| GOV. FARRIS BRYANT INAUGURATION | GOV. FARRIS BRYANT INAUGURATION | | Celebrations
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GOV. FARRIS BRYANT INAUGURATION
- Date
- 1961-01-03
- Description
- This film starts with scenes of a gala party for Bryant on the day before inauguration. Next are scenes of a pre-inauguration breakfast at FSU gym. Gov. Collins and Gov. Bryant make the traditional limousine ride from the Governor's mansion to the Capitol for the ceremony. The film shows the press corps and CBS TV cameras (WTVT) set up for the show. The events include a prayer, introduction of the Governors' wives, the oath of office, handing over of the State Seal, Gov. Bryant's address, the reception line and the inaugural ball.
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| Governor Haydon Burns--Robert King High Debate 1964 Number 1 (Part 2) | Governor Haydon Burns--Robert King High Debate 1964 Number 1 (Part 2) | | Civil rights
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Governor Haydon Burns--Robert King High Debate 1964 Number 1 (Part 2)
- Date
- 1964
- Description
- This film shows a debate between Democratic gubernatorial candidates Haydon Burns of Jacksonville and Robert King High of Miami. Issues of the day are argued in detail. Questions include the propriety of the "Negro Bloc Vote," reapportionment, changing the location of the state Capitol, and whether to make the Florida Department of Commerce Chairman a Cabinet member. The questions are followed by a final volley of accusations about NAACP support as a campaign issue. Kinescope. Part Number 2 is DA040.
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| Haydon Burns and Robert King High Gubernatorial Debate Number 1, 1964 (Part 1) | Haydon Burns and Robert King High Gubernatorial Debate Number 1, 1964 (Part 1) | | Civil rights
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Haydon Burns and Robert King High Gubernatorial Debate Number 1, 1964 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1964
- Description
- This film shows a debate between Democratic gubernatorial candidates Haydon Burns of Jacksonville and Robert King High of Miami. Issues of the day are argued in detail. Questions include the propriety of the "Negro Bloc Vote," reapportionment, changing the location of the state Capitol, and whether to make the Florida Department of Commerce Chairman a Cabinet member. The questions are followed by a final volley of accusations about NAACP support as a campaign issue. Kinescope. Part Number 2 is DA040.
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| Interviews With LeRoy Collins For "Great Floridians" | Interviews With LeRoy Collins For "Great Floridians" | | Civil rights
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Interviews With LeRoy Collins For "Great Floridians"
- Date
- 1970 (circa)
- Description
- The program starts with Collins talking about his loss in the 1968 Senate race, and the relation of that loss to the civil rights issue. Moves on to footage of Collins in the woods with a group of children discussing Kipling's poem "If." The film then moves to the 1960 Democratic Convention. Collins is introduced by Frank Church. John F. Kennedy and his family are introduced, including his mother, three of his sisters, and his two brothers. There are short clips of Eleanor Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, and Walter Cronkite. Collins gives the opening address and introduces Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson then introduces John F. Kennedy as the next president of the United States.
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| Governor Charley Johns - LeRoy Collins | Governor Charley Johns - LeRoy Collins | | Debates
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Governor Charley Johns - LeRoy Collins
- Date
- 1954
- Description
- This debate between acting Gov. Charley Johns and future governor LeRoy Collins was filmed from a television monitor (kinescope) and simultaneously broadcast throughout Florida on radio. Moderator Ralph Renick tries valiantly to manage a timer and buzzer mechanism as the candidates argue the issues of the day. There are processing marks through most of film, but otherwise the quality is very good.
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| SENATOR GEORGE SMATHERS CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL | SENATOR GEORGE SMATHERS CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL | | Elections
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| Inauguration of Sidney J. Catts, 1917 | Inauguration of Sidney J. Catts, 1917 | | Governors -- Florida
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Inauguration of Sidney J. Catts, 1917
- Date
- 1917-01-02
- Description
- Starts with scenes of the Capitol and swearing-in. Governor Trammel presents the State Seal to Governor Catts. Catts gives a speech. The film was made without sound and uses title cards to describe the scenes. The swearing-in was performed by Hon. Jefferson Browne, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. Includes scenes of Governor Catts and family, and the governor with his staff.
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| Governor Claude Kirk Inauguration | Governor Claude Kirk Inauguration | | Governors--Florida
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Governor Claude Kirk Inauguration
- Date
- 1967
- Description
- This film starts with Governor Claude Kirk taking the oath of office and giving his inaugural speech. The film is at times soft and slightly out of focus.
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| Governor Fuller Warren Inauguration | Governor Fuller Warren Inauguration | | Governors--Florida
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Governor Fuller Warren Inauguration
- Date
- 1964
- Description
- This film features pre-inaugural scenes of Governor Fuller Warren, the Cabinet, Supreme Court, and Legislative leaders. The new governor greets his niece and nephew on the porch of the Governor's Mansion. He checks the barbecue preparations for the big event. The film shows an organizational meeting with his Cabinet where each member is introduced. Legislative leaders are presented. The new Supreme Court Building is shown and the members are introduced. The footage of the inauguration ceremony shows the front of the Capitol and good wide shots of the audience and news people. Viewers see the governor cutting cake, eating barbecue, and appearing with B.K. Roberts, soon-to-be Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. The footage of the parade has great floats and shows Roberts sitting next to Governor Warren in the reviewing stand.
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| Governor LeRoy Collins Inauguration | Governor LeRoy Collins Inauguration | | Governors--Florida
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Governor LeRoy Collins Inauguration
- Date
- 1955
- Description
- Governor LeRoy Collins makes a speech from his den about his goals and Florida's role as a state on the "threshold of greatness." There are scenes of the Collins family at home (The Grove) as they greet LeRoy Jr., home from the Naval Academy, and walk to the Governor's Mansion. The film shows all the pomp and ceremony of the inauguration itself, with speeches and everyone singing "Suwannee." After the ceremony, well-wishers file through the mansion to greet the governor and his family. There are scenes of the reception that evening in the Capitol Rotunda, including the Cabinet and Supreme Court members. Everyone does the grand march at the end. Produced by the Florida State Advertising Commission.
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