APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET OF COLOR FILM COMPILED ONTO A 7 INCH REEL. RUN TIME: 11:47 FOOTAGE INCLUDES MARDI GRAS INDIANS, A ZULU SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB PARADE, AND THE VIEUX CARRE ON MARDI GRAS DAY. SHOWN ARE THE MARDI GRAS INDIANS PARADING. BIG CHIEF PERCY PETE" LEWIS OF THE BLACK EAGLES, IS SEEN WEARING A BLUE SUIT AND WALKING WITH HIS QUEEN, WHO WEARS THE SAME SHADE OF BLUE. MANY UNIDENTIFIED INDIANS ARE ALSO SEEN. A GROUP POSING FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER, APPEAR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ZULU ORGANIZATION. THE MEN WEAR BLACKFACE AND THE LADIES AND CHILDREN ARE DRESSED UP, IN PREPARATION FOR RIDING IN THE ZULU SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB PARADE. A FLOAT WITH THE HEAD OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG IS SEEN. THE ZULU KING, STEVE JOHNSON, IS SEEN AND THE QUEEN IS ALSO SHOWN, WALKING THROUGH THE CROWD AND GETTING ONTO HER FLOAT. THE PARADE IS SEEN AS IT BEGINS, WITH THE CLUB'S BANNER AND THE OLYMPIA BRASS BAND PRECEDING THE KING'S FLOAT. A LARGE SECOND LINE PARADE AND IS SEEN ON ORLEANS AVENUE. THE BIG SHOT'S FLOAT, THE MAYOR'S FLOAT, AND A FLOAT FOR THE AMBASSADOR ARE ALSO SEEN. CHIEF PAUL LONGPRE OF THE GOLDEN BLADES IS SEEN WEARING A BLUE AND WHITE SUIT AND PARADING WITH A QUEEN WHO WEARS YELLOW. BIG CHIEF BO DOLLIS OF THE WILD MAGNOLIAS IS SEEN WEARING A WHITE SUIT. MEMBERS OF THE YELLOW POCAHONTAS TRIBE ARE SEEN, ALONG WITH OTHER, UNIDENTIFIED INDIANS. ALSO SHOWN IS MASKING AND ACTIVITY IN THE FRENCH QUARTER. THE OLYMPIA BRASS BAND, GRAND MARSHAL ANDERSON MINOR, IS SEEN PLAYING FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN A COURTYARD."
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COUNTDOWN
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| 01:00:05 5.63 |
BRASS BAND PASSES BARBER SHOP
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MARDI GRAS INDIAN IN BLACK COSTUME
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| 01:00:11 11.9 |
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