State finds film of Jim Morrison as an FSU student in its archive

[DoYouEverWonder]

Mar 9, 2005

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Before The Doors' Jim Morrison made it as a rock singer, he wanted to make films.

Now, 34 years after his death, the state of Florida has found and restored what it believes to be the earliest film of Morrison, shot in the early 60s when he attended Florida State University.

It was discovered when the Department of State went through 1,000 films in its archive and may have gone unnoticed if Jaime Madden hadn't noticed a familiarity in the way young Morrison was standing in part of the brief clip.

"He said, 'Oh my god! This is Jim Morrison!'" said Jody Norman, supervisor of the Bureau of Archives and Records Management. "It really tells a lot about an archivists' duty to pay attention to detail."

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"To see that this may very well be the very first video footage of Jim Morrison just shows you we have such a rich history in our state," said Secretary of State Glenda Hood, who said she was a Doors fan. "Isn't it exciting to know that he is part of Florida State University history and part of Florida history and now people can experience this?"

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FL_JIM_MORRISON_FLOL-?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

(Why did I have to read that last paragraph? :puke:)

[obxhead]

1. awesome. do we get a new ride at Disney

[democrat in Tallahassee]

2. glenda hood sucks, But go FSU! Faye Dunaway went here, too

[RetroLounge]

3. "part of Florida history "

Yeah, wasn't he arrested in Miami and basically forced to leave the country?

and now they want to claim him as their own?

I say FUCK YOU florida, you back-water third-world piece of shithole swamp...

(Blue voters excepted, of course...)

RL

[Catt03]

4. I don't think Morrison would be a Republican values hypocrite

and Jeb must be forcing a smile to Glenda's giddy acclaim