Museum of the Gulf Coast Collection - Pageant and CavOILcade Parade (1959)

Duration: 0:29:11

Year Published: 1959

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This home movie from the Museum of the Gulf Coast captures footage of the Queen’s Coronation for the 1959 CavOILcade festivities. The queen, Trinell Defour, was selected out of 43 contestants and rode in the parade the following day. The CavOILcade festivities celebrate the oil industry in southeast Texas.