A Visit to Key West Florida, 1929 Home Movie

The film covers a visit to Key West in what I believe to be late 1929 based on film date code, and the Navy ship USS Falcon ASR2 shown was given the designation in Sep. 1929, and was stationed there around that time. Filmed by Harry Lloyd Hopkins, famed architect of the New Deal.

Notably, the film features views from the famous ill-fated Overseas Railroad at the end.

I'm not sure what the Aquariums/fish tanks are about, as some of them appear to be out on the pier - and the Key West Aquarium didn't open until 1935. Perhaps related to the Thompson's Fish House?

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0:00 On the Ocean; Mangroves
4:23 Heading into port
5:52 Aquariums/Live Fish
9:31 Beach Views
11:21 Departing by Train
12:06 Overseas Railway



From 4:44 to 9:30 there was something odd that happened to the camera/film, resulting in two extremely bright white spots near the frame lines. I attempted to mitigate them best I could.
Added post-stabilization on the last ~4 minutes as it was quite shaky handheld footage.


Soundtrack Added, songs from LoC Jukebox:
Sunrise and You - The Troubadors
Rose of Stamboul - Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra
When Shall We Meet Again (Extended) - Hackel Berge Orchestra
Cinderella (Extended) - Joe Rosey


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