| 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.
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| BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION | BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION | | Barges
Bridges
Concrete construction
Construction
Infrastructure
Transportation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
- Date
- 1953 (circa)
- Description
- This film shows steel being formed at Henry Corporation in Rattlesnake, where precast concrete slabs are being made for the lower Tampa Bay Bridge. The concrete is poured into a slab as jazz piano music plays on the soundtrack. The slabs are lifted onto a barge and stacked, then put into place on the bridge. Next is a draw-section of the bridge moving from land to the barge and from the barge to position on the bridge. Many laborers are seen.
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| CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES OF THE FLORIDA STATE ROAD DEPT NO. 1 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES OF THE FLORIDA STATE ROAD DEPT NO. 1 | | Construction
Drainage
Flood control-Florida
Infrastructure
Road construction | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES OF THE FLORIDA STATE ROAD DEPT NO. 1
- Date
- 1957 (circa)
- Description
- This film shows road building in Florida , including land clearing, drainage digging, pipe laying, grading, curb construction , limestone quarrying, tar spraying and asphalt laying. See BA156. Produced by Florida State Road Department.
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| CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES OF THE FLORIDA STATE ROAD DEPT NO. 2 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES OF THE FLORIDA STATE ROAD DEPT NO. 2 | | Construction
Drainage
Flood control-Florida
Infrastructure
Road construction | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
| FABRICATION OF BRIDGE SECTIONS | FABRICATION OF BRIDGE SECTIONS | | Bridges
Concrete construction
Construction
Infrastructure
Road Construction | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
FABRICATION OF BRIDGE SECTIONS
- Date
- 1950 (circa)
- Description
- This is footage of the techniques involved in road and bridge construction, showing how cylindrical concrete supports and highway overpass sections are made. The parts are placed on barges and floated to the construction site. Then, the supports are pounded into the ocean floor. Afterwards, slabs are placed on top of the supports.
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| Florida State University History (Part 3) | Florida State University History (Part 3) | | College sports
Construction
Florida State Seminoles (College sports teams)
Jazz music
Promotional films | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ca254.jpg |
Florida State University History (Part 3)
- Date
- 1977 (circa)
- Description
- The film shows some scenes of the area of the Chi Omega murders, the jazz band practicing, stadium construction, science labs and the football program (with Bobby Bowden, Jimmy Jordan and Ron Sellers). There is no sound in this portion. There is also some men's track coverage. Produced by WFSU-TV.
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| FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY VIEW OF CAMPUS | FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY VIEW OF CAMPUS | | Celebrations
Construction
Homecoming
Parades
Promotional films | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
| Florida's Canal Main Street | Florida's Canal Main Street | | Economic conditions
Drainage
Flood control--Florida
Governors--Florida
Promotional films
Canals
Inland waterways
Construction
Infrastructure
Cold War | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/canal.jpg |
Florida's Canal Main Street
- Date
- 1965 (circa)
- Description
- Gov. Haydon Burns introduces this film describing the reasons, location and other details of the Cross Florida Barge Canal. The canal was being built at the time the film was made. The film has illustrations showing proposed design, testimony by the geologist, sequences of Florida industry, footage of flooding in March 1960 and an enemy submarine threat sequence. President Johnson sets off the first blast in construction. Produced by Leroy Crooks; sponsored by FDC and the Canal Authority of Florida.
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| FLORIDA'S WHITE GOLD | FLORIDA'S WHITE GOLD | | Concrete
Construction
Infrastructure
Limestone
Mining industry
Promotional films
Transportation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
FLORIDA'S WHITE GOLD
- Date
- 1970 (circa)
- Description
- This film tells us about crushed stone and sand and how these materials are used in concrete and water filtration. It shows limestone mining, construction, and many scenes of cities and roads in Florida.
- 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
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