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Production number 1
Production title: Miracle on 13th Street
Production date: 1965
Color / Sound
Total running time: 00:29:10
Story and script by John Paul Jones
Producer: Harold Dillinger
Director: Dwight Godwin
Narrator: Steven C. O'Connell
Derived from 16 mm film.
Available in VHS, DVD, DVCAM, and Mini-DV.
Produced by the University of Florida Alumni Association, Motion Picture Services of the University of Florida, and WUFT-TV.
Miracle on 13th Street is a promotional film aimed at a general audience. Narrator Steven C. O'Connell was Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court at the time.
The opening sequence of the film was damaged.
The film begins with a history of the University of Florida and proceeds to describe the physical plant, curriculum, faculty, student life and recreation, the university's service to the people and the state, and the university's plan for the future. Some faculty are depicted and identified.
Contents
0:00 Introduction History of the university. Narrator O'Connell depicted followed by still footage from the archives and student yearbook.
6:00 The campus Aerial views Tigert Hall Smathers Library Matherly Hall Bryan Hall (College of Law) Dauer Hall (Student Union) Hub J. Hillis Miller Health Center Shands Weil Hall McCarty Hall Norman Hall Anderson Hall Florida Gym
7:40 The students Images of students in second floor reading room of Smathers and cafeteria. Broadcast students at WUFT-TV Journalism students at Gainesville Sun Architecture students Art students
10:00 The faculty Lester Dragstedt, Dept. of Surgery. Operating room. John C. Slater, theoretical physicist Oscar Svarlien, Political Science Charles Morris, Philosophy Myron Wheat, Surgery. Depiction of heart surgery.
13:40 How the University ranks Library stacks (1 million volumes) Journalism ROTC Foreign Service Education (African-American student depicted) University Placement Service Sponsored Research. Lab shots. Professional consultants. Water treatment plant.
18:10 Student life Golf course Tennis and handball courts Swimming pool Lake Wauberg. Water skiing, swimsuit competition. Football Homecoming parade Philadelphia Symphony Art exhibit in Florida Union Library Record listening room Student Government Honor Court
22:30 Service to the people and state Graduation (stadium) Water treatment lab Beef cattle Coastal engineering Sunshine Skyway Experimental farms
24:30 Plans for the future Reitz Union (drawing and ground breaking ceremonies) Dormitory room Greek houses Architecture and Fine Arts complex Aerial views Drawing of Library West Cobalt-60 irradiator (food irradiation) Alex G. Smith / radio astronomy
29:10 Ends with shot of graduation line and credits.
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