Question: What 1955 Jane Russell and Richard Eagan movie was the first full-length film to debut 20 feet underwater at Silver Springs?
Answer: Underwater
Jane Russell and Debbie Reynolds headed the list of Hollywood stars and national press arriving in Ocala for the Jan. 10, 1955, premiere of RKO’s Underwater, the first full-length movie ever shown underwater. The viewing lasted just a few minutes but generated widespread coverage in major newspapers and magazines.
