24 items found
Collection ID is exactly "13" AND Geographic Term contains "Sarasota "
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Museum a Circus Built

Museum a Circus Built
Date
1950 (circa)
Description
This film shows the Italian Renaissance residence and museum in Sarasota , which were created by John and Mable Ringling. It shows many paintings and sculptures, as well as the restoration studio. Painting conservation is shown being done in full sunshine. See AA074, "Museum... Excerpt". Produced by Florida State Advertising Commission.
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Museum a Circus Built

Museum a Circus Built
T MINUS 15 AND COUNTING

T MINUS 15 AND COUNTING
Date
1965 (circa)
Description
This film shows Florida schools, including elementary schools, high schools and colleges. It describes new techniques, special help for Cuban refugees, Seminoles and the disabled. The film features marine biology, computers, electronics, educational television, physical education and the Sarasota High School's Sailor Circus. It also shows vocational education, Future Farmers, oyster cultivation, music, theater and art. It shows architecture of various campuses and ends with a speech by Floyd T. Christian, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The missile launch referred to in the title is figurative. Produced by Coronado Studios; sponsored by the Florida Department of Education.
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T MINUS 15 AND COUNTING

T MINUS 15 AND COUNTING
Florida Cinderella

Florida Cinderella
Date
1960 (circa)
Description
The Miss Florida Pageant begins in Sarasota with the girls checking into a motel on Lido Beach. They get a room, roommate, a number, and a chaperone; then they get into bathing suits. They cavort and mug for the cameras, frolic in the surf, and practice for the big night. They pose, frolic some more, have their hair done, and drink a Pepsi for the camera. They visit Sarasota Jungle Gardens, Circus Hall of Fame, and Horn's Cars of Yesterday and eat at Seven Steers Steak House. Then the big event is shown. Produced by FDC.
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Florida Cinderella

Florida Cinderella
MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS IN FLORIDA

MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS IN FLORIDA
Date
1962-08-29
Description
Miss America contestants pay a surprise visit to Sarasota, Florida, where they tour the Ringling Museum and pose with exotic birds at Jungle Gardens . Miss Florida presents contestants Ann Verner, Miss District of Columbia; Evelyn Ellis, Miss South Carolina; Beverly Smith, Miss Maryland; Georgia Malick, Miss New Jersey; Katherine Cross, Miss Georgia; and Paula Heims, Miss New York with certificates making them honorary Florida citizens. Produced by the Florida Development Commission.
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MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS IN FLORIDA

MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS IN FLORIDA
VACATION

VACATION
Date
1947-03
Description
This film shows a trip to Sarasota and the Ringling Circus. It shows a manatee in a small pool of water, elephants, horses, hippopotami and monkeys. It then moves on to Sarasota Jungle Gardens and nurseries.
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VACATION

VACATION
WATER SKI FUN!

WATER SKI FUN!
Date
1950 (circa)
Description
Television personality Tommy Bartlett introduces this film about water skiing. The action takes place at Sunshine Springs and Gardens where there is a ski show including a clown on a chair on a disc. Viewers also see speedboats that jump a ramp and end their performance by running up on land. A family gets lessons, including underwater shots of takeoff.
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WATER SKI FUN!

WATER SKI FUN!
Fishin' Fun in Sarasota County

Fishin' Fun in Sarasota County
Date
1950 (circa)
Description
This film has good shots of the Sarasota city waterfront, bridges and Venice jetties. It shows surf fishing off Englewood, bass fishing on the Myakka River, wade fishing in the shallows of Lemon Bay and tarpon fishing in the Gulf. It also shows fishing for sailfish in the Gulf with a nice tail-walking sequence. Produced by Capt. Marty Foster at Florida Film Studios Inc., Sarasota. Sound quality is not great.
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Fishin' Fun in Sarasota County

Fishin' Fun in Sarasota County
Florida Gulf Coast Holiday

Florida Gulf Coast Holiday
Date
1960 (circa)
Description
This film begins in Pensacola. Viewers see Fort Pickens, Blue Angels and the Naval Air Station. The film moves to Panama City, where viewers see people frolicking in the surf and teens with a guitar. In Tallahassee, the film shows Apalachee Parkway toward the Old Capitol, FSU and Killearn Gardens State Park (now Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park). Viewers see Rainbow Springs' "submarine boats" and Weeki Wachee. At Tarpon Springs, a diver puts on a suit and jumps in. Also shown are Tampa Bay hotels, fishing party boats, tarpon fishing, horse and dog races, jai-alai, baseball spring training, golf, boating and skiing. The film also shows Cypress Gardens, Busch Gardens, Sarasota's Horn's Cars of Yesterday and Sarasota Jungle Gardens. Viewers see the Ringling Brothers Circus in Venice, the Edison Home in Fort Myers and the Caribbean Gardens in Naples. Produced by Beckley Films and FDC; sponsored by Eastern Airlines and FDC.
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Florida Gulf Coast Holiday

Florida Gulf Coast Holiday
SKI SKILL

SKI SKILL
Date
1950 (circa)
Description
This is a film about water ski tricks, including preparation, special equipment and execution. Boats are plywood with twin Johnson Seahorse outboards. The film ends with a performance at Sunshine Springs and Gardens in Sarasota. Produced by Seahorse Productions; sponsored by Johnson Motors.
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SKI SKILL

SKI SKILL
Ski to the Fair

Ski to the Fair
Date
1964
Description
This film documents a group of skiers as they make a 17-day trip on water skis to the New York World's Fair. Along the way they promote St. Petersburg as a town for "young and old alike." The narrator, Communications Chief Jim Gray, describes the intention of the trip, the difficulties the skiers and boat drivers encounter and each place the skiers stop and speak with the press. The skiers go south through Venice and Fort Myers before cutting across the state via the Okeechobee Waterway. The group then travels up Florida's Atlantic coast, stopping in Jensen Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Jacksonville Beach and Fernandina. They continue along the coast stopping in other states before reaching the Statue of Liberty and New York City. This 1,600 mile trip by amateur skiers ends with a performance at the World's Fair Marina. Produced by FDC; sponsored by St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce.
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Ski to the Fair

Ski to the Fair
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Museum a Circus BuiltMuseum a Circus BuiltArt
Attractions
Museums
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T MINUS 15 AND COUNTINGT MINUS 15 AND COUNTINGArt
Cuban refugees
Education
Music education
Promotional films
Physical education
Science education
Seminole Indians
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Florida CinderellaFlorida CinderellaAttractions
Beauty pageants
Beauty pageant contestants
Promotional films
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MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS IN FLORIDAMISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS IN FLORIDAAttractions
Beauty pageant contestants
Beauty pageants
Promotional films
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VACATIONVACATIONAttractions
Elephants
Hippopotami
Home movies
Horses
Manatees
Monkeys
Promotional films
Tourism
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WATER SKI FUN!WATER SKI FUN!Attractions
Boats
Recreation
Underwater photography
Water skiing
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Fishin' Fun in Sarasota CountyFishin' Fun in Sarasota CountyBass fishing
Boating
Bridges
Fishing
Promotional films
Sport fishing
Tarpon fishing
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Florida Gulf Coast HolidayFlorida Gulf Coast HolidayBlue Angels (Flight squadron)
Boating
Circuses
Fishing
Gambling-Florida
Horse racing
Hotels
Major League Baseball
Promotional films
Tarpon fishing
Tourism
Water sports
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SKI SKILLSKI SKILLBoating
Promotional films
Recreation
Water sports
Water skiing		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Ski to the FairSki to the FairBoating
Promotional films
Recreation
Water sports
Water skiing		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ca086.jpg