| Buccaneer Conquest | Buccaneer Conquest | | Ceremonies
Festivals
Parades
Promotional films
Tourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/DA058.jpg |
Buccaneer Conquest
- Date
- 1950 (circa)
- Description
- This film shows the Gasparilla Celebration, which began in 1904, as it was done in the 1950s. The pirates invade and a wonderfully colorful event follows. Businessmen are made up as pirates and lose all inhibitions as they participate in the parades and pageants. Emmett Kelly, as Weary Willie, appears in the film and an amphibious tank escorts the ship into the harbor. A high-wire artist walks between the ship's masts. This was filmed in Kodachrome.
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| Buccaneer Conquest of Tampa | Buccaneer Conquest of Tampa | | Ceremonies
Festivals
Parades
Promotional films
Tourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ba069.jpg |
Buccaneer Conquest of Tampa
- Date
- 1967 (circa)
- Description
- In this film, "pirates" capture hostages, hoist a jolly roger and start the Gasparilla Celebration in Tampa. Viewers see "pirates" being made up. Some attack the Goodyear Blimp and the rest ride into town aboard the three-masted ship Jose Gaspar. There is a parade and the crowning of the new "King Gasparilla." Produced by Creative Film and Sound.
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| fvc895 | Fabulous Florida | | Bramby, John
Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center (White Springs, Fla.)
Miami Seaquarium
Gasparilla Festival (Tampa, Fla.)
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Seminoles
Agriculture
Citrus | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Fabulous Florida
- Date
- Description
- This film offers a narrated tour of Florida, highlighting the North, Central and Southern regions. It features shots of: St. Augustine; Tallahassee; Jacksonville; Daytona Beach; Tampa; St. Petersburg; Palm Beach; Ft. Lauderdale; Miami Beach and Key West. The attractions mentioned include: Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center; Silver Springs; Rainbow Springs; Miami Seaquarium; Marineland; the Citrus Tower; Bok Tower; Cypress Gardens; Gasparilla Festival; Skyway Bridge; Ringling Art Museum; Everglades National Park and the Overseas Highway. The film also features Seminole Indian culture, Florida agriculture and the citrus industry. Produced by John Bramby for Humble Oil and Refining Company.
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| 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 State Fair and Gasparilla Celebration | Florida State Fair and Gasparilla Celebration | | African Americans
Automobile racing
Cattle industry
Celebrations
Ceremonies
Cigars
Circuses
Exhibitions
Festivals
Marching bands
Mermaids
Parades
Segregation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/da003.jpg |
Florida State Fair and Gasparilla Celebration
- Date
- 1953-02
- Description
- The 48th Annual Florida State Fair includes the Gasparilla Pirate Celebration in which men dress as pirates and sail into Tampa Bay. Parades, circus acts, produce displays, industry displays and livestock displays from all over the state are shown. Viewers see a car race and car stunts. The film also shows "Negro Day" with marching bands, track events and the presentation of the "Outstanding Negro of the Year Award." The 4-H Club is shown and Florida Secretary of Agriculture Nathan Mayo presents awards. Future Homemakers are shown making cookies. Cigar making is shown and a human cannonball flies. An underwater kitchen features a mermaid housewife. A parade features many floats and costumes. This is a wonderful Kodachrome film. Produced by Ball Productions of Miami; sponsored by the Florida State Advertising Commission and the Florida State Fair and Gasparilla Association.
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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.
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| GASPARILLA DAY - COLER | GASPARILLA DAY - COLER | | Attractions
Celebrations
Festivals
Parades
Promotional films
Tourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
GASPARILLA DAY - COLER
- Date
- 1953-02
- Description
- This film has scenes of "pirates" getting ready for the civic celebration, shots of the pirates turning their guns over to authorities, a man with trained tigers, and a couple of circus performers entering a cannon barrel and being shot into the air. There are several shots of young ladies on parade floats and in costume and shots of the decorated "pirate" ship with no pirates aboard. This material seems to be outtakes from DA003 Fl, "State Fair & Gasparilla Celebration." "Coler" was the title on the can. It may be the photographer's name.
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| GASPARILLA FESTIVAL I | GASPARILLA FESTIVAL I | | Celebrations
Festivals
Home movies
Parades | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
GASPARILLA FESTIVAL I
- Date
- 1928
- Description
- This home movie is a production of the Howell family in Tampa, Florida. The title card for this film says "Landing of the Pirate Krew of Gasparilla." It begins with a young boy playing pirate, and then moves to the Gasparilla Festival in Tampa. There are scenes involving a variety of boats and ships in Tampa Bay and many pirates. Downtown parade scenes follow. This is good quality early footage.
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| GASPARILLA FESTIVAL II | GASPARILLA FESTIVAL II | | Boating
Celebrations
Festivals
Home movies
Hotels
Parades | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
GASPARILLA FESTIVAL II
- Date
- 1929, 1947
- Description
- This is another home movie with Gasparilla Festival footage. The focus is on Tampa Bay and the boats. Scenes include the Tampa Yacht and Country Club; Houton Wall's schooner, Halagonian; the schooner Rambler; and scenes of the Tampa shoreline, including the Tampa Bay Hotel.
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| Haines City High School Band | Haines City High School Band | | Celebrations
Citrus industry
Glee clubs
Marching bands
Musical instruments
Promotional films | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/da050.jpg |
Haines City High School Band
- Date
- 1957
- Description
- This film shows how the Haines City High School Band came to fame and recognition. It takes the viewer to the Conn Instrument Company in Elkhart, Indiana to see brass horn manufacturing, including electronic testing, casting and assembly. The town of Haines City goes all out to raise money for uniforms for the band and glee club by selling light bulbs. One bulb buyer is a citrus company, which provides a chance to see citrus processing, including using pulp for cattle feed. The uniforms arrive and the band plays at the Gasparilla Festival in Tampa. When the band is invited to the National Cherry Blossom Festival in 1956, fundraising projects begin again. A send-off party is held at Cypress Gardens and everyone loads up in buses for the trip to DC The band plays on the Capitol steps, sees sights including the White House and Mt. Vernon, and returns home to a police escort into town. This is a great story. This was filmed in Kodachrome.
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