Mullet Country (1968)

Creator: A/V Geeks 16mm Films

Description: Demonstrates the history, biology, catching, processing, cooking and serving of mullets. Views the scenery of Florida, where more mullet are landed than in any other state. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project.

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please adjust your volume control to the level of my [Music] voice Catch Me If You Think You Can you high booted waving Fisher you know it too This Land Is Mine why else would it thrill your so to feel me tugging on your line here I'm free The Shining silver water hanging all over me is all the world I need and in your easy arise to break the Sur is SC the sky rise rise till I fall again back into the silver water back into my home back into the place I call M country [Music] [Music] I'm B enough to catch yeah let's go [Music] [Music] [Applause] okay drive them [Music] [Music] in and that's Gil net fishing in mullet country [Music] mullet country is multi-million dollar Resort Hotels parading along Sandy Florida [Music] beaches it's pictures St Augustine where the great orthologist and painter John odaban reported schools of mullet so dense they slowed his boat [Music] [Music] mullet country is the Everglades that great grassy sea land of The Proud seol Indians [Music] the seols taught the early settlers that mullet is a fine Florida food fish mullet country is in truth the world of water and so a world of fishing and [Music] fishermen a single throw to Fe feed the family and friends that's a skillful cast net fisherman or a lucky [Music] one and it's a lucky sport fisherman who hooks the mighty Tarpon in mullet [Music] country the mullet has a long and distinguished history intermingled with culture of Many [Music] Lands Tarpon Springs and sponge divers are part of the Greek culture that exists today in mullet country historically the mullet was an important food fish in the Greek diet [Music] the ancient Romans recognized mullet as a seafood delicacy the Egyptians too cultivated mullet in the Overflow Deltas of the Nile in the South Seas mullet culture is still practiced in fish ponds throughout the islands mullet feed mainly on minute plants and animals and so they usually will not bite at a baited hook at home in salt or fresh water they can jump with great Vigor and multiply at a fantastic [Music] rate uh seek Queen to spot a plane GI which way they headed they're behind you Skipper heading your way come on back Roger GIF okay we'll make our set now [Music] the set is made closing off the fish [Music] the fisherman haul the net to concentrate the [Music] catch plenty of ice as they come out of the water that will keep their sea fresh flavor [Music] and that's beachsan fishing in mullet [Music] country mullet is processed to be marketed in many forms iced Frozen smoked [Music] it is canned under United States government [Music] supervision variety to suit every taste and your favorite Market should have mullet inexpensive easy to prepare ask for it [Music] [Applause] [Music] whether you call them fillets or filets oven fried mullet is delicious nutritious and children make no bones about it la [Music] smoke mullet is a real change of taste for a mullet country beach party or a backyard cookout [Music] [Applause] [Music] mullet helps create distinctive delightfully different orders for a fashionable Gathering through as months do you have the do you have mullet in France oh yes we do as they are they come in the med Mediterranean and they are delicacy we use all the time in the B good that's mullet and avocado mullet and avocado yes Lisa yes yes Lisa was a Spanish name Spanish name I think it was a can mullet I don't know if it was smoked or not but it was delicious how are they fixed it [Music] [Music] and mullet is found in the most Cosmopolitan surroundings on the menus of fine restaurants what Seafood fancier could resist the superb flavor of mullet [Music] almondine with the increasing popularity of mullet modern equipment and more efficient fishing methods are being used such as puring more mullet are landed in Florida than any other state Florida is truly mullet country I've seen the sun The Sur and Run Deep along the splashing shes of every land you'll see me there no matter where my silver body flashing as I Rise catching ra from the Sun here I free The Shining silver water hanging all over me is all the world I need and in your to see your eyes to break the surface SC the sky rise rise till I fall again back into the silver water back into my home back into the place I call [Music] Country neon light splashing bright shining down like children play on Golden s you've seen it now this is my land come with me have fun with me I'm down here huging on your line here I'm free The Shining silver water hanging all over me is all the world I me and in your easy aride to break the surface SC the sky rise rise till I fall again back into the silver water back into my home back into the place I call Country [Music]

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