Year

1950 (circa)

Video Details

14:05; color; sound; V-61 CA171; S828

Description

The video describes the flowers cultivated, graded, packaged and distributed in Florida, including gladioli, pompons and lilies. There are slow motion shots of the flowers in bloom, and footage of the process of cultivating flowers, from preparing the soil to cutting the flowers after full growth. Then the film focuses on the Florida Flower Association’s flower research and their role in distributing the state’s flowers in refrigerated trucks, trains and planes. The end of the film shows how people use flowers in their homes and businesses and during events, such as weddings and fashion shows.

Corporate Creator

Florida Flower Association, Incorporated
John L. Douglas and Associates (Bradenton, Fla.)

Corporate Subject

Florida Flower Association, Incorporated
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station (Bradenton, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Bradenton
Manatee County

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Subject

Agriculture
Farming
Flowers
Cut flower industry
Ornamental plant industry
Nurseries (Horticulture)
Ornamental horticulture
Floriculture
Gladiolus
Easter lily
Snapdragons