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Collection ID is exactly "13" AND Subject - Person is exactly "Downs, Hugh"
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Hugh Downs for Florida

Hugh Downs for Florida
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Description
This footage contains several clips of Hugh Downs promoting Florida on the Today Show. Downs opens with a reading of the day's temperatures in Florida, then discusses the wide variety of activities one can enjoy in the Sunshine State, including: fishing; boating; shuffleboard; skiing; rodeo; diving; golf; swimming; and cultural offerings, such as, Seminole Indian villages, festivals and fairs. Footage of these activities plays while Downs talks in the background. He ends each segment by telling viewers how they can send off for a Florida Vacation Guide. Two segments feature the national weather report preceding Downs's promotional speeches.
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Hugh Downs for Florida

Hugh Downs for Florida
TODAY SHOW: FLORIDA SEGMENTS

TODAY SHOW: FLORIDA SEGMENTS
Date
1963
Description
This is a series of segments of the "Today Show" where a weather report is given (in winter), followed by Hugh Downs reading from a script about Florida as FDC footage is shown. A booklet is also offered by writing to Tallahassee. Each segment focuses on one aspect of Florida life. The segments include art and culture, fun in the sun, and wildlife. In the segment on Florida agriculture and seafood, producer Hack Swain and his wife Marie are seen dining in a seafood restaurant. The footage is all Kinescope. Produced by NBC Television; sponsored by FDC.
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TODAY SHOW: FLORIDA SEGMENTS

TODAY SHOW: FLORIDA SEGMENTS
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
fvc928Hugh Downs for FloridaDowns, Hugh
Kirk, Erika Mattfeld
Today Show
Fishing
Boating
Shuffleboard
Water skiing
Rodeo
Golf
Swimming
Seminoles
Festivals
Fairs
Vacations		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
TODAY SHOW: FLORIDA SEGMENTSTODAY SHOW: FLORIDA SEGMENTSAgriculture
Art
Beaches
Promotional films
Recreation
Seafood industry
Tourism
Wildlife		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg