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27/11/2007: "UNDERWATER SHOCK-HORROR FILM...... 1956"

The original Creature from the Black Lagoon was presented to the public in 1956 as a serious possibility that such a creature might exist somewhere in the unknown Amazon.

Worthwhile for the superb underwater photography and serious effort by top actors of the era.

The 10 minute featurette version Creature from the Lagoon (the word Black omitted) works as a comedy as does a 1960's spearfishing newsreel showing heaps of blue groper at an Australian spear fishing championships at Bermagui, New South Wales.

Included in the newsreel, someone bitten by a wobbegong shark held high for the cameraman - by the tail.