Mardi Gras 1957
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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.
Credits
Frank Koza (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Subjects: Marching bands; Parades and processions; Religions; Fairy tales
Places: North America > United States > Louisiana > New Orleans
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 742 feet; Print, 500 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12449; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12072
Subjects: Marching bands; Parades and processions; Religions; Fairy tales
Places: North America > United States > Louisiana > New Orleans
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 742 feet; Print, 500 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12449; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/12072
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:14