From the archives: "Jaws" blamed for tourer slump astatine North Carolina formation - CBS News
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The Steven Spielberg movie "Jaws" was doing gangbusters concern successful theaters erstwhile it opened successful the summertime of 1975, prompting fears of shark attacks among moviegoers – and panic among formation assemblage tourer bureaus, which were convinced the blockbuster thriller was dissuading seasonal visitors from the shore, arsenic reported by CBS News' Bernard Goldberg. (Originally broadcast Aug. 7, 1975.)