| Mardi Gras Defies Weather. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1644 |
| Catalog #: | 355414 | |
| Clip Number: | 355414-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 031-015-05 | |
| Timecode: | 00:42:07 - 00:42:52 | |
| Location: | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. FESTIVALS: Mardi Gras / Carnival LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Louisiana, New Orleans PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Mardi Gras/Carnival | |
| Description: | The Mardi Gras defies temperature in the low forties, and the rex parade lives up to crescent city tradition. It's a hot time for all, a gala pre-Lenten festival. Aerial shot - Throngs crowd the streets of New Orleans. Aerial shot - The floats of the parade making their way through the throngs. MS - Clowns dancing in a circle. MS - A float, Noah's Ark. CUS - Guys dressed up in a space suits. OHS - A float being pulled by a tractor. MS - The King of the Mardi Gras sitting on a float. MS - People jam-packed into the street. MS - Floats. MS - Clown. | |
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