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Marvin Scott

Marvin Scott was a feisty newsman at Channel 13 from almost day one. He was one of only a handful of people who staffed the news operation for the first years of the station.

As a general assignment reporter, he covered everything from government to courts to fires and accidents. He was very close to the police and fire departments, whose dispatchers called him in the middle of the night to tip him off on breaking news...what they called "scoops" in those days.

By the end of the 60's, Marvin's doctor told him to get away from the stress of the daily news operation so he opened the very first 48-hour professional color film lab in Tampa, S & S Pro Color on South MacDill Avenue, with his wife Bonnie.

When one-hour processing became the big thing, he set up a satellite shop inside Busch Gardens to do quick photofinishing for tourists. He also put a film drop on Busch Boulevard, across from the gardens, for use by the general public.

He remained a top color lab for years, catering mostly to professionals and he got most of the business in Tampa before competitors rolled in.

When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers began play in the mid 70's, Marvin got the contract to film practices and every game for team and coach review. He constructed a mobile film processor so he could quickly prepare the finished product for showing as the coaches demanded.

Marvin died of heart failure in the mid-90's.






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