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Mardi Gras 1957

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Film Identifier: F.2012-03-0845
Run Time
0h 20m 30s
Format
16mm
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Date Produced
1957
Abstract
Silent color footage featuring images from night and day-time Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans, LA. The theme of the nighttime parade appears to be the sea. The theme of the day time parade is the Old Testament of the Bible and features the following floats: Garden of Eden, Noah’s Ark, Jacob’s Ladder, Daniel and the Lion’s Den, Jonah and the Whale, King Solomon. Also features festivalgoers dressed in fancy dress.
Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)
Related Place
New Orleans (depicts)