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00:58:47 KEY WEST: AERIAL PAN MIAMI'S GOLD COAST WITH ITS HIGH RISE
HOTELS ALONG THE BEACH. EVERY YEAR MILLIONS OF VACATIONERS GO HERE.
00:58:58 AERIAL PAN OF GROUP OF ISLANDS KNOWN AS FLORIDA KEYS ON SOUTHERN TIP OF FLORIDA. A SINGLE HIGHWAY CONNECTS OVER TWO HUNDRED KEYS, SEPARATES ATLANTIC OCEAN AND GULF OF MEXICO. MANY NEW TRAVELERS VENTURE HERE
00:59:25 AERIAL PAN CAR TRAVELS ON SECTION OF THE 192 KILOMETER ROAD STRETCHING ELEVEN KILOMETERS LONG, WITHOUT TOUCHING LAND. ALMOST THE ENTIRE ROUTE HAS BEEN SETTLED. ALL THE WAY TO KEY WEST.
00:59:30 AERIAL KEY WEST, THE SOUTHERNMOST TIP OF THE UNITED STATES
LIGHTHOUSE ON KEY WEST. MAN RIDES HIS BIKE ON SANDY BEACH. FISHING BOAT OFF SHORE. MOST PEOPLE IN FLORIDA KEYS ARE PRE-OCCUPIED WITH FISHING.
00:59:43 MONTAGE SMALL BOY ON BOAT DECK HOLDS FISHING POLE
CONTAINING SMALL FISH HE CAUGHT. DIVER HOLDS UP LOBSTER TO CAMERA. MAN HOLDS UP HUGE FISH HE JUST CAUGHT, CU HAND OF FISHERMAN HOLDS UP SMALL FLAT FISH. MAN POSES WITH THREE FISH HE CAUGHT. LITTLE
GIRL HOLDS UP SMALL SHARK. VARIETY OF OTHERS
01:00:01 MAN FEEDS FISH TO PELICAN. FISHING BOAT "GULF STREAM II" PASSES WITH NUMBER OF PEOPLE FISHING FROM ITS SIDE RAILING. THESE BOATS TAKE AS MANY AS THIRTY PEOPLE TO FAVORITE FISHING SPOTS, FOR SMALL FEE. PROVIDES RODS, REELS, BAIT, ADVISE.
01:00:12 FISHERMAN PULLS UP LARGE FISH USING GAFF. LITTLE GIRL REELS ONE IN, DECK HAND GAFFS IT.
01:00:27 MAN, WOMAN AT HELM OF SMALL SPEED BOAT, ON THEIR WAY TO QUIETER WATERS OF GULF, WHERE THEY DO SHALLOW WATER FISHING. IN ONE METER OF WATER STING RAYS, BONE FISH, SAND SHARK, FLOUNDER ARE
CAREFULLY SOUGHT IN FLAT BOTTOM BOATS.
01:00:40 YOUNG FISHERMEN CAST FROM THEIR SMALL BOATS.
01:00:54 MEN, WOMEN SIT ON BENCH IN BOAT, SCUBA GEAR AT THEIR FEET. MAN IN SWIM SUIT THROWS OUT ANCHOR ON ATLANTIC SIDE OF KEYS, WHERE LIE THE ONLY ONLY LIVING CORAL REEFS BORDERING THE U.S.
01:01:06 MONTAGE, MAN DONS HID FLIPPERS, WOMAN PUTS ON FACE MASK, MAN STRAPS DAGGER TO LEG. CU YOUNG WOMAN AIMS CAMERA AT CAMERA. OTHERS TEST BREATHING APPARATUS. MAN DONS TANKS ON BACK. CU ANOTHER WALKS ON AWKWARD FLIPPERS. MAN DIVES IN.
01:01:31 UNDERWATER SHOTS OF COLORFUL TROPICAL FISH, CORAL. YOUNG SHAPELY GIRL IN BIKINI WITH FACE MASK, SWIMS TO BOTTOM. THEN UP. SHE POPS OUT OF WATER.
01:01:52 ZOOM OUT FROM EYE TO WHOLE STUFFED MARLIN MOUNTED ON WALL. MONTAGE CRAFTSMAN SKILLED AT ART OF TAXIDERMY WORKING AT THEIR TRADE WITH FISH. MAN LIFTS COMPLETED MARLIN, HANGS IT ON RACK.
01:02:10 FISHERMEN LIFT CRATE OF LOBSTERS FROM BOAT TO WORKER ON PIER. TWO WORKERS POUR CRATE FULL OF LOBSTERS INTO OTHER CRATES. HANDS OF WORKERS SEPARATING THE LOBSTERS BY SIZE. KEY WEST IS
LOBSTER, SHRIMPING CAPITAL OF U.S.
01:02:25 SHRIMP BOAT HEADING OUT. BLACK WORKER DIRECTS LARGE METAL BUCKET CONTAINING SHRIMP, ICE AS BOOM LIFTS IT FROM HOLD. CU THOUSANDS OF SHRIMP ON CONVEYOR BELT.
