| FLORIDA STATE PARKS INVITE YOU: WESTERN DISTRICT | FLORIDA STATE PARKS INVITE YOU: WESTERN DISTRICT | | Promotional films
Recreation
Tourism
Wildlife | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
FLORIDA STATE PARKS INVITE YOU: WESTERN DISTRICT
- Date
- 1963-09-20
- Description
- This film offers a full overview of the adventures that await visitors to Florida's state parks. The film contains scenes from Suwanee River State Park, Fort Pickens, The Florida Constitution Historical Memorial, Torreya State Park, Bahia Honda, Gold Head Branch State Park, John Pennekamp Coral Reef Park, Olustee Battlefield, Fort Clinch, Myakka State Park, Killearn Gardens (known as Maclay Gardens today), Florida Caverns State Park, St. Andrews State Park and the Gorrie Museum in Apalachicola. Produced by the Florida Board of Parks and Historical Memorials.
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| Japanese Governors Visit Florida | Japanese Governors Visit Florida | | Diplomacy
Governors-Florida
Promotional films
Tourism
United States-Foreign relations-Japan | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ba343.jpg |
Japanese Governors Visit Florida
- Date
- 1964-05-18
- Description
- In this film, Gov. and First Lady Bryant greet 10 Japanese governors and their wives as they arrive at Tallahassee Municipal Airport. There is a large welcome ceremony at the Governor's Mansion. Later, the governors tour the Capitol, Supreme Court and Tallahassee Junior Museum. They are also seen visiting the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, boating in Fort Lauderdale and visiting the Seaquarium. Produced by the Florida Development Commission.
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| Filming Cecil Demille's "Greatest Show on Earth" | Filming Cecil Demille's "Greatest Show on Earth" | | Circuses
Film industry
Home movies | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/greatestshow.jpg |
Filming Cecil Demille's "Greatest Show on Earth"
- Date
- 1952
- Description
- This is a home movie of the filming of Cecil DeMille's "Greatest Show on Earth" in Sarasota. There is a parade through town with Paramount camera crews and large crowds of spectators. There is footage of Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Gloria Grahame and Dorothy Lamour.
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| SKI SKILL | SKI SKILL | | Boating
Promotional films
Recreation
Water sports
Water skiing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
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 to the Fair | Ski to the Fair | | Boating
Promotional films
Recreation
Water sports
Water skiing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ca086.jpg |
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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| Florida Gulf Coast Holiday | Florida Gulf Coast Holiday | | Blue Angels (Flight squadron)
Boating
Circuses
Fishing
Gambling-Florida
Horse racing
Hotels
Major League Baseball
Promotional films
Tarpon fishing
Tourism
Water sports
Water skiing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ca028.jpg |
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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| Fishin' Fun in Sarasota County | Fishin' Fun in Sarasota County | | Bass fishing
Boating
Bridges
Fishing
Promotional films
Sport fishing
Tarpon fishing
Tourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/da012.jpg |
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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| Florida Cinderella | Florida Cinderella | | Attractions
Beauty pageants
Beauty pageant contestants
Promotional films
Tourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/floridacinderella.jpg |
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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| MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS IN FLORIDA | MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS IN FLORIDA | | Attractions
Beauty pageant contestants
Beauty pageants
Promotional films
Tourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
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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| VACATION | VACATION | | Attractions
Elephants
Hippopotami
Home movies
Horses
Manatees
Monkeys
Promotional films
Tourism
Wildlife | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
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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