Busch Gardens Tampa Bay used to be tagged as "Busch Gardens The Dark Continent" from 1976 up until the 1990s. This footage contains two stitched reels that take place in the 1980s.

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Filmed on 8mm by Pierce Sears of Rockport, MA. Digitized by Twin Lights Archive in 2023.