Florida Memory • Blountstown

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Year

1978

Video Details

21:43; color; silent and sound; V-213 DA124; S. 828

Description

This film begins with scenes from a WFSU-TV program on Blountstown and a community gathering. An elderly African-American man splits logs and a country band plays spiritual music. A local barber, Mr. Whitley, and an elderly female store owner talk about their lives in Blountstown. Also includes footage of locals dancing to a country band.

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WFSU-TV

Geographic Subject

Blountstown
Calhoun County

Subject

African American
Interviews
Local history
Spirituals (Songs)

Title

Blountstown

Subject

African American

Interviews

Local history

Spirituals (Songs)

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Date

1978

Contributor

WFSU-TV

Image URL

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Color

color

Video Details

21:43; color; silent and sound; V-213 DA124; S. 828

Video Filename

da124.mp4

YouTube ID

vJKKBOM5xwc

Geographic Term

Blountstown (Fla.)

Calhoun County (Fla.)

Video Snippet

Daily life in Blountstown in the 1970s...

Video Time

21:24

Video Category

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true

Chicago Manual of Style

Blountstown. 1978. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252902>, accessed 30 May 2023.

MLA

Blountstown. 1978. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 30 May. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/252902>

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(State Archives of Florida)

Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida's LSTA program is administered by the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2022-23, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $646,422. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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