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Discover hundreds of digitized videos and film footage from the Florida Photographic Collection at the State Archives. These videos cover a variety of topics, including commerce, tourism, politics and more.
For a more complete listing of videos in the holdings of the Archives, visit our film guide.
Civil Rights See all

Angela Davis
Civil rights leader Angela Davis speaks at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University's Black History Month convocation

Gov. Bryant Addresses Commerce Committee
Gov. Bryant addresses the Senate…

Selma, Alabama Demonstration
Footage of the March 1965 voter registration…

St. Augustine Civil Rights Demonstrations
Footage of the St. Augustine civil rights demonstrations…

Equal Rights Amendment
A reporter discusses the history of the Equal Rights Amendment...

Wheelchair Basketball
University of Illinoise "Whiz Kids" participate in a benefit game sponsored by the Tallahassee Disabled Citizens of Action...

ERA Rally
This film has footage of a large pro-Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) demonstration at the Governor's Mansion...

Florida State Prison
Footage of the grounds and guard towers of a Florida state prison...
COMMERCE / INDUSTRY See all

Action Center USA
This film shows a modern man of business and his lifestyle in Orlando, the action center of the fastest-growing state.

Bottled Sunshine: A Juicy Story
The story of Florida citrus cultivation.

Ivan Tors' Miami Studio
This film is a tour of Ivan Tors Studios, showing behind-the-scenes manufacturing, equipment, wardrobe, stages and special effects.

Taylor and Dixie County Logging
This rare home movie footage was shot in color by Charles L. "Buster" Borklund Jr. in Taylor and Dixie counties during the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Florida Cattle Ranch
This film has scenes on a cattle ranch, including cowboys on horseback.

Florida Seafare
This film shows the many types of commercially harvested seafood in Florida.

Apollo and Gemini
This film shows actual space footage, Cape Kennedy footage, and spacecraft construction footage.

Riverboats
A retired riverboat pilot sits on his front porch and talks about the old riverboat days, including his experience on the City Eufaula, the Callahan and the Chipola.
Culture See all

Bouncing Baby
This film is a one-reel comedy made in 1916 in Jacksonville.

FAMU: The 100 Before the World
Florida A&M University is the sole representative of the United States in France's 200th Bastille Day Parade in Paris.

Scenes of the Everglades
Homer Augustus Brinkley produced this film in 1928 to illustrate the exotic environment found in the Everglades.

Luna Plantation
Beautiful footage of the Luna Plantation in Leon County. This footage is composed of four combined short films.

Thanksgiving
This home movie begins with Thanksgiving dinner at the Russo's.

Astrology
A WFSU-TV reporter interviews a local astrologer.

City Christmas Lights/Tallahassee
This film shows the Capitol and downtown Tallahassee with Christmas decorations.

Buccaneer Conquest
Gasparilla Celebration, which began in 1904, as it was done in the 1950s.
Environment See all

Alligator!
Describes the alligator as a keystone species.

Florida Beaches: Paradise in Peril
Efforts to save Florida's "greatest natural resource," its beaches, from erosion.

Million Acre Playground
Maintaining the Everglades

Waters of Destiny
This film uses actual hurricane footage to show the damage from uncontrolled storm water, describing how the Army Corps of Engineers and the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District tamed the Everglades.

Water Hyacinth: The Silent Aggressor
An educational film about water hyacinth, the invasive aquatic plant that has become a nuisance to Florida waterways.

Hurricane Agnes
This film shows hurricane damage on the coast at Panacea, Shell Point and Alligator Point.

Beyond Disaster
Re-creation of the 1928 hurricane that tore apart the west coast of south Florida and killed over 2,000 people.

Lake Jackson
Aerial film footage of Lake Jackson and the surrounding area north of Tallahassee, Florida.
Folklife See all

Florida Folk Festival 1958
Clips from the 1958 Florida Folk Festival held at the Stephen Foster Memorial in White Springs, Florida.

Florida Folk Festival 1958
Clips from the 1958 Florida Folk Festival held at the Stephen Foster Memorial in White Springs, Florida.

Florida Folk Arts Conference 1978
Footage of the 1978 Florida Folk Arts Conference held at the Stephen Foster Memorial in White Springs, Florida.

Florida Folk Festival 1955
1955 Florida Folk Festival scenes.

A portrait of Lucreaty Clark
Lucreaty Clark discusses the long tradition of basket making in her Jefferson county family.

CSX Crew Installing Track and Gandy Dancers
Railroad workers or "section hands" commonly referred to by the slang term "Gandy Dancers" demonstrating work songs used when laying rail track.

Stephen Foster's Footprints in Dream and Song
Dioramas, paintings and actors in costume all work together to tell the story of Stephen Foster

Gamble Rogers
Gamble Rogers plays a flattop acoustic guitar on a dock with cypress trees in the background.
Politics / War See all

Governor Charley Johns - LeRoy Collins
Debate between acting Governor Charley Johns and future governor LeRoy Collins was filmed from a television monitor (kinescope) and simultaneously broadcast throughout Florida on radio.

Governor H. Burns Walt Disney Press Conference
Governor Bryant addresses the Senate

Julio 26
The first six months and 26 days of Fidel Castro's rule of Cuba

President Kennedy on the Foreign Burden
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a Democratic fundraiser in Miami.

Wakulla Springs & WWII Troop Maneuvers
Army troops practice swamp slogging through cypress swamp, make a human chain across the river, crawl on their bellies, and use weeds and Spanish moss for camouflage.

Florida Rebuilds
Documentary about the Apalachee Correctional Institution, the camera follows staff member Paul McCarty, who plays an inmate at the facility.

Save the Capitol
This film shows the "Save The Historic Capitol Night."

Presidential Campaigning
Compilation of film clips involving presidential candidates.
Promotional / Tourism See all

Care and Feeding of a Mermaid
Young woman learning to be a mermaid at Weeki Wachee.

Governor H. Burns Walt Disney Press Conference
Gov. Burns introduces Walt and Roy Disney and Walt tells of their enthusiasm toward the new Disney facility in Florida.

Florida State University: Toward a Greater University
Jim Morrison in a public relations film

Ross Allen Reptile Institute
Ross Allen wrestles an alligator

Paradise Park
Was a segregated African-American resort located about a mile down the Silver River from the popular Silver Springs attraction near Ocala, Florida.

Florida: Moonport USA
Mercury launch sequence

Weeki Wachee
Bowl area at Weeki Wachee with swimmers and a jungle cruise boat

Springtime Tallahassee Parade
Footage of the 1978 Springtime Tallahassee Parade as it moves southward down Monroe Street.
Sports / Recreation See all

Daytona 500
Scenes from the 1962 Daytona 500

Design for Winning
Steve Spurrier, Heisman Trophy winner and UF star

Ski Champs in Action
This film shows many water skiing tricks

Their Game is Golf
Some history of the LPGA is given at the beginning

Florida Derby
1963 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale

Jake Gaither
A tribute to Jake Gaither, ex-head football coach at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.

Bobby Bowden
Football coach Bobby Bowden comments on his first season as head coach of Florida State University's football program

Bonifay Rodeo
Viewers see bronco busting, calf roping, bull riding and rope twirling
Features
Territorial Legislative Council Records, 1822-1845
Documenting Florida's legislature prior to statehood
State and County Officer Directories, 1868-1969
Lists of Florida's state and county officials either elected or appointed between 1868 and 1969.

Guide to Military Records and the Wartime Experience
A guide to government records and manuscript collections relating to service members and the wartime experience.
Dust Tracks
21 tracks from Hurston's time documenting African American culture for the WPA in 1930s Florida.
History Day 2025
Resources for Florida History Day from the State Library and Archives of Florida.