Year

1962 (circa)

Video Details

13:30; color; sound; CA133, s.828

Description

This is a film promoting the Hampton House Hotel in Miami, a business oriented to an African-American clientele. It 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.

Contributors

Don Parisher

Corporate Subject

Hampton House Hotel (Miami, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Miami

Personal Subject

Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
Wilson, Jackie (Jack Leroy, Jr.), 1934-1984
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003
Metcalf, Ralph (Ralph Harold, Sr.), 1910-1978
Markowitz, Harry, 1892-1986
Markowitz, Florence, 1912-1998
Peret, Benny (Bernardo), 1937-1962
Robinson, David, 1952-
Robinson, Rachel Anetta Isum, 1922-
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Brown, Pete, 1935-2015
Wright, Liz
Myrtle, Patterson

Subject

African American
Amusement parks
Attractions
Hotels
Promotional films
Tourism
Travel