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Date
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1955
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Collection
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Video
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Description
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This film starts with scenes from Eleanor Phillips Barne's pageant, "Old Saint Augustine," a history of Spanish Florida acted out by local actors dressed in period costumes. More Florida Folk Festival scenes follow, including dancers, choirs, storytellers and musicians. A troupe of Jacksonville scho...
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Video Details
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18:30; B&W; silent; V-198; flca006; S.1579; Media 1979-23
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Type
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Moving Image
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Date
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1967
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Collection
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Video
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Description
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This film, narrated by Bob Weaver, promotes the Gulfstream Park horse racing venue. The focus is on the 1967 Florida Derby, a race for three-year-old thoroughbreds, and the special events surrounding the race. These events include: a fashion show; water skiers from Cypress Gardens; a wild animal rac...
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Video Details
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14:50; color; sound; CA099; V-254
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Collection
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Video
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Description
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This film features highlights of the Ft. Myers/Lee County area as an attractive place to live and play. A full day is covered, showing workers beginning their day as the sun rises. As the day progresses, a variety of activities are shown, including: boating, golfing, skiing, playing at the beach, ...
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Video Details
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17:42; color; sound; CA060; V-251
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Date
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1965
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Collection
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Video
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Description
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Health maintenance techniques are demonstrated, including how to walk properly, dance as exercise, nutrition (such as citrus), and sports. The film then moves on to discuss career, marriage, and home life. A wife announces that she is pregnant and the couple promptly drinks some orange juice to cele...
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Video Details
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14:30; color; sound; CA012, S. 828
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Date
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7/23/1962
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Collection
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Video
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Video Details
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6:20; b&w; sound; V-92 BA191; S. 828
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Description
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This film shows the Diplomat Hotel and Country Club, featuring the supervised children's activities available there. The kids play in the pool, have swimming lessons, play Ping-Pong and learn some dance steps. They participate in other activities, including a field trip to a Seminole Village, allowi...
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Date
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n.d.
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Collection
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Video
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Video Details
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13:00; color; sound; V-64 BA104; S. 828
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Description
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This film chronicles the history of oranges, beginning with animation showing that, "Once upon a time... a miracle occurred and the first orange was born." Then, actors in Spanish costume eat oranges in the oldest-budded orange grove in America, near St. Augustine. Actors dressed as "Indians" jog th...
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Date
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1950s
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Collection
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Video
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Video Details
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2:45; color; silent; V-203 FLAA010; S. 1579; Media 1979-29
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Description
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This film contains footage of participants and performers at a 1950s Florida Folk Festival held at the Stephen Foster Memorial in White Springs, Florida. Traditional Seminole Indian, Czechoslovakian, Greek, Polish and square dancing styles are featured in this short film. Produced by Robert Leahy St...