| Small Town Parade Preparations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 1783 | |
| Catalog #: | 500968 | |
| Clip Number: | 500968-2 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-DFS-16-072 | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:28 - 01:44:59 | |
| Location: | California, United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1960 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Patriotic LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Patriotic PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Small-town Parade Crowd | |
| Description: | TLS four white male U.S. Army color guard (shiny silver helmets, khaki uniforms) soldiers standing with furled flags & M-16 assault rifles, talking; white woman wearing green sleeveless dress that screams 1960s walks by in BG, carrying folded lawn chair. TLS/MS elderly white male war veteran wearing VFW uniform & holding marching rifle while talking w/ lay-dressed compadre in parking lot; pan left to historical re-enactors, men dressed as woodsy pioneers (think Daniel Boone) & women dressed as American Indians. TLS/MSs U.S. Marine Corps color guard (all of whom are USMC Staff Sergeants) wearing Dress B uniforms talking, adjusting flag-bearing sash. TLS/MS uniformed Boy Scout & Cub Scout troop standing idly, pan right to two white early teenage girls sitting on front bumper of red Jeep with American Legion banner; zoom in to MS blond girl holding tissue over nose as though stifling bloody craw. Panning MS Shriner (red fez) holding American flag while riding horse; pan left to "Patriotic Fantasy" float replete with geeky teenager dressed as Uncle Sam waving small U.S. flag -- hey, there goes the patriotic horse-ridin' Shriner again! LS choral group on float w/ American flag. | |
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