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Year
1946 (circa)
Video Details
60:00; color; silent V-231
Description
This video compiles many home movies documenting various activities at the Florida State Prison in Raiford. The first half features recreational activities, including a boxing match between inmates and US Navy servicemen, a football game between prisoners and Air Force servicemen at Patrick Air Base, and a baseball game in Jacksonville. There is also footage of inmates playing shuffleboard, checkers and Ping-Pong; doing gymnastics; and attending a baseball game at Wolfson Park in Jacksonville. The second half serves as a tour of the facility, including the dog yard, dairy farm, canteen, shop, staff offices and vocational training programs.
Geographic Subject
Title
Florida State Prison: Home Movies, Part 1
Subject
Correctional institutions
Home movies
Inmates
Prisoners
Prisons
Recreation
Vocational training
Segregation
Civil Rights
Description
This video compiles many home movies documenting various activities at the Florida State Prison in Raiford. The first half features recreational activities, including a boxing match between inmates and US Navy servicemen, a football game between prisoners and Air Force servicemen at Patrick Air Base, and a baseball game in Jacksonville. There is also footage of inmates playing shuffleboard, checkers and Ping-Pong; doing gymnastics; and attending a baseball game at Wolfson Park in Jacksonville. The second half serves as a tour of the facility, including the dog yard, dairy farm, canteen, shop, staff offices and vocational training programs.
Date
1946 (circa)
Image URL
/fpc/memory/PhotographicCollection/video/V-231.jpg
Color
color
Video Details
60:00; color; silent V-231
Video Filename
V-231.mp4
YouTube ID
oQ_LKiFSsfs
Geographic Term
Cocoa Beach (Fla.)
Jacksonville (Fla.)
Raiford (Fla.)
Subject - Corporate
Florida State Prison (Raiford, Fla.)
Patrick Air Force Base (Cocoa Beach, Fla.)
Video Snippet
Home movies from Florida State Prison in Raiford (1946-1952)...
Video Time
60:00:00
Video Category
8
Thumbnail
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/V-231.jpg
Digitized
true
Chicago Manual of Style
Florida State Prison: Home Movies, Part 1. 1946 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253105>, accessed 28 December 2024.
MLA
Florida State Prison: Home Movies, Part 1. 1946 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253105>