Production number 26
Production title: Where Florida Prepares for the Future
Production date: 1951
Black and white / sound
Total running time: 00:22:15
Written by: Mabel Lawrence
Produced and directed by: Don Parisher
Narrator: Walter "Red" Barber
Cameraman: Ken Stambaugh
Film Editor: Julian Bergman
Sound: Emil Velazco
Music: University of Florida Band and Glee Club
Available in VHS, DVD, and Sony DV-cam.
Derived from 16 mm film.
Where Florida Prepares for the Future is a promotional film which features the qualities of the University of Florida as seen in the campus buildings and programs as well as the attractiveness of the city. The film was aimed at prospective students especially those from outside the state.
The film begins with the main campus entry gate and proceeds to show many of the buildings on campus (exteriors and occasionally interiors) and the narrator mentions the academic programs. Various aspects of the city are mentioned and shown including areas outside Gainesville such as Silver Springs.
Contents
0:10 Credits overlay a campus scene and the main entry gate
0:30 Students shown walking on campus in various areas
Bryan Hall
Interior of Bryan Hall
1:45 Overview of buildings on campus from above
Parking lot with students walking by
The new dorms for women
The new dorms for men
Student Service Center (the HUB) exterior
Student Service Center interior with view of cafeteria and students in line
3:40 Florida Union
Tigert Hall
4:08 J. Hillis Miller, president of UF
4:14 Vice president John Allen
4:20 J. Hillis Miller with a woman student
4:30 Weil Hall
Interior scene in lab in Weil Hall
4:45 Fields with two people in the field - Agricultural program mentioned
5:05 Wood and a shed - School of Forestry is mentioned
5:26 Weil Hall seen from above
5:48 Radar equipment for hurricane tracking
Sewage treatment plant
6:19 Moot Court scene
6:44 Matherly Hall - Business College
6:51 P.K. Yonge - interior scene with students
7:12 Seagle Building
Publications of General Extension Division and offices
7:54 Library card catalog area
8:10 Florida State Museum - a bird display inside
8:23 Several churches near campus
8:51 University Auditorium
9:07 Man on stage in University Auditorium
9:24 Scene from a play - rehearsal of Florida Players
9:37 Painting class scene
9:40 Craft shop scene
10:04 Ceramics being removed from a kiln
10:18 Department of Speech classroom scene
10:36 School of Journalism classroom scene - students shown writing
10:45 University Library - Library East
11:01 A street in Gainesville
11:03 Aerial views of Gainesville
11:35 Civic leaders - a group of men seated around a table
11:59 Methods of transportation
A train
A plane at the airport
12:26 Men in uniform shown
12:40 Hotels and residences in downtown Gainesville
12:45 Public school scenes
Children walking outside on walkway
Interior classroom scene
13:12 Homes in the duck pond area near downtown Gainesville
13:39 Trees, plants, flowers
13:59 Fraternity houses
14:23 Florida Union
14:22 Cows
14:45 Railroad and businesses
14:49 Beach scene with young people
15:12 Silver Springs - glass bottom boat on the river
15:20 Fishing scene with boat and men catching fish
16:15 Gainesville Country Club
16:30 Horse track
16:35 State Theater
16:40 Tigert Hall
16:47 Florida Gym
16:59 Basketball players in Florida Gym on basketball court
17:12 Physical Education program - sports scenes
Football action
Golf - women playing
Tennis - men on courts
Volleyball - women playing
Track
18:07 ROTC program - men in uniform pictured marching on field
18:28 Lake Wauberg - example of recreation available
Volleyball
Boating
18:55 Infirmary building
19:08 Nurses and patients in infirmary
19:12 Pharmacy program - lab scene
19:36 Homecoming celebration - parade
Cars carrying various dignitaries
Floats - one with revolving ferris wheel
20:15 Scenes from annual Legislative Barbecue
20:25 Stadium
Football fans in stands
Team members seated on bench on the sidelines
Football action
Card section
21:35 Sunday worship - churches
21:55 University Auditorium - sound of Glee Club singing the "Alma Mater"
21:56 Street scene with cars
22:15 Sunset