Bender Cawthon Collection - File 209 (1938-1960c)

This collection of newsreels spanning from roughly 1938-1960 and produced by long-time Florida Theatre projectionist Bender Cawthon was discovered in FSCJ's files during a mass digitization project. The video consists of sixteen distinct features, which vary in video quality, and are listed below.

0:00 - American Legion popularity contestants in Hemming Park (now James Weldon Johnson Park)
1:32 - Highway Tragedy (car struck by train)
3:08 - Police at crime scene (?)
3:42 - Milk Month at Harrell's Pharmacy
5:50 - Civic Music Concert (in color, likely 1950s-1960c)
9:44 - Double Wedding (in color, likely 1950s-1960c)
11:42 - Fall Fashions (in color, likely 1950s-1960c)
14:03 - American Legion
15:58 - M.S. Lake Osweya in Collision (ships collide in St. Johns in April 1938)
17:08 - Man on stretcher in Hemming Park (now James Weldon Johnson Park)
18:06 - Downtown ferry running alongside the Acosta Bridge
19:28 - Opening of the San Marco Theatre (June 4, 1938)
20:48 - Smiling older couple in front of bushes
22:22 - Jax Beach Kids Day
24:56 - Target shooting
26:18 - Motorcycle police in front of station

The College does not own this film but we offer it for its historical value. If you have additional information regarding the history or ownership of this film, please contact us.

Original File Name: File 209 Cauthen Collection (presumed misspelling of Cawthon)
Supervisor of Production: Bender A. Cawthon
Copyright - 1938-1960(?)