| Education Shortfall for Construction | Education Shortfall for Construction | | | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/education_shortfall_for_construction.jpg |
Education Shortfall for Construction
- Date
- Description
- Education Commissioner Betty Castor predicts a 3.5 billion dollar shortfall for school construction money over the next five years. Lee Mainella reports that Governor Bob Martinez, the legislature, and tax payers are aware of the problem but notes that education needs may have to be postponed to deal with other state concerns.
- Collection
| Florida Parades for the ERA by WFSU-TV, 1975 | Florida Parades for the ERA by WFSU-TV, 1975 | | Civil rights
Demonstrations
History, Modern -- 20th century
Women's rights
Equal rights amendments
Constitutional amendments--Ratification | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/AA468.jpg |
Florida Parades for the ERA by WFSU-TV, 1975
- Date
- 1975-04-14
- Description
- Video footage of a pro-Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) demonstration called "Florida Parades for the ERA" at the Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee. The demonstrators, including Betty Friedan and Alan Alda, march to the Capitol where Governor Reubin Askew gives a speech. Produced by WFSU-TV.
- Collection
| Interview with Women's Army Corps Captain Eleanor P. Hutchins, Tallahassee, 1957 | Interview with Women's Army Corps Captain Eleanor P. Hutchins, Tallahassee, 1957 | video | Women and the military
Interviews
Higher education
Women soldiers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ca196.jpg |
Interview with Women's Army Corps Captain Eleanor P. Hutchins, Tallahassee, 1957
- Date
- 1957
- Description
- This film begins with exterior shots of Florida State University (FSU). Then Katherine Warren, dean of women, interviews Captain Eleanor P. Hutchins, commanding officer at the Women's Army Corps (WAC) Detachment at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Hutchins discusses her career with WAC and how the liberal arts education she received from FSU prepared her for the Army. The interview concludes with Hutchins discussing the upcoming Summer College Program for juniors at Fort McClellan in Alabama.
- Collection
| LAKE JACKSON - STORM WATER | LAKE JACKSON - STORM WATER | | Drainage
Flood control-Florida
Lakes
Water management | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
LAKE JACKSON - STORM WATER
- Date
- 1982
- Description
- Tallahassee government representatives and environmental specialists discuss Lake Jackson and Leon County storm water management concerns. They explain the life cycle of lakes, nutrient loading, the McGinnis Arm holding pond, Lake Munson, Lake Lafayette and how storm water becomes a non-source specific pollutant. Produced by WFSU-TV.
- Collection
| Lake Jackson Residents | Lake Jackson Residents | | Boating
Drainage
Flood control-Florida
Lakes
Water management
Wildlife | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ba253.jpg |
Lake Jackson Residents
- Date
- 1970 (circa)
- Description
- This film features interviews with two residents of the Lake Jackson area of Tallahassee. The first resident expresses concern for the welfare of wildlife in the area. He complains that a local watershed is dumping silt into the water that makes it unsuitable for a fish or animal habitat. He closes his interview with cautionary comments, warning that lessons can be learned from similar situations with water bodies in southern Florida. Next, Dave "Red" Smith talks about his lifelong relationship with Lake Jackson. The segment ends with silent footage of boaters, developments and businesses in the Lake Jackson area. Produced by WFSU-TV.
- Collection
| Luna Plantation | Luna Plantation | | African American
Agriculture
Hunting
Plantations--Florida
Quail hunting
Silent films
Tennis | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/luna.jpg |
Luna Plantation
- Date
- 1940 (circa)
- Description
- This film has beautiful footage of the Luna Plantation in Leon County. This footage is composed of four combined short films. There are scenes showing: quail hunting; people on the plantation steps; a woman taking photographs; plowing with a sit-down plow; two children playing with a wagon/stroller apparatus; a picnic in the woods; people aboard a ship; playing tennis; boating; and an African-American man poling a boat.
- Collection
| Rosemary Barkett Appointed to Florida Supreme Court, 1985 | Rosemary Barkett Appointed to Florida Supreme Court, 1985 | | Courts -- Officials and employees
Judges -- Florida -- Leon County -- Tallahassee
Women judges -- Florida
Judges -- Selection and appointment | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/rosemary_barkett.jpg |
Rosemary Barkett Appointed to Florida Supreme Court, 1985
- Date
- 1985
- Description
- This is a segment from WSVN/Miami News center 7 of Governor Bob Graham announcing his appointment of Rosemary Barkett to the Florida Supreme Court. Justice Barkett is the first woman appointed to the court. She is greeted by Justice Joseph A. Boyd, who had a daughter attending law school at the time. Taking her new seat on the Court, Barkett describes the moment as, "a very moving event." Videotaped by Bradley White.
- Collection
| "Sally Stevens, A Lady Cabbie" by WFSU-TV, 1972 | "Sally Stevens, A Lady Cabbie" by WFSU-TV, 1972 | | Taxicabs
Motor vehicles
Women in the professions
Interviews | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/aa353.jpg |
"Sally Stevens, A Lady Cabbie" by WFSU-TV, 1972
- Date
- 1972
- Description
- An interview with Sally Stevens, the first woman taxi driver in Tallahassee. Stevens drives around downtown Tallahassee describing her experiences as a driver, including what she likes about the job and the difficulties of driving all day.
- Collection
| Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Freight Train Ride, 1976 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Freight Train Ride, 1976 | | Railroads -- Florida -- Leon County -- Tallahassee
Railroad stations -- Florida -- Leon County -- Tallahassee
Railroad cars
Railroad trains | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ba285.jpg |
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Freight Train Ride, 1976
- Date
- 1976-01-28
- Description
- A brakeman sets up cars and links them up to a train. The camera films the engineer and crew in the engine, as well as the landscape rolling by. The train drops cars in a siding and takes off again before stopping at the Tallahassee depot. Produced by WFSU-TV.
- Collection
| State Senator Beth Johnson on Amendment 3, 1963 | State Senator Beth Johnson on Amendment 3, 1963 | | Water conservation -- Florida
Outdoor recreation -- Florida
Environmentalism
Women legislators -- Florida
Legislative amendments | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/bethjohnson.jpg |
State Senator Beth Johnson on Amendment 3, 1963
- Date
- 1963
- Description
- State Senator Beth Johnson urges voters to pass Amendment 3 to the Florida Constitution which designates land for recreation and water conservation purposes. She emphasizes the need for foresight on environmental issues, especially water conservation. Produced by the Florida Development Commission.
- Collection
Listen: The Folk Program
