Florida Dream

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Published 2014-06-10

Florida's dramatic transformation since World War II—from a sparsely populated, southern backwater to today's multicultural megastate—is featured in this colorful, compelling one-hour documentary. Produced by FHC and WEDU-TV of West Central Florida, "The Florida Dream" traces the great social, cultural, and economic forces that drove Florida's rapid growth and change. Narrated by actor Ed Asner, this program was inspired by the book Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida, by Gary Mormino.

All Comments (21)

@jctalks1 1 year ago

Excellent video! You touched a lot of bases. I've lived here since 1959. One thing you seem to have missed is the impact the railroads had. Flagler, Plant whose trains brought millions to South Florida were a tremendous force in the state. The Spanish American War, Teddy Roosevelt. In 1962 I was sitting on the porch with my elderly aunt in Tampa. She pointed to the old brick street in front of her house and said "I saw Teddy Roosevelt sitting on his horse right there "!
@edbrown8353 2 years ago

Grew up in Miami as a kid. In my opinion South Florida, the Everglades and the Keys have been totally destroyed by greed
@arthureverett107 1 year ago

We loved what is called old Florida. We learned to live with what you call the problems.
@talesfromanoldmanpatoneal6372 1 year ago

I left my home in Florida in 1992. I've been in Georgia for the most part ever since..... I can't wait to get my little family back home.
@jamiejones6994 10 months ago

I absolutely love FL & would live there right now just don't wanna leave my parents here in TN they are getting old
@kennyadvocat 2 months ago

A lot more has changed in the last 10 years since they made this documentary. Great video!
@charlesglaser4868 1 year ago

I'm a native, It's disgusting, what Florida has become. Too many people and buildings!!
@leadersofthenewschool 3 years ago

So proud to be a Floridian
@barrywainwright3391 3 years ago

Homes were $8000 in the 1950s. Now just a mobile home is $55000 with a $525 HOA fee.
@jonathanolsen7254 3 years ago

Love living in the panhandle, Does not get any better...
@buddywayne1 3 years ago

I'm watching this from central Kansas in February 2021. It's currently 0 degrees F with a wind chill of -20. We're expecting between 6 and 10 inches of blowing snow tomorrow. The gulf coast looks amazing right about now.
@jturner405 6 years ago

So informative! Thank you!
@kellingtonlink956 1 year ago

Good documentary. Though it seemed to skip over the negative and positive impacts of the drug (rum/marijuana/cocaine) industries. Would Miami even exist as a vibrant city without this short term (mid70’s-mid80s) money spurt? Or would it just have turned into USA’s biggest retirement community? Florida has certainly had a rich history.
@CanoeingTheEdgeOfTheWorld 4 years ago

Excellent video!
@oldsoldier8139 3 years ago

Florida will not be able to sustain it's pristine status for much longer. This too shall pass!
@yesthatsagrubworm.7732 1 year ago

I'm like the gentleman from Tampa (cept im a woman😁) and I bolted outa Miami at 19 yrs old in 1992 cuz of crime and chaos...but I came back 2 decades later to west coast and it took me almost that long to love Florida again. I love how the streets from my youth and current get a mention here. I grew up 200 ft from Dixie by the UM baseball field and now I live 200 ft from Tamiami Trail. 💜💜💜💜
@dwightmiley7122 4 years ago

26:28 a top the citurs tower you can see orange groves all around … bet you can't see that now those developers got there way and it is all houses where the orange groves where...that hurt the citrus industry.....
@elizabethbennet4791 4 years ago

st pete resident here. florida rocks
@Discoverlove 2 years ago

Florida was once so beautiful, now a giant concrete jungle.mother Earth will fight back against her abuses. Karma on its way.
@organicsoulgumbo 11 months ago

What’s that large body of water in South Florida doing there? Is that Weston?