Year

1980-07

Video Details

13:40; color; sound; V-60 BA085; S. 828

Description

This film is all about Florida's Turnpike. It uses folk singing with banjo and a blues song with harmonica as background while showing people using turnpike facilities. Viewers see a "typical" American family and newlyweds visiting places along the way. Sites include Cape Canaveral, Disney World, Bok Tower and Cypress Gardens. Viewers see Burt Reynolds filming "Smokey and the Bandit II." Two girls headed for fun in Fort Lauderdale have car trouble, are spotted by the Florida Highway Patrol plane and receive assistance. Produced by Barton of Jacksonville; sponsored by Florida Department of Transportation.

Contributors

Barton of Jacksonville
Florida Department of Transportation

Corporate Subject

Bok Tower (Lake Wales, Fla.)
Cypress Gardens
Disney World (Orlando, Fla.)
Florida Highway Patrol
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Smokey and the Bandit II (Motion picture)

Geographic Subject

Cape Canaveral
Fort Lauderdale
Lake Wales
Orlando
Winter Haven

Personal Subject

Reynolds, Burt, 1936-

Subject

Amusement parks
Attractions
Folk music
Highways
Infrastructure
Police officers
Promotional films
Tourism