| Milwaukee Festival: Five-Mile Parade Highlights Celebration | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1749 |
| Catalog #: | 426135 | |
| Clip Number: | 426135-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-055-03 | |
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| Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Children CROWDS: Misc. ENTERTAINMENT/CIRCUS: Animals ENTERTAINMENT/CIRCUS: Clowns LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Wisconsin PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Mardi Gras/Carnival | |
| Description: | A glorious, horse-drawn circus parade, the kind granddad knew fifty years ago is the highlight of the "Old Milwaukee Days" festival. It features fifty antique, genuine circus wagons drawn by teams of purebred draft horses. Clowns, animals, bands...all add to the spectacle. A recreation of a horse-drawn circus parade. Marching sailor band. CUS - Children sitting with their mothers watching the parade wearing straw farmers hats. High Angle Shot - Tigers in an old time horse drawn circus cage. CUS - A Cole Bros Circus wagon, horse drawn. CUS - Llama pulling a wagon, clown walking beside the llama. CUS - Children waving to the camera man. MS - Christy Bros circus wagon. MS - Old time horse drawn circus tiger cage wagon. High Angle Shot - Clowns pulling a little toy bi-plane. MS - Robbins Bros Circus animal wagon. MS - An elephant and behind the elephant is a hippopotamus. MS - A parade of elephants walking with silk blankets draped over their backs. High Angle Shot - People and kids applauding the parade. MS - Horse drawn, Miss Liberty float. | |
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