Production number 27a
Production title: [Design, Building Plans and Construction of the Florida State Museum, part 1]
Production date: ca. 1970
Black and white
Total running time: 00:18:35
Derived from 16mm film.
Available in VHS, DVD, and Sony DV-cam.
The film Design, Building Plans and Construction of the Florida State Museum provides documentation on the building of Dickinson Hall, formerly the site of the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Florida State Museum. The focus throughout is on the plans and the activity of men and machines at the construction site.
This is the first part of the film. Subsequent footage appears on production number 27b.
Contents
0:00 Blank
0:23 A tractor moves soil in the dug out area of the site
1:15 Operation of the huge crane
Overview of site
Crane lifts steel beam
Workers and construction equipment
3:10 View of site from above with massive honeycombed ground floor level
A man looks at plans
The crane hoists a large metal object
5:14 Beaty Towers (twin towers) and other nearby buildings shown
5:20 Construction site with steel girders lying on the ground
5:35 Two men in an office - one in a dark suit seated at a desk and the other man in a light colored suit to the left
Both have a discussion and look at a book
Both get up and go to a drafting table. One of the men draws on a large sheet of paper in a sketch book
8:20 Plans of a building shown and then a stack of plans
The man in the light color suit writes notes on the plans
The name Wm. Morgan - architect is seen on one of the pages
9:45 The name Florida State Museum is shown on a large architectural drawing
The man in the light colored jacket (possibly William Morgan) points to various parts on the drawing
11:05 Construction site
Workers
Overview of site
Three men wearing hard hats discuss
View of site from above
Closer view of site and individual workers
Distant view of huge crane and the building site
Three men shown again
14:35 Building site is shown with workers using equipment
15:30 Tractor shown moving soil
16:05 More distant view of site, a road, and a tall building to the left
Views alternate between closer views of the work at the site and distant views of the site
17:45 A sign at the construction site is shown with the following information
Florida State Museum
University of Florida
National Science Foundation Grant 68 4779
State Project 0227
The Auchter Company
Forrest M. Kelley, Jr. ALA Architect to the Board of Regents
William M. Morgan Associate Architect
C.L. Kloats (?) area Gainesville zone director
18:35 Film ends
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