Journey into Wilderness: Florida's Indian River Lagoon
- Producing Organization
- WMFE-TV (Television station : Orlando, Fla.)
- Vanguard Productions
- Marine Resources Council of East Central Florida
- Contributing Organization
- The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-526-4x54f1nj7p
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- Description
- Program Description
- "More than 900 people move into Florida every day. Most think of home and their roots as being somewhere else. 'JOURNEY INTO WILDERNESS' acquaints the newcomers of the last 50 years with natural Florida and the waves of settlement that came before. It offers a perspective that places all Floridians (in now the fourth most populated state in the U.S.) within Florida history. "Last July marked the 25th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's moonwalk. Hidden behind the launch pads of Cape Canaveral lies a wilderness where for hundreds of years pioneers braved impassable wetlands, clouds of malarial mosquitos, hurricanes, and unbearable heat to make an exotic land habitable. "Over the centuries, the Indian River lagoon has been home to Ais Indians, wilderness to Conquistadors and missionaries, and a haven for pirates, Civil War blockade runners, and prohibition rum runners. The lagoon has been a secluded vacation spot for tourists since the Victorian era and a primitive outpost for the pioneers of the Space Age. "'Journey' uses the reports of Spanish soldiers, the journals of shipwrecked castaways, the letters of homesteaders, the prose of Victorian guidebooks, and the memories of early settlers to tell the story of the long struggle to tame the [subtropical] territory. "In celebration of the pioneering spirit that has shifted the frontier from the Florida wilderness to outer space and back home again, 'Journey' becomes the story of today's ecological pioneers who seek a balance between man and nature."--1994 Peabody Awards entry form.
- Broadcast Date
- 1994-07-23
- Asset type
- Program
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Producing Organization: WMFE-TV (Television station : Orlando, Fla.)
Producing Organization: Vanguard Productions
Producing Organization: Marine Resources Council of East Central Florida
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the
University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-9cbc5bdb6b1 (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 0:57:40
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Journey into Wilderness: Florida's Indian River Lagoon,” 1994-07-23, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 7, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-4x54f1nj7p.
- MLA: “Journey into Wilderness: Florida's Indian River Lagoon.” 1994-07-23. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 7, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-4x54f1nj7p>.
- APA: Journey into Wilderness: Florida's Indian River Lagoon. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-4x54f1nj7p