1968SILENT FEATURE FILMS
FEBRUARY 1968
APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET OF COLOR FILM COMPILED ONTO A 7 INCH REEL. RUN TIME: 12:32. SHOWN ARE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MARDI GRAS AND INCLUDE SCENES OF FLOATS LINED UP AND BEING LOADED WITH BEADS, FLAMBEAUX CARRIERS PREPARING TO PARADE, THE NIGHT PARADE OF THE KNIGHTS OF BABYLON PASSING GALLIER HALL ST. CHARLES AVENUE WITH THE KING TOASTING MAYOR VICTOR SCHIRO, THE ZULU PARADE IN DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS WITH PEOPLE REACHING FOR A COCONUT AND THE OLYMPIA BRASS BAND, AND FLOATS FOR THE KNIGHTS OF BABYLON PARADE COMING OUT OF THEIR DEN AT 2229 ROUSSEAU STREET. WILLIAM HONEY" BOYKINS WAS THE ZULU KING FOR 1968 AND IS SEEN ON HIS FLOAT. THE KNIGHTS OF BABYLON PARADE TOOK PLACE ON THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE MARDI GRAS DAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1968. SIGNS AT GALLIER HALL COMMEMORATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF NEW ORLEANS IN 1718."
APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET OF COLOR FILM COMPILED ONTO A 7 INCH REEL. RUN TIME: 12:32. SHOWN ARE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MARDI GRAS AND INCLUDE SCENES OF FLOATS LINED UP AND BEING LOADED WITH BEADS, FLAMBEAUX CARRIERS PREPARING TO PARADE, THE NIGHT PARADE OF THE KNIGHTS OF BABYLON PASSING GALLIER HALL ST. CHARLES AVENUE WITH THE KING TOASTING MAYOR VICTOR SCHIRO, THE ZULU PARADE IN DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS WITH PEOPLE REACHING FOR A COCONUT AND THE OLYMPIA BRASS BAND, AND FLOATS FOR THE KNIGHTS OF BABYLON PARADE COMING OUT OF THEIR DEN AT 2229 ROUSSEAU STREET. WILLIAM HONEY" BOYKINS WAS THE ZULU KING FOR 1968 AND IS SEEN ON HIS FLOAT. THE KNIGHTS OF BABYLON PARADE TOOK PLACE ON THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE MARDI GRAS DAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1968. SIGNS AT GALLIER HALL COMMEMORATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF NEW ORLEANS IN 1718."
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CLIPS OF MEN DECORATING FLOATS IN PREPARATION FOR MARDI GRAS
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| 01:00:19 19.68 |
LINE OF DECORATED FLOATS
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| 01:00:25 25.18 |
NEW ORLEANS MOTORCYCLE COPS
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| 01:00:27 27.01 |
MS OF PEOPLE LOADING UP FLOATS WITH BEADS
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| 01:00:45 45.54 |
PREPARING FOR MARDI GRAS, LINED UP FLOATS
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| 01:00:55 55.48 |
MEN ON A FLOAT SETTING UP BEADS, CUT TO CU OF BEADS
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| 01:01:17 77.1 |
MAN USING A HAMMER ON A FLOAT
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| 01:01:23 83.17 |
PREPARING FLOAT FOR MARDI GRAS
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| 01:01:32 92.21 |
YOUNG KID IN COSTUME WITH TIGHTS
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| 01:01:37 97.89 |
CU OF FLOAT
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| 01:01:47 107.02 |
MEN IN COSTUME WORKING ON PARADE FLOAT
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| 01:01:53 113.73 |
MEN ON LITTLE RED TRACTORS DRIVING AROUND FLOATS
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| 01:02:08 128.96 |
FLAG WITH CROWN ON IT HANGS FROM HOUSE, COLUMNED OVERHANG
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| 01:02:14 134.45 |
TWO MOTORCYCLE COPS RIDE DOWN ROAD, 1960S CARS
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| 01:02:21 141.55 |
GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WEARING CAPES AND HOLDING FLAMEAUX LINE UP IN FRONT OF SCHOOL
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| 01:02:36 156.15 |
GIRLS DRESSED AS RUSSIAN SOLDIERS TALK TO COUPLE
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| 01:02:41 161.49 |
MAN WAITS ON STREET CORNER
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| 01:02:47 167.92 |
MARCHING BAND MEMBERS AND GIRLS IN UNIFORM GET READY TO PARADE
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| 01:02:54 174.7 |
MAN IN INDIAN COSTUME ON HORSEBACK LEADS RIDERLESS HORSE
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| 01:03:01 181.12 |
MANY BLACK MEN LINE UP IN FRONT OF FACTORY BUILDING, TRY ON BLACK CAPS
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| 01:03:22 202.61 |
FLOAT IS TOWED BY SMALL RED TRACTOR, SIGN FOR TCHOUCHOUMAS VILLAGE
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| 01:03:32 212.36 |
FLOATS ARE TOWED OUT OF WAREHOUSE, SIGN FOR FRENCH OPERA HOUSE
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| 01:04:01 241.17 |
GRANDSTAND WITH DIGNITARIES FILLING UP, WOMEN WITH LARGE TIARAS STAND ON GRANDSTAND
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| 01:04:10 250.54 |
MOTORCYCLE COPS PASS IN FRONT OF GRANDSTAND
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| 01:04:15 255.41 |
COVERED HORSED PULL OLD WAGON, DRIVERS WAVE
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| 01:04:22 262.6 |
HORSE DRAWN OMNIBUS PASSES IN FRONT OF GRANDSTAND, FLAMBEAUX CARRIERS
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| 01:04:30 270.9 |
FLAMBEAUX CARRIERS DANCE IN CIRCLE IN FRONT OF GRANDSTAND
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| 01:04:46 286.86 |
MAYOR VICTOR SCHIRO STANDS ON PODIUM IN FRONT OF GALLIER HALL, MARDI GRAS KING ON FLOAT TOASTS THE MAYOR AND QUEEN
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| 01:05:13 313.55 |
FLAMBEAUX CARRIERS PARADE, MARDI GRAS
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| 01:05:31 331.67 |
MAYOR SCHIRO AND MARDI GRAS QUEEN
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| 01:05:39 339.1 |
FLOAT PASSES "GONE ARE THE DAYS", WITH FLAMBEAUX CARRIERS
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| 01:05:46 346.84 |
CU OF FLAMBEAU
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| 01:05:54 354.89 |
FLAMBEAUX CARRIERS IN MARDI GRAS PARADE
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| 01:06:00 360.92 |
FLOATS PASS IN FRONT OF GRANDSTAND, THROWING BEADS IN MARDI GRAS PARADE
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| 01:06:13 373.52 |
MARCHING BAND PASSES IN FRONT OF GRANDSTAND, WEARING GREEN AND GOLD UNIFORMS AND GOLDEN HELMETS
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| 01:06:18 378.74 |
FLOATS AND FLAMBEAUX CARRIERS PASS IN FRONT OF GRANDSTAND, GALLIER HALL
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| 01:06:35 395 |
MS OF FLAMBEAUX CARRIERS
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| 01:06:39 399.4 |
MORE FLOATS AND FLAMBEAUX CARRIERS
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| 01:06:51 411.89 |
BLACK TEENS DANCE IN STREET
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| 01:06:56 416.85 |
ZULU PARADE, DAYLIGHT, MAN IN BLACK FACE AND ZEBRA JACKET THROWS BEADS FROM PEACOCK THEMED FLOAT
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| 01:07:10 430.63 |
ZULU PARADE WITH BANNER FOR ZULU SOCIAL AID AND PLEASURE CLUB
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| 01:07:18 438.31 |
MS OF OLYMPIA BRASS BAND MARCHING
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| 01:07:21 441.89 |
ZULU MEMBERS AND BRASS BAND PARADE, ZULU MEMBER IN BLACK FACE AND POLICE UNIFORM
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| 01:07:49 469.97 |
MS OF MAN ON GRANDSTAND OPENING AND POURING BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE
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| 01:07:58 478.47 |
ZULU KING, WILLIAM HONEY" BOYKINS, ON FLOAT, WITH GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE, MAKING A TOAST
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| 01:08:28 508.2 |
CLIPS OF ZULU PARADE, COP IN BLACK FACE MARCHES, CU, WOMAN ON FLOAT, GOLDEN COCONUTS
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| 01:09:12 552.11 |
MEN AND WOMEN DANCING IN STREET
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| 01:09:22 562.52 |
MS OF ZULU MEMBER
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| 01:09:28 568.06 |
MEN ON THE STREET
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| 01:09:30 570.95 |
SPECTATORS REACHING FOR GOLDEN COCONUTS FROM ZULU MEMBER IN CAR
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| 01:09:40 580.88 |
OLYMPIA BRASS BAND PARADES
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| 01:09:46 586.25 |
CLIPS OF ZULU PARADE, BRASS BAND, COP AND PARTIERS
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| 01:10:03 603.86 |
OLD WOMAN WATCHES FROM BALCONY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDING
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| 01:10:06 606.84 |
REAR VIEW OF PARADERS, DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS
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| 01:10:18 618.71 |
ONCOMING PARADERS SOME IN COSTUMES
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| 01:10:26 626.25 |
BLACK KIDS DANCING IN STREET
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| 01:10:35 635.45 |
CLIPS OF CROWDS DANCING AND MARCHING AT ZULU PARADE
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| 01:11:04 664.86 |
MS OF OLYMPIA BRASS BAND MEMBERS, NEW ORLEANS BUS WITH "CEMETERIES" AS DESTINATION
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| 01:11:09 669.98 |
MS OF BOUNCING MARCHERS IN ZULU PARDE
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| 01:11:23 683.2 |
MEN DANCING IN FRONT OF ZULU BANNER
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| 01:11:41 701.77 |
KING OF THE ZULUS FLOAT
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| 01:11:47 707.76 |
KIDS MARCHING IN ZULU PARADE
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| 01:11:56 716.79 |
OLYMPIA BRASS BAND MARCHING
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| 01:12:02 722.47 |
CLIPS OF ZULU PARADE MARCHERS, MS OF WOMAN'S BUTT
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| 01:12:29 749.18 |
BLANK SLUG
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| 01:12:36 756.98 |
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