Year

1946 (circa)

Video Details

60:00; color; silent V-231

Description

This video compiles many home movies documenting various activities at the Florida State Prison in Raiford. The first half features recreational activities, including a boxing match between inmates and US Navy servicemen, a football game between prisoners and Air Force servicemen at Patrick Air Base, and a baseball game in Jacksonville. There is also footage of inmates playing shuffleboard, checkers and Ping-Pong; doing gymnastics; and attending a baseball game at Wolfson Park in Jacksonville. The second half serves as a tour of the facility, including the dog yard, dairy farm, canteen, shop, staff offices and vocational training programs.

Corporate Subject

Florida State Prison (Raiford, Fla.)
Patrick Air Force Base (Cocoa Beach, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Cocoa Beach
Jacksonville
Raiford

Subject

Correctional institutions
Home movies
Inmates
Prisoners
Prisons
Recreation
Vocational training
Segregation
Civil Rights