Mardi Gras Carnival

1898
1m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

144

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Documentary Short

"This magnificent pageant is every year the mecca of tourists from all over the world. Our picture shows the following floats in the parade of 1899: No. 1, Corn; No. 2, Cherries; No. 3, Coff... Read all"This magnificent pageant is every year the mecca of tourists from all over the world. Our picture shows the following floats in the parade of 1899: No. 1, Corn; No. 2, Cherries; No. 3, Coffee; No. 4, Tea.""This magnificent pageant is every year the mecca of tourists from all over the world. Our picture shows the following floats in the parade of 1899: No. 1, Corn; No. 2, Cherries; No. 3, Coffee; No. 4, Tea."

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- Frederick S. Armitage

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

144

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Director
- Frederick S. Armitage

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In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: The End of a Pokémon Master (2022)

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6/10

A fascinating piece of history only recently discovered

Footage recently discovered in Amsterdam shows a short portion of the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans in 1898 as it rolls down Canal street. It is thought to be the oldest footage shot of the city. Notice how the crowds just stand and watch the parade and are not the celebratory lot you'd see today under the same circumstances.

Mardi Gras Carnival includes part of the Rex parade, and shows the floats and riders. This edition of Rex also included a live bull. The theme of Rex that year was "Harvest Queens." The floats shown are corn, cherries, coffee, tea - at least that's what the notes say. However, the second float clearly is loaded with pineapples, not cherries.

There is a group of young men marching in the parade dressed as union soldiers. I can only wonder how that went over with the citizens of New Orleans since the city was occupied during the Civil War by the Union army starting in 1862, especially since that conflict had only ended 33 years before.