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19601960s NEWS
NEWS STORIES 1960

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A Florida politician (maybe governor Cecil Bryant?) speaks into mics from his office about the nominees from the Democratic Party, and their varied opinions on different topics. He states he hopes there could be an overall campaign structure that would embrace all the Democratic nominees and be influential in obtaining a victory for the Democratics.
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Same politician, Governor ? - talks about how he did a broadcast from Jacksonville and discussed the racial tensions and demonstrations going on and how he he appealed to the Negro citizens to stop demonstrating, but more importantly, that all citizens in general to work and seek constructive solutions to the racial tension issues.
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Drowning Julington Creek
Divers put their gear on, oxygen tanks and masks, while out on a small boat. A small private plane flies overhead. Families standin around in a park appear to be waiting. A body wrapped in a blanket, men surround and hold the body. body on a stretcher placed in vehicle. Sheriff. Cross on side of boat "CORPS", Life Guard St. Augustine, St. John's Co. Life Saving written across side of boat.
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CU a headlight flashes in the night. Various rescue vehicles. "Mandarin-Loretto Vol. Fire Dept" car
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Ext. Gator Bowl stadium. Cars parked in stadium lot.
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School Boy Patrol
Lots of people and kids gathered outside under some steel girders maybe from the Gator Bowl. Some vintage cars parked. Tilt down on a bunch of suitcases on the ground packed and ready to go.
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Men standing talking in front of a school bus, including a few police officers.
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Small boy walks by carrying a giant suitcase, mom follows behind. Young boy waves from passenger side of police car. Other boys gathered sit with their suitcases and rolled sleeping bags. Several young boys gathered around a police officer.
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Street signs N. Market St. // E. Adams St.
"Boys Clubs" written on front of vintage bus.
01:04:36 276.8 thumbnail
Pan out from the Boys Club bus - young boys with their suitcases stand near the open door of the bus, look at camera and throw their arms up in the air. Young mothers look on. Boy get on the bus.
"Boys Clubs of Boy Service Council - Jacksonville, Fla" on back of bus
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Boys looking out from the back of the bus, suitcases jammed in with them. Busses pull away and the boys wave from the windows.
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Raul Chibas, a Cuban politician who defected to the United States, is interviewed by reporter, vintage TV camera in foreground. Chibas talks about Fidel Castro's health and the attitude of the Cuban people toward the government of the United States.
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Julington Creek - Drowning (Duval County near Jacksonville, FL)
A man looks out over Julington Creek. An emplty rowboat in the water. A motorboat rides across the creek. Several people look out and wait along the shore.
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A diver jump into the water from the motor boat. CU man with scuba mask and breathing tube swims around. Men on the boat with police hats and dog.
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Men carry a dead body wrapped in cloth and place it onto a stretcher. Nighttime. Sheriff looks on.
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George Washington hotel sign on building. Int. Several politicians including Florida Governor Cecil Bryant shake hands, stand around and talk with each other informally.
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Cyrus Scruggs Hearing
Sign on brick building, can hardly read, for Duval County Court House. Men inside courtroom stand at the judge's desk. Man walks by camera in the court room shielding his face with his hat.
01:07:41 461.01 thumbnail
Beach Blvd. Accident
Scene of a car accident: An empty stretcher sits on the ground beside a car. Other cars parked, Another with its trunk open. Smashed front end of a car, another car's driver side smashed in. A third car with its hood and front end smashed. People at the scene. Two little kids sit inside a parked car.
01:08:01 481.21 thumbnail
Julington Creek Drowning.
WS vintage early '60s car pulled off a dirt road through wooded area.
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Several men maybe 7 or 8 stand on a small dock at Julington Creek, row boat docked with a man standing up in it. Two other boats in the Julington Creek and people seen swimming around in the distance - looking for the drowning victim most likely. Tilt down into an empty row boat. Ambulance, sheriff's car parked. Police talk with a man and take notes.
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Accident - Sports Car and Mosquito Jeep
Sign on a post for "Trade Winds". Police deputy taking notes.
01:08:36 516.12 thumbnail
CU and pan the completely mangled wreckage of a car.
A truck with large barrels on the bed. Its tire stuck in the mud.
01:08:56 536.24 thumbnail
Col. C. W. Powell & 3rd Army Advisor
Men seated around a conference talbe. Film is faded white.
01:09:15 555.29 thumbnail
Civitan Club & Admiral T. H. Moorer
Front entrance - Seminole Hotel (? maybe - in Jacksonville). Interior large conference room, meeting taking place. Men and women seated at banquet tables having a meal and listening to the speaker at the podium - Adm T. H. Moorer(?)
01:09:46 586.49 thumbnail
Kids at the Jacksonville Zoo
Front entrance to the Jacksonville Zoo. Lots of children walk around the grounds. Men wearing Shriner's hats amidst them. A Shriner takes photos with using a Polaroid camera.
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Picnic race games. Feet strapped together run a race, like a "three legged race". Another race where children hold the legs of a friend and the friend, uses their arms to run across the lawn. A child holds the legs of another child whose leg is in a brace. They run across the lawn using only their arms.
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A clown holds a balloon and flower wears a polka dot hat. Teen girls hold a balloon between their heads and race across the lawn. Shriner guys look on.
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Kids on line for the Roller Coaster ride. CUs of the kids riding the roller coaster.
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Lake Forest Drive - In Theatre Hold Up
Sign hovers overhead fort the Lake Forest Drive - In - film is faded. Police officer questions two men who stand beside their vehicle at night.
Neon entrance sign and marquee for the Lake Forest Drive In Theater.
01:11:15 675.8 thumbnail
Outdoor audience sits in the stands and watches a Karate match.
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Phillips Highway Accident 8 - 6- 60
Var. shots of a car turned completely upside down. Policeman takes notes, onlookers. Scene of an accident. Car being turned right side up.
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27th Annual Swimming Marathon Official Welcome to ACL
Swimmers and onlookers gather at the beach for swimming marathon, long pier in bkgd, photographers. Lifeguard holds life preserver.
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Pretty '60's gals fish off the pier. Men on a canoe in the ocean. Swimmers. Swimmer runs to shore carrying a life buoy. Dogs and kids at the beach. Large crowd at the shore.
01:13:34 814.11 thumbnail
Old Ford pick up truck parked, rural road, a man with a measuring tape measures across the road. Man hammers a stake into the ground. Rear shot of the Ford Pick up truck.
01:13:56 836.85 thumbnail
LS tall crane, rural area, a man at the top, steam. Small "Gas Main" sign in the ground.
01:14:28 868 thumbnail
St. Augustine Accident
Vintage car with white wall tires parked, nighttime. Motorcycle. Police officer writes a ticket, onlookers. A few men without shirts on watch as police officer writes ticket
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"the City Commission" on ext. of building. men inside, city commissioners meet, seated at conference table, smoke cigarettes, read notes. Audience seated and stand at back of room.
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Sewer Line Cave In
Street sign "N. Liberty and E. 2md St". Caved in concrete in street. CU hole in the concrete.
01:15:54 954.22 thumbnail
Little boy at lemonade stand on sidewalk, sells a glass to another little boy, counts his change, holds his arms and hands out for the camera.
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American Miller Ship docked. hundreds of barrels at port. and being loaded onto ship.
01:16:36 996 thumbnail
Egg Truck Turn Over
Several shots - a 10 -wheel truck turned over on its side. Men unload Egg crates from the turned over truck.
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The letters County Commissioners on a building. Int. county commissioners meeting, audience - 1960's women seated in front row, arms crossed.
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Sign on door, "Board Room"
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Empty outdoor bleachers. Some of the wood rotted out.
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