| CARS OF YESTERDAY | CARS OF YESTERDAY | | Antique cars
Attractions
Automobiles
Museums
Tourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
CARS OF YESTERDAY
- Date
- 1961-08
- Description
- This film is outtakes from Horn's Cars of Yesterday in Sarasota, including interiors and exteriors.
- Collection
| fvc893 | Daytona Beach Footage | | Daytona 500
Automobiles
Automobile racing
Stock Car Racing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Daytona Beach Footage
- Date
- Description
- This film opens with automobiles driving on Daytona Beach, then moves to the Daytona Speedway and footage of automobile racing, occasional shots of spectators, and pit stops. Near the end of the film, shots of boating, water skiing and golf, are randomly interjected into the footage.
- Collection
| DAYTONA BEACH RESORT AREA: THE AFFORDABLE FLORIDA | DAYTONA BEACH RESORT AREA: THE AFFORDABLE FLORIDA | | Amusement parks
Attractions
Automobiles
Automobile racing
Beaches
Boating
Promotional films
Recreation
Tourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
DAYTONA BEACH RESORT AREA: THE AFFORDABLE FLORIDA
- Date
- 1970 (circa)
- Description
- This is one of the few tourism films to use synch sound with the models. It features three couples: one retired, one with two children and a young married couple. They frolic in the surf, fish and shop. Viewers see attractions, nightlife and all of the usual pastimes. The film shows some old-time footage of car races on the beach and many contemporary vehicles on the beach. It also shows Disney World, Marineland, Silver Springs, the Daytona Speedway, Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse, Ormond Beach Hotel and Kennedy Space Center. Produced by Coronado Studios and Gouchenour Inc. Advertising; sponsored by the Daytona Beach Resort Area.
- Collection
| ELECTRIC CAR/ MG CAR SHOW | ELECTRIC CAR/ MG CAR SHOW | | Automobiles
Electric cars
Promotional films | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
ELECTRIC CAR/ MG CAR SHOW
- Date
- 1975-10-29
- Description
- This film shows footage of an electric car in operation. The owner describes how the vehicle works and contests that electric cars are better for the environment and more energy-efficient than vehicles that operate on internal combustion engines. The film has additional footage of an MG automobile show at Wakulla Springs State Park. Several drivers participate in a blindfolded driving competition. Produced by WFSU-TV.
- Collection
| FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY HOMECOMING PARADE | FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY HOMECOMING PARADE | | Automobiles
Celebrations
Homecoming
Parades
Promotional films | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY HOMECOMING PARADE
- Date
- 1955
- Description
- This is excellent color footage of the 1955 FSU homecoming parade in Tallahassee. Several elaborately constructed floats and a fine selection of vintage automobiles are included.
- Collection
| 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
| GLASS BOTTOM BOATS AT SILVER SPRINGS | GLASS BOTTOM BOATS AT SILVER SPRINGS | | Amusement parks
Attractions
Automobiles
Boating
Glass bottom boats
Promotional films
Seminole Indians
Tourism
Underwater photography | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
GLASS BOTTOM BOATS AT SILVER SPRINGS
- Date
- 1960 (circa)
- Description
- This film shows the features of Silver Springs. It includes "actors" who are supposed to be filming an old-time slapstick comedy with pie-in-the-face scenes. It shows the glass-bottom boats on the river, the view through the boat glass and scenes of underwater filming. A "symphony" tune is played during various beauty shots. Viewers see the jungle cruise boats. Seminoles and children pose for photos, as does a chimp wearing a feather headdress, smoking a pipe and holding an American flag. Antique cars and a championship Chrysler stock car are seen. Produced by Guided Tours.
- Collection
| GUIDED TOUR OF GOOD OLD DAYS | GUIDED TOUR OF GOOD OLD DAYS | | Amusement parks
Attractions
Automobiles
Promotional films
Tourism
Westerns | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
GUIDED TOUR OF GOOD OLD DAYS
- Date
- n.d.
- Description
- This film starts with a cute recreated "Keystone Kops" sequence to introduce a look at the Silver Springs Auto Fair & Carriage Cavalcade Collection. The Keystone Kops continue to show off cars. There is a scene of "filming a Western" to show a stage coach and another scene showing an odd-looking "futuristic" car, ending with a "pie-in-the-face" sequence. There are shots of the rest of the features at Silver Springs. Ricou Browning (the Creature from the Black Lagoon) plays the "hero" in this film. Produced by Guided Tours; sponsored by Silver Springs.
- Collection
| GUIDED TOUR OF MIAMI BEACH | GUIDED TOUR OF MIAMI BEACH | | American alligator
Amusement parks
Attractions
Automobiles
Birds
Hotels
Reptiles
Seminole Indians
Tourism
Wildlife | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
GUIDED TOUR OF MIAMI BEACH
- Date
- 1956
- Description
- Two young ladies arrive from the Midwest on a DC-6 to vacation in Miami Beach. They rent a 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air convertible from Hertz. They tan and visit Parrot Jungle to see trained parrots and a flock of flamingoes. They visit the Miami Seaquarium. At the hotel, a man skis in the pool and there is a jousting match on inner tubes and a diving expedition. Viewers see gator wrestling, snake milking at the Miami Serpentarium, trained monkeys at Monkey Jungle and a big dinner at the hotel. The film includes Tropical Hobbyland Indian Village. Produced by Guided Tours; sponsored by Hertz.
- Collection
| HOME MOVIE | HOME MOVIE | | Aircraft
Automobiles
Home Movies | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
HOME MOVIE
- Date
- n.d.
- Description
- This film starts at the corner of 30th St. and 4th Ave. N., showing a residential area. There is a woman in a yard and a maid watering grass. The film has camera shots from a car and from a military airplane. This is probably not footage of Florida.
- Collection
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