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FLORIDA FOR FUN AND PICTURES

Video has not been digitized and is not available for online viewing.
Year
n.d.
Video Details
26:15; color; sound; V-6 DA019; S. 828
Description
This film shows a steamboat replica on the Suwannee River, shell collecting on Sanibel Island, an Ormond Beach antique car, races at Daytona, and other scenes on a tour of Florida. Every now and then someone is seen taking movies or still photos. There is good NASA footage of activity at Cape Canaveral. At Cypress Gardens, the narrator gives exposure settings. It covers Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Ocala, St. Petersburg, Everglades, Homosassa Springs, Disney World, Parrot Jungle, Lion Country Safari, Citrus Tower, Truman Winter White House and Hemingway Home. The film shows gators, hippopotami, thoroughbred horses, tropical birds, flamingos and African animals. Viewers see airboat and shrimp boats. Produced by Eastman Kodak.
Contributors
Corporate Subject
Geographic Subject
Title
FLORIDA FOR FUN AND PICTURES
Subject
Amusement parks
Attractions
Automobile racing
Beaches
Boating
Promotional films
Recreation
Space program
Tourism
Wildlife
Description
This film shows a steamboat replica on the Suwannee River, shell collecting on Sanibel Island, an Ormond Beach antique car, races at Daytona, and other scenes on a tour of Florida. Every now and then someone is seen taking movies or still photos. There is good NASA footage of activity at Cape Canaveral. At Cypress Gardens, the narrator gives exposure settings. It covers Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Ocala, St. Petersburg, Everglades, Homosassa Springs, Disney World, Parrot Jungle, Lion Country Safari, Citrus Tower, Truman Winter White House and Hemingway Home. The film shows gators, hippopotami, thoroughbred horses, tropical birds, flamingos and African animals. Viewers see airboat and shrimp boats. Produced by Eastman Kodak.
Date
n.d.
Contributor
Eastman Kodak
Color
color
Video Details
26:15; color; sound; V-6 DA019; S. 828
Geographic Term
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Clermont (Fla.)
Daytona (Fla.)
Florida Everglades (Fla.)
Homosassa Springs (Fla.)
Jacksonville (Fla.)
Key West (Fla.)
Loxahatchee (Fla.)
Ocala (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Ormond Beach (Fla.)
Sanibel Island (Fla.)
Saint Petersburg (Fla.)
Suwannee River (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Winter Haven (Fla.)
Subject - Corporate
Citrus Tower (Clermont, Fla.)
Cypress Gardens (Winter Haven, Fla.)
Ernest Hemingway House (Key West, Fla.)
Lion Country Safari (Loxahatchee, Fla.)
Truman Winter White House (Key West, Fla.)
Walt Disney World (Orlando, Fla.)
Video Time
26:15:00
Thumbnail
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Digitized
false
Chicago Manual of Style
FLORIDA FOR FUN AND PICTURES. n.d. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253058>, accessed 15 March 2025.
MLA
FLORIDA FOR FUN AND PICTURES. n.d. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253058>