| St. Patrick's Day Parade | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1758 |
| Catalog #: | 425761 | |
| Clip Number: | 425761-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-024-04 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | New York, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Happiness CROWDS: Spectators LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Patriotic PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Religious | |
| Description: | Braving snow and low temperatures, some 120 thousand march up Fifth Avenue in the annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade. 122,000 marchers trudge the frigid three-mile route while more thousands along the route cheered the hardy procession. Establishing shot - The Irish flag flying over New York City hall. MS - Downtown New York, people, traffic and a tractor plow removing snow. MS - City workers with their shovels cleaning up the streets. MS - US military man, woman and a young girl walking with 2-Irish Wolfhounds. MS - Mayor of New York, John Vliet Lindsay, a staunch supporter of the Civil Rights Bill, Democrat. MS - Robert Kennedy, Democrat. MS - Irish Bagpipers marching in the parade the area covered with a blanket of snow. | |
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