| A View of Tallahassee | A View of Tallahassee | | Aerial photography
Construction
Hospitals
Promotional films
Shopping malls
Stadiums | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/aa352.jpg |
A View of Tallahassee
- Date
- 1973 (circa)
- Description
- This film contains aerial and street footage of Tallahassee. There are aerial scenes of Florida State University campus, including shots of Doak Campbell Stadium. The Capitol is seen prior to the construction of the tower and north and south wings. There is also footage of the Northwood Mall area with evidence of new construction underway on the Tallahassee Mall in the distance. The segment also contains footage of Tallahassee streets, including many of the government buildings in the area of the Capitol. The film ends with exterior footage of the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital facility. Produced by WFSU-TV.
- Collection
| Capitol Architectural Design Vote | Capitol Architectural Design Vote | | Debate
Governors-Florida
Politicians
Politics | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/rw4.jpg |
Capitol Architectural Design Vote
- Date
- 1970 (circa)
- Description
- This film features footage of Gov. Reubin Askew and the Executive Cabinet voting on the acceptance of Architect Stone's design for the new Florida Capitol Complex. Agriculture Commissioner Doyle Conner offers brief comments to explain his vote in opposition to the design. Additional comments from Gov. Askew follow. Produced by WFSU-TV.
- Collection
| City Christmas Lights/Tallahassee | City Christmas Lights/Tallahassee | | Attractions
Holidays
Promotional films | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/aa266.jpg |
City Christmas Lights/Tallahassee
- Date
- 1971-12
- Description
- This film shows the Capitol and downtown Tallahassee with Christmas decorations. Produced by WFSU-TV.
- Collection
| CIVIL RIGHTS | CIVIL RIGHTS | | Activists
African American
Black power
Civil rights
Demonstrations | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
CIVIL RIGHTS
- Date
- 1960 (circa)
- Description
- This film begins with reporters being led out of the Governor's Mansion. It then switches to a rally of African-Americans on the steps of the Capitol. It shows the crowd chanting and displaying signs for "Black Power," then shifts back to reporters. The sound is garbled.
- Collection
| Equal Rights Amendment | Equal Rights Amendment | | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc
Women's rights
Equal rights amendments | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ba224.jpg |
Equal Rights Amendment
- Date
- 1975
- Description
- The reporter in this raw footage discusses the evolution of the Equal Rights Amendment over time. She describes the history of the amendment nationally, which states had passed the amendment and where the status of the amendment in Florida. The film footage includes outtakes prior to editing. Produced by WFSU-TV.
- Collection
| Florida Commercials | Florida Commercials | | Amusement parks
Attractions
Fishing
Golf
Promotional films
Seminole Indians
Tourism
Water sports
Water skiing
Wildlife
Alligators | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ba041.jpg |
Florida Commercials
- Date
- 1950 (circa)
- Description
- This is a group of 11 Florida commercials that show a wide variety of Florida fun in the sun. They include: fishing of all kinds; water skiing; golf, swimming; scuba; St. Augustine; Seminoles; Gamble Mansion; the Capitol; parrots; gator wrestling; jumping dolphins; Silver Springs; Cypress Gardens; picnicking; horses; dog and car racing; Jai-alai; conquistadors landing; and Gasparilla "pirate invasion." Next is poolside fun; an entire family water skiing; a child and dog skiing; shell collecting; shell art; and animals. Produced by Louis Benito Agency; writing on leader said "NBC News, Today Show, 1958."
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| FLORIDA: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW | FLORIDA: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW | | Aerospace industry
Attractions
Automobile racing
Fishing
Museums
Promotional films
Tourism
Transportation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
FLORIDA: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
- Date
- n.d.
- Description
- This film shows many forms of transportation through the years. It then shows St. Augustine, Pensacola, Fort Pickens, Pensacola Beach, Panama City Beach, Florida Caverns, the Old Capitol, Killearn Gardens, Jacksonville, Fort Clinch in Fernandina, Orlando, Bok Tower, beach buggies on Daytona Beach and car races at the speedway, a launch at Cape Canaveral, fishing for sailfish, Tampa Bay Hotel, the Gasparilla Festival, Sunshine Skyway, Ringling Art Museum, Asolo Theater, Miami and the Keys. It uses old photos throughout. Produced by Leroy Crooks; sponsored by FDC.
- Collection
| Florida's Inaugurations, ca. 1960 | Florida's Inaugurations, ca. 1960 | | Governors-Florida
Governors-Florida-Inaugural addresses
Gubernatorial elections
Parades
Political campaigns
Politicians
Politics | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ba140.jpg |
Florida's Inaugurations, ca. 1960
- Date
- 1960 (circa)
- Description
- This film starts with excellent aerial footage of the Old Capitol. It describes the inaugural format, showing the Burns inauguration, including the taking of the oath of office. It uses black and white photos and footage of the Sydney Catts' inauguration (1917), and color footage of several more recent ones. There are scenes of inaugural parades and the Burns inaugural ball. Produced by FDC and Barton Film Co.
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| Garbage and Refuse Handling | Garbage and Refuse Handling | | Garbage
Infrastructure
Landfills
Recycling
Sanitation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ca192.jpg |
Garbage and Refuse Handling
- Date
- 1978-07-14
- Description
- This film shows a bulldozer pushing garbage in a landfill and garbage trucks. There are aerials of the new Capitol and the old Capitol prior to restoration. There is a posed scene of a man dumping barrels of toxic waste near a dirt road. Viewers see residential garbage pickup, a Reynolds Aluminum recycling station in a tractor-trailer truck and recycling bins in a shopping center parking lot. Produced by R.C. Rackham; sponsored by Florida Department of Environmental Regulation.
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| GASPARILLA '54 AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION | GASPARILLA '54 AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION | | Automobiles
Bridges
Citrus
Concrete construction
Construction
Infrastructure
Marching bands
Parades
Road construction | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
GASPARILLA '54 AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION
- Date
- 1954-02
- Description
- This film begins with shots of the Old Capitol and other state office buildings. Subsequent scenes include floats and marching bands. There are points of view from a car driving down a single lane road. Viewers also see a waterfront scene with a Navy ship coming into view and the exterior of a jai-alai fronton. There are more scenes with car point of view of streets in town, more scenes of the Navy Ship, scenes of road construction including concrete pouring and asphalt laying, more driving point of view, scenes of young orange groves, a bridge in the Keys, and construction using graders and bulldozers. There are street scenes mixed in and two shots of a Model T on a bumpy road.
- Collection
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