One of a series of travel films made by filmmaker Norman Schley, this 1950 movie focuses on Florida’s vacation opportunities. It profiles shopping, the beach, local sports, water sports, Cypress Gardens, and the winter home of the Barnum and Bailey Circus in Sarasota. Audio quality is good for most of the footage – includes several interviews with Red Sox and Boston Braves players. Film starts with footage of a map tracing down to Florida (0:15). Color footage of Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida; man pushing plush white chair down street (0:25). Narrator describes exclusive shops including Bonwit Teller and Saks Fifth Avenue (0:40). Gardens and flowers in Palm Beach (50). Collection of swimming suits (1:05). Two young boys in red swimsuits playing on Florida beach. Building a sandcastle (1:40). Men swimming in the ocean (1:45). Man and women completely covered in sunscreen lying on beach chairs in the sun (1:50). Women applying suntan lotion (2:00). Motorboat (2:05). Sorting seashells (2:15). Three ladies with period swim caps and halter swimsuits go swimming (2:30). Athletic man Thomas McDermott throwing disc. Representative of New York Athletic Club (2:55). Packing up at beach to go back to hotel (3:25). Sign of “Boston Braves” in Bradenton, Florida. Dated caricature of Native American as logo (3:35). Maintenance man painting baseball diamond. Batboy carrying baseball bats (4:00). Player Willard Marshal warms up to bat (4:15). Footage of baseball game preparations and warm-up (4:45). Player Dick Donovan pitching (4:50). Bob Hall pitching (5:05). Interview with Paul Morris by young boy (5:15). Roy Hurtsville joins the interview (6:20). Grandstands are full of people watching spring training game between the Yankees and Boston Braves (7:00). Umpire and opening pitch (7:05). Joe DiMaggio on the bat for the Yankees (7:25). His brother Dominic DiMaggio batting for Boston Braves (8:00). Theodore Williams batting (8:30). Theodore Williams runs to third base (9:10). Joe DiMaggio scores (9:20). Outside footage of Boston Red Sox (10:10). Team practicing batting (10:45). Interview with John Pesky and Vern Stevens from the Boston Red Sox (11:00). Interview with Ted Williams and Joe Dobbs (11:58). Women select water skis at Cypress Gardens (12:50). Women preparing to water ski (13:10). Women water skiing (13:30). Men water ski jump (13:45). Man does a spinning jump (14:05). Men doing tricks on water skis (14:15). Women doing tricks on water skis (14:20). Man and women team performing stunts in the water (14:50). Man water skiing (15:20). Man gets out of water. Straps into water skis with converse shoes on (15:42). Woman water skiers perform stunts (16:05). Models sitting by riverbank (16:25). Young boys on bridge in garden (16:50). Young women in dresses walking the garden paths (17:10). Woman picks a daylily (17:30). Women practice synchronized swimming (18:00). Women enters water and performs synchronized swimming routine (18:30). Woman performs various synchronized swimming movements (19:20). Crowd applauds (19:30). Profile footage of synchronized swimmer (19:55). Flags flying of “Barnum & Bailey – Combined Shows”; Trailer enters a paint shop (20:30). Painter with dwarfism addresses camera. Silent film starts (20:40). Woman crosses street. Walks on beach. USA flag profiled in background (21:05). Man on a white horse on beach 21:10). Women acrobats practicing (21:30). Female acrobats (21:45). Acrobats performing stunts (22:10). Man riding unicycle towards camera (22:20). Men performing unicycle stunt; playing violin while riding (22:30). Footage of acrobats performing stunts (22:30). Woman speaking with a man (22:50). Man addressing camera by a cage (23:00). Lion in cage as trainer perpares to enter (23:10). Trainer with large whips in a lion cage (23:20). Man makes lion sit on a box (23:25). Black bear performs tricks (23:35). Lions and black bear tricks (23:40). Dalmatians pull a coach with black bear (23:50). Lion lays down in front of trainer (24:35). Lions perform tricks together with trainer (25:10). Clown (possibly Emmett Kelly ?) speaks with manager. Footage black and white (25:30). Sad clown tied in ropes smoking cigarette (25:45). Women fixes clown’s tie (25:55). Three women sitting on grass putting on shoes (26:00). Couple sitting together (26:10). Coaches with horses ride by (26:15). Buggies and Big Top circus tent.

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