| "FACE THE NATION" - KINESCOPE | "FACE THE NATION" - KINESCOPE | | Civil rights
Integration
National Democratic Party
Politicians
Politics
United States-Foreign relations-Latin America | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
"FACE THE NATION" - KINESCOPE
- Date
- 1963-08-06
- Description
- Sen. George Smathers appears on CBS' "Face the Nation" program, where he fields questions posed by journalists William S. White, Russell Jones, William H. Lawrence and program host Stewart Novins. Sen. Smathers provides unscripted responses to inquiries regarding his prediction for a Democratic presidential candidate in 1960, the chances that he will run for president or vice president, the likelihood that the South will abandon the Democratic Party, Latin American issues, his assessment of Fidel Castro and integration issues. Produced by CBS.
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| Gov. Farris Bryant Addresses Senate Commerce Committee | Gov. Farris Bryant Addresses Senate Commerce Committee | | African American history
Busing for school integration--Law and legislation
Civil rights
Civil rights movement
Discrimination
Governors--Florida
Integration
Interstate commerce
Politicians
Politics | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/bryantcommercecom.jpg |
Gov. Farris Bryant Addresses Senate Commerce Committee
- Date
- 1963-07-30
- Description
- Governor Bryant addresses the Senate Commerce Committee in Washington concerning Senate Bill 1732 on rights and interstate busing. Bryant argues for the rights of property owners to discriminate against customers, that if customers have the right to choose which businesses they will use, then businesses equally have the right to choose which customers they will serve. Florida Senator Spessard Holland introduces Bryant to the committee, and Strom Thurmond, who sits on the committee, tells Bryant that he agrees with him. Produced by FDC.
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| GOV. FARRIS BRYANT PRESS CONFERENCE | GOV. FARRIS BRYANT PRESS CONFERENCE | | Civil rights
Demonstrations
Governors-Florida
Infrastructure
Politicians
Politics
Race relations
Transportation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
GOV. FARRIS BRYANT PRESS CONFERENCE
- Date
- 1964-04-02
- Description
- Tension mounts in this press conference when Gov. Farris Bryant declines to comment at length on the purpose of a secretive personal trip to Washington, D.C. He remarks on the use of the Florida National Guard in response to racial or civil unrest, construction plans for the Florida causeway and the success of the Florida Development Commission. Gov. Bryant also comments on the arrest of Elizabeth Peabody, mother of then-Massachusetts Gov. Endicott Peabody, for her participation in a civil rights march in St. Augustine. Produced by the Florida Development Commission.
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| Haines City High School Band | Haines City High School Band | | Celebrations
Citrus industry
Glee clubs
Marching bands
Musical instruments
Promotional films | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/da050.jpg |
Haines City High School Band
- Date
- 1957
- Description
- This film shows how the Haines City High School Band came to fame and recognition. It takes the viewer to the Conn Instrument Company in Elkhart, Indiana to see brass horn manufacturing, including electronic testing, casting and assembly. The town of Haines City goes all out to raise money for uniforms for the band and glee club by selling light bulbs. One bulb buyer is a citrus company, which provides a chance to see citrus processing, including using pulp for cattle feed. The uniforms arrive and the band plays at the Gasparilla Festival in Tampa. When the band is invited to the National Cherry Blossom Festival in 1956, fundraising projects begin again. A send-off party is held at Cypress Gardens and everyone loads up in buses for the trip to DC The band plays on the Capitol steps, sees sights including the White House and Mt. Vernon, and returns home to a police escort into town. This is a great story. This was filmed in Kodachrome.
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| HOME MOVIE | HOME MOVIE | | Home movies
Snow | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
HOME MOVIE
- Date
- 1940 (circa)
- Description
- This film shows a woman playing ball with a dog on the porch of a home. Then, it shows a little girl trying to get the dog to drink out of the birdbath. The remaining footage is of snow in the Washington, DC area.
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| HOME MOVIE | HOME MOVIE | | Home movies
Snow | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
HOME MOVIE
- Date
- n.d.
- Description
- This film has scenes of snow in the Washington, DC area.
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| President Franklin Roosevelt's Inauguration | President Franklin Roosevelt's Inauguration | | Governors-Florida
Inaugurations
Parades
Politicians
Politics
Presidents-United States
Speeches | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/FDR.jpg |
President Franklin Roosevelt's Inauguration
- Date
- 1941
- Description
- This film starts with a military parade in Washington DC, followed by footage of Gov. Holland, Sen. Claude Pepper and Sen. Charles Andrews at Union Station. This is followed by what appears to be President Roosevelt's third Inauguration in front of the Capitol. There are no close-up scenes involving President Roosevelt. Gov. Holland speaks at a cookout in Broward County at the end of the film.
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| Presidential Campaigning, 1972 | Presidential Campaigning, 1972 | | National Democratic Party
National Republican Party
Political campaigns
Politicians
Politics
Presidential candidates
Speeches | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/v168presidential.jpg |
Presidential Campaigning, 1972
- Date
- 1972
- Description
- This is a compilation of film clips involving presidential candidates. The Republicans shown in the film are Richard Nixon, Paul McClowsky and John Ashbrook. The Democrats shown are: Shirley Chisholm; Bruce Harkey; Hubert Humphrey; Henry Jackson; Edward Kennedy; John Lindsay; Eugene McCarthy; George McGovern; Wilbur Mills; Edmund Muskie; George Wallace; and Sam Yorty. Some of the clips are silent. Shirley Chisholm talks about being an African-American female presidential candidate. She declares herself as the only "unbought and unbossed" candidate in the race.
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| SENATOR GEORGE SMATHERS REPORTS | SENATOR GEORGE SMATHERS REPORTS | | Cold war
Economic conditions
Politics
Politicians
Taxation
United States-Foreign relations-Soviet Union | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
SENATOR GEORGE SMATHERS REPORTS
- Date
- 1950 (circa)
- Description
- This film contains numerous segments from Sen. George Smathers' television program "Senator Smathers Reports." Arkansas Sen. John McClellan discusses a bill that would eliminate Labor Union racketeering. Sen. John Sparkman, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Housing, comments on a new bill that will help stimulate the economy in Florida. In another segment, Sen. William Fulbright, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee, remarks on the struggle with Russia for control of Berlin. In the final segment, Sen. Smathers details legislation he will introduce in the upcoming Congressional session, including judicial reform, repealing a travel tax and social security revisions. Produced by the Senate Recording Studios.
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| SENATOR GEORGE SMATHERS REPORTS - AIR FORCE | SENATOR GEORGE SMATHERS REPORTS - AIR FORCE | | Cold war
Politicians
Politics
United States-Foreign relations-Soviet Union | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
SENATOR GEORGE SMATHERS REPORTS - AIR FORCE
- Date
- 1950 (circa)
- Description
- Sen. George Smathers interviews General Curtis LeMay of the Air Force on military threat. LeMay discusses America's strategy for dealing with Russia's missile and air defense capabilities. Produced by the Senate Recording Studios.
- Collection
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