| "Rose Monday" Celebration | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1757 |
| Catalog #: | 425673 | |
| Clip Number: | 425673-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-013-04 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: School-age child CROWDS: Pedestrians FESTIVALS: Cultural LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany, West PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Seasonal | |
| Description: | Pre-Lenten festivities come to a climax in Cologne, West Germany, with the traditional "Rosenmontag" or "Rose Monday" parade. The procession includes bright costumes, bands, floats and is the last frenzied merrymaking preceding the somberness of Lent. Establishing shot - A crowd of people gather and sway to the sounds of German folk music. MS - Clowns. MS - Children skipping, walking and dancing down the center of the street. MS - People dressed up in costume on the floats throwing candy at the children and people lining the sides of the street's. MS - Make shift airplanes are in the parade. MS - German political papier-mâché caricatures are showcased in the parade, circa 1967. MS - Some German people dressed up as Indians and Vikings. | |
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