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CALIFORNIA HOME MOVIES ROSE PARADE w/ DISNEY FLOAT & ROSE BOWL CHRISTMAS EVE XD14454 (1938)

1938 · Short film · 16 min

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Dating to January 1, 1938, this silent California 16mm home movie shows the Rose Parade, family scenes, a trip to the beach, a visit to a Hollywood movie set and Christmas. It begins with the Rose Parade in Pasadena, shot on Colorado Blvd. near Hudson and Lake, across from the National Cash Register Company building and Crown Furniture Exchange. The theme for this year was “Playland Fantasies.” The first float at:12 is for San Francisco's Golden Gate Exhibition which ran from 1939-1940. At:18, a float for North Hollywood followed at:27 by Arcadia's entry, Culver City at:55, Monterey Park followed by South Pasadena at 1:18, Pomona, Glendale at 1:53, Altadena at 2:01 with Santa Claus, Burbank and Sierra Madre, Manhattan Beach's prize winning entry at 2:32, San Fernando at 2:40, South Gate, Eagle Rock, at 3:08 is a Ferdinand the Bull float from Santa Barbara, Lynwood, Busch Gardens at 3:23, Salvation Army, Light and Power Co. 3:44, Market Basket at 4:15, and a Walt Disney float at 4:25. This was Disney’s first Rose Parade float, promoting the company's new feature-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which was released in February that same year. At 4:43 is a float for Safeway Stores, and Gay's Lion Farm, a local tourist attraction. At 4:53 are shots of the 1938 Rose Bowl football game, the 24th edition of the college football bowl game. The game featured the second-ranked California Golden Bears of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) against the #4 Alabama…

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Running time
16 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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