise Island (also shots of boats drifting in gorgeous blue water, sun setting over horizon, etc). EST shot Nassau Yacht Haven, tLS outdoor swimming pool. Aerials of Eleuthera Island, followed by tLS's of hotels, beaches and clubs on Eleuthera. TLS of a small Mackey International plane taxiing on a runway. TLS of the Out Island Inn swimming pool. Scenic LS's of beach. LS's windsailers. MS woman in silver bikini walking on beachà.. LS Mackey plane taxiing, taking off, passing over camera (nice shot). Aerials of Biminià.. subjective shot off bow of cruising 47' foot boat; tLS boat docking; MS's of names and registered ports on backs of docked boats. MS & CU local fishing guide Raymond hooking a mackerel to be used for bait. MS's pro angler Virgil making adjustments to equipment, and fighting chair; CU's sturdy rod and reel. CU's navigation equipment. Shots from rear of boat and side as they speed into deep waters. MS's Captain Mike, Virgil and Raymond waiting for not even a biteà.. tLS Virgil in inflatable motorboat pulling up to a 47' footer; MS Virgil handing Raymond a case of Schlitz; but wait, Raymond, he forgot to give you a six pack! Virgil falls into the water in a very hamfisted moment. CU's Dacor scuba gear and underwater still camera. MS & CU Virgil showing off a spear gun w/ a M-16 rifle shell load; he then shows off a double barrel pole gun. MS's Raymond & Virgil getting into motorboat, starting engine, setting off for some diving fun. Great underwater shots of fish, coral, rayfish, starfish andà a can of Schlitz? MS Virgil surfacing with unopened can of beerà.. subjective and objective shots of a fishing boat sailing into deep water, chasing a school of blue fin tuna. High angle MS's Virgil strapped in fighting chair, reeling in a blue fin; CU's sweaty Virgil struggling; shots of line in water, fish somewhat visible. MS's Raymond & Mike hooking & hoisting the fish aboard; MS's men celebrating, drinking Schlitz; MS & tLS Mike raising blue fin flagà.. MS's & CU's Virgil preparing for another kill, this time for science and oceanography (prep monitoring device to a harpoon); they succeed, then catch another one for food. CU flags. TLS boat returning to dock. MS's & LS's 600 lb. Blue Fin being hoisted & presented to people at dock; folks drinking Schlitz pose with the kill; fish is guttedà.. MS porpoise swimming. MS's trigger fish, barracuda, sharks swimming. MS's sharks feeding in tank. MS's tattered carcass of a Blue Fin after a shark got a hold of ità.. MS's Virgil and two young ladies drinking Schlitz in a local watering hole, listening to a live calypso band. Cut to LS of Eastern Airliner in flight, pulling away from cam and towards a setting sun. | |
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