https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/38e2203b-ad14-4bc0-9da3-84d9bfc536a2 Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Website: www.PeriscopeFilm.com Dating to the late 1920s / early 1930s, this silent home movie shows a trip to Florida. It starts with images of a rural road and duck pond, presumably on the way to Florida. At :42 a young man in a Boy Scout uniform repacks his suitcase on the side of the road. At :48 are images of the famous Biltmore Hotel Miami Coral Gables (aka Miami Biltmore Hotel) which hosted fashion shows and aquatic galas. As many as 3,000 people would come out on a Sunday afternoon to watch the synchronized swimmers, acrobatic performers, bathing beauties, and even alligator wrestlers. At 2:36, images of mansions and yachts in Miami Beach followed by a shot of the National Hotel at 2:50. At 2:59, a Goodyear blimp flies overhead. At 3:32, steamships are visible. At 3:37, a shopping district, with a shop for lease, auto traffic, and storefronts visible. At 4:12, shots of "Millionaire's Row" type mansions, at 4:27 venetian gondolas are visible on a pond. At 4:40, what appears to be a miniature golf course at a hotel. At 4:55, the beach. At 5:47, the Polo Fields and a polo match. At 8:56, a large outdoor event, apparently a beauty contest -- possibly Miss Florida or Miss Universe. At 9:06 an automobile marked "California Car" drives past. At 9:33, more shots of the beach. At 10:19, a boat with a large sail advertising the "Hackney, Atlantic City" lobster house. At 10:29, pelicans. At 11:13, shacks are seen in rural Florida, probably former slave homes now owned by sharecroppers. At 11:18 African American / Black children are seen outside the homes. At 11:35, more dilapidated shacks and a barn are shown. At 12:04, a sign for the Phoenetia, probably in Coral Gables. At 12:16, various shots of apartment buildings in Coral Gables, possibly on Lincoln Road. At 12:47, a swim club or natatorium. At 13:15, two people pose in front of a building marked "W.J. Howey Co." Howey Co. was a Florida corporation that planted and sold orange groves. At 13:20, a large orange grove is shown. At 13:48, a chain gang or group of convicts are seen working on the side of the road. All the prisoners are wearing striped clothes. At 13:57, a group of Black men tend to pigs. At 14:14, damage from flooding is shown, with many buildings under water. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs3FKB5u9NQ Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:25:58 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/38e2203b-ad14-4bc0-9da3-84d9bfc536a2 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.