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Description: CA. 1970 APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET OF COLOR 16MM FILM. RUN TIME: 12:00 SHOWN IS THE INTRODUCTION OF A FILM PRODUCED FOR THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION THAT INCLUDES ORGINAL FOOTAGE BY JULES CAHN, AND DISPLAYS THE TITLE JULES CAHN: THE MARDI GRAS INDIANS. THIS IS NOT THE FINAL VERSION OF A FILM OF THE SAME TITLE THAT WAS EDITED AND PRODUCED BY TERRY FLETTRICH AND PATRICIA CHANDLER, AND NARRATED BY DANNY BARKER, BUT INCLUDES SOME OF THE SAME FOOTAGE. JULES CAHN IS SEEN FILMING A INDIAN WHO IS SEWING BEADWORK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FILM. INDIANS FROM DIFFERENT TRIBES ARE SEEN ON THE STREET AND SINGING AND DANCING AT PRACTICE INSIDE A BAR. CHIEF JAKE MILLON OF THE WHITE EAGLES, IS SEEN PUTTING ON A YELLOW AND BROWN FEATHERD SUIT AND COMING OUT OF HIS HOUSE ONTO THE STREET. MEMBERS OF THE YELLOW POCAHONTAS ARE ALSO SHOWN AS THEY PERFORM THEIR RITUAL ON THE STREET. SOME NIGHT TIME FOOTAGE IS ALSO SEEN, AND SHOWS MARDI GRAS INDIANS, PROBABLY ON ST. JOSEPH'S NIGHT.

Keywords: marching band