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1978SILENT FEATURE FILMS
MARDIS GRAS DAY - FEBRUARY 7, 1978
APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET OF COLOR 16MM FILM. SHOWN ARE A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES ON MARDI GRAS DAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1978.

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Reel opens - Mardis Gras Day, 1978
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Brass marching band playing enthusiastically in New Orleans, on Mardis Gras Day, 1978. Some CU's of the horn players.
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Huge yellow feathered headdress at front door of house, so large you can't see who's carrying it. African American man jokingly puts it on his head and sashays toward camera.
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Members of the Mardis Gras indian tribe, the Wild Magnolias help Big Chief Bo Dollis put on the headdress for his yellow suit. Headdress is so big the yellow feathers take up the entire frame.
01:00:38 42.13 thumbnail
WS Big Chief Bo Dollis all dressed up in his elaborate Mardis Gras beaded suit and giant headdress. Members of the Wild Magnolias standing by.
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Big Chief Dollis in front of home assisted by tribe members holding giant yellow canes walks toward camera
01:00:50 54.4 thumbnail
Another Chief in full dress wearing a giant green feathered head dress and costume.
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Var shots of Dollis in the neighborhood with the Wild Magnolias.
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An elaborate Mardis Gras float going by in the parade. Onlookers (shot from behind)
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Big Chief Dollis in full dress walking through the streets in the neighborhood, var shots of him front and back! The Wild Magnolias following him shaking their tambourines.
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Var shots of another Mardis Gras Indian Chief walking the streets wearing an elaborate fur trimmed headdress.
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CU - Adorable African American young boy wearing a green fur trimmed headdress .
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CU from behind of the back of the yellow headdress worn by Chief Dollis. The back of Dollis' head is seen poking through
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Another big chief in full headdress walking the neighborhood and toward camera, people (maybe members of his tribe) following along.
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Var shots - side shot of Big Chief Dollis, other Big Chiefs showing off their awesome headdress.
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parade onlookers, taking photos.
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Adorable child, not looking too happy dressed in extremely elaborate beaded costume and headdress. Adults adjusting his costume.
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A big chief, mouth open, feathers flying and dancing wildly.
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CU on feet wearing beautiful beaded mocassins.
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Big Chief Dollis and other Big Chiefs walking the neighborhoods followed by their Mardis Gras Indian tribes.
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CU a young boy (young Chief!) dressed in beautiful yellow feathered headdress
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CU's Pete Fountain and he is seen in the parade with his Half-Fast Walking Club, organized in 1960 - one of the best known freelance marching units that parade in Mardis Gras. They carry a large red banner and purple banner with the name of the band.
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Shots of the Zulu Parade - many onlookers as the Zulus with their painted black faces march by followed by the Olympia Brass Band.
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Large float in the shape of a king's crown with the King of Zulu, Willie L. Papin
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An elaborate gold and white float with a Queen - could be the Zulu King's queen
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Bo Dollis is seen standing on his porch and in front of his residence without his headdress but in costume.
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Gigantic Zulu float with riders handing out the traditional coconuts to parade revelers.
01:07:38 461.89 thumbnail
CU's Big Chief Bo Dollis outside at his home, and smoking a cigarette
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CU on the elaborate bead work on the back of Dollis' costume
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Zulu floats. riders handing out coconuts.
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People wearing costumes stopping by at King Dollis' home paying their respects
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Var other Indian chiefs parading including a young man in bright red and white headdress dancing down Claiborne Ave, another Chief smoking a pipe, another child in beautiful blue beaded costume.
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Costuming in the French Quarter, Mardis Gras revelers, crowds of folk in the streets partying, folk carrying poster reading "I slept with Anita Bryant's Husband".
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Crowd of folk seen on balcony in French Quarter, people dancing in the streets, person shot from the back with pants half down and "sexy" written on butt, half naked man in g-string, garter belt and beads dancing away on steps of building, Mardis Gras madness!
01:11:36 700.4 thumbnail
Big Chief Bo Dollis parading with the Wild Magnolias.
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Adorable "tiny" chiefs or future chiefs, wearing beautful costumes and headdress' meet up
01:13:11 795.6 thumbnail
CU Big Chief Dollis, mouth wide open, and engulfed in that big yellow feathered headdress.
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Black older lady standing at doorway shaking a small bell, blackboard next to her with handwritten menu of Red Beans Rice
01:13:18 801.9 thumbnail
WSs Dollis in full regalia and his tribe, woman maybe his wife in costume dancing, many onlookers
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End Reel - Mardis Gras Day 1978
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