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 treelined streets, ships waiting in the harbor (0:09); Discovery Goes to Key West (0:37) in this episode of Discovery 70 (0:57), the awardwinning 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