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Detroit, Michigan 200th Anniversary Celebration Parade (1951)

1951 · Ephemeral film · 16 min

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Home movies shot at the parade celebrating the city of Detroit, Michigan's 200th anniversary, 1951. Begins with brief shot of the boxer Joe Louis riding in convertible, and pictures many marching bands, associations, groups and thematic floats.

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16 minutes

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★★★ · And here comes another float! · Spuzz · 2012-05-31

Grand parade here celebrating Detroit's 200th Anniversary. You don't see parades like this anymore, floats about anything and everything, different points in history, companies you name it. Sort of gets monotonous, actually, but it's alright.

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