what movies were filmed in wakulla florida
Eight movies have been filmed in and around Wakulla Springs, most notably, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Airport 77, and Tarzan films. Wakulla Springs also served as a military training facility for amphibious exercises, and rest and relaxation for soldiers during World War II.
Florida films are nearly as old as movie making itself. The state's sunny climate and scenic beauty made Florida a natural destination for early film producers. In fact, the earliest Florida films are 1898 newsreels of U.S. troops in Tampa during the Spanish-American War. Before World War I, Jacksonville rivaled Hollywood with more than thirty studios and 1,000 actors and extras. Johnny Weismuller and the film crew of Tarzan's Secret Treasure at Wakulla Springs, 1941. (Left) Florida continued to be used for many of Hollywood's best movies.