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• Torch of Friendship
• Local call number: V-40; CA133
• Title: [The Torch of Friendship]
• Date of film: Early 1960s
• Physical descrip: Color; sound; original length: 14:50

• General note: Excerpt of original film promoting the Hampton House Hotel in Miami, a business oriented to an African-American clientele. The film describes how notable black men and women of the 1960s gathered there, such as Ralph Metcalf (gold medalist, 1932 & 1936 Olympics), Althea Gibson (Wimbledon Champ), Martin Luther King Jr., singer Jackie Wilson, and baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson. The film follows a formula similar to other promotional films, except almost everyone in it is black. The complete footage shows entertainment, the owners, a fashion show, dog and horse racing, the Miami Seaquarium, the Torch of Friendship, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, the Baltimore Orioles, and the FAMU Track team. Produced by Don Parisher.

To see full-length versions of this and other videos from the State Archives of Florida, visit http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/video/.

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/video/video.cfm?VID=24

This is a screen capture from the movie posted at the Florida State Archives webiste as above. Per the post on the Flickr Commons, said to be in the Public Domain, no known copyright restrictions. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/3788977594/

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