Parade of Krewe of Rex, New Orleans, February 25 (1941)

★★★★★ · Carnival Gone By... · ProfessorCarlNivale · 2004-08-18

Once again, the home movies of one lovely Mardi Gras fan has yielded a time encapsulated gem of a kinder, more civilized Carnival. Aside from the intrinsic deficiencies, notice how well-dressed and civil are the revelers, even those in costumes are having a wonderful time. What more innocent a time in Carnival's history that the time between the Great Depression and World War II. It is a time that is celebrated in these short, disjointed scenes of what must have been a memorable Mardi Gras for the photographer. The costume choices really tell a great deal about what was to be expected from…

★★★★★ · It's actually just Kodachrome... · Rick Prelinger · 2009-01-04

It's just 16mm amateur Koda stock. However, I've read that Technicolor's monopack experiments in the late 1940s-early 1950s did in fact use 35mm stock that was quite similar to Kodachrome. [Note added 3 January 2009] In case anyone's still wondering, this is Kodachrome. Kodachrome film was introduced in 1935 but the first several years' output tended to fade to magenta and then to almost monochrome. After about 1938 Kodachrome's dyes were stabilized. This film has maintained its color like literally millions of other Kodachrome films shot on stock manufactured after 1938. Nothing unusual.

★★★★ · Cute costumed kiddy alert!! · Bill T. · 2005-12-03

Mind boggingly colorful film that shows us what went on during celebrations of Mardi Gras innew Orleans in 1941. All of this is relatively tame compared to the ¡°SHOW US YOUR TITS!¡± mentality that¡¯s prevailant (I think) in the present rendition of the carnival. I really liked the amazing floats going on in this parade, some real loving work went into them. And the costumes! Oh! Even the young uns¡¯ get into the act, by showing us the CUTEST outfits ever, I was all over it. This comes highly recommended by me!

Roy Rogers: does he appear in this New Orleans parade? · falcofalco · 2007-11-25

My search of the Internet Archive for the key phrases "Roy Rogers" + "moving images" brought up this Feb 1941 amateur film. I've examined it several times but cannot see Roy Rogers in the parade. If he does appear in the film, has anyone noticed in which frames/time in the film he appears? Is he riding Trigger? Is he on a float? Is it just a very brief glimpse of him? Or is the Internet Archive search engine in error and Roy Rogers does not appear in this film at all? Thank you.