- Title: JCC-4-86
- Summary: INDIANS, EASTER [SUPER SUNDAY]: MARCH 22, 1970 APPROXIMATELY 300' OF COLOR 16MM FILM, WITH SOUND, COMPILED ONTO A 7 REEL. RUN TIME: 8:37:00 THIS FOOTAGE IS A DUPLICATE PRINT OF 2000.78.4.49, WITH A MAGNETIC SOUND STRIP ADDED. ORIGINALLY TITLED "INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF NEW ORLEANS FIRST PARADE" THE MARDI GRAS INDIANS TRIBES FROM BOTH THE UPTOWN AND DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SHOWN PARADING AND WEARING THEIR "SUITS" MADE OF FEATHERS, BEADS AND SEQUINS. INDIANS ARE SHOWN AROUND SHAKESPEARE PARK IN CENTRAL CITY AND AT HUNTER'S FIELD, IN THE SEVENTH WARD NEIGHBORHOOD. COSTUMES ARE SEEN IN DETAIL. THE DOC PAULIN BRASS BAND IS SEEN IN A BRIEF SEQUENCE. THIS FOOTAGE SHOWS THE FIRST EVER SUPER SUNDAY EVENT, A TRADITION THAT CONTINUES AND IS HELD ON THE SUNDAY CLOSEST TO ST. JOSEPH'S DAY.."
- Description:01:00:01 - BLANK 01:00:11 - HAND PAINTED SIGN ON SIDE OF CAR: "INDIAN ASS'N OF NEW ORLEANS 1ST PARADE", PAN UP TO MARDI GRAS INDIAN IN PURPLE SUIT FIXING SOMETHING IN CAR 01:00:23 - INDIAN CHIEF IN RED AND WHITE SUIT 01:00:29 - DOC PAULIN'S DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND PLAYING 01:00:41 - INDIANS AND BLACK KIDS DANCING 01:00:48 - MS OF MARDI GRAS INDIAN WITH WHITE AND PURE HEADDRESS HOLDS A SKULL 01:00:58 - VARIOUS INDIAN CHIEFS MEET ON STREET 01:01:10 - CHILDREN DRESSED AS INDIANS, POSING AND MARCHING 01:01:27 - CLIPS OF MARCHING MARDI GRAS INDIANS, GOOD MS 01:01:47 - BRASS BAND PLAYS IN FRONT OF ROLAND'S SUPER MARKET, INDIAN CHIEF IN WHITE DANCES 01:01:54 - INDIAN CHIEFS MARCHING 01:02:00 - MAN WITH TAMBOURINE IN FRONT OF THE MADRONA LOUNGE 01:02:09 - INDIAN CHIEFS IN WHITE AND RED DANCES IN FRONT OF THE MADRONA LOUNGE, GOOD SHOT OF COSTUMES 01:02:24 - INDIAN IN BLUE SUIT MARCHES 01:02:28 - MARDI GRAS INDIANS MARCH 01:02:36 - BLACK MEN WITH TAMBOURINES MARCH IN ST JOSEPH'S DAY PARADE 01:02:48 - MARDI GRAS INDIAN CHIEF WITH RED SUIT AND NERDY GLASSES 01:02:57 - CLIPS OF MARDI GRAS INDIANS MARCHING, GIRLS IN COSTUMES 01:03:04 - MAN IN YELLOW SUIT 01:03:11 - CLIPS OF PARADE 01:03:31 - CHIEF IN PINK AND PURPLE SUIT 01:03:35 - MAN IN ORANGE AND YELLOW SUIT DANCES, GREAT COSTUME AND BEAD WORK ON RED SUIT 01:03:46 - APPROACHING CHIEF DANCING 01:03:51 - INDIANS TURN AROUND PARADE AT INTERSECTION, CARS WAIT, BRASS BAND PLAYS AND CHIEF IN WHITE SUIT DANCES 01:04:24 - INDIANS IN BLACK AND YELLOW SUITS MARCH AND DANCE 01:04:33 - PASSING PARADE 01:04:39 - MS OF PARADE, INDIANS DANCING 01:04:54 - MAN IN YELLOW SUIT POSES 01:04:57 - MS OF SMILING BLACK MAN WITH TAMBOURINE, GOOD TIMES 01:05:06 - LITTLE BOY MARCHES IN PARADE 01:05:12 - SWEATING INDIAN CHIEF DRINKS DIXIE BEER, MARDI GRAS INDIAN MUGS FOR THE CAMERA, MS 01:05:47 - CLIPS OF INDIANS AFTER PARADE, PARTYING AND DANCING IN STREET, MS 01:06:35 - YOUNG BOY IN YELLOW SUIT DANCES 01:06:49 - CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON JEWELS AND SEQUINS ON COSTUME 01:06:54 - CHIEF IN BLUE SUIT DANCES 01:07:13 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF MARDI GRAS INDIANS, PARADE AND DANCING 01:07:44 - HIGH ANGLE SHOTS OF MARDI GRAS INDIANS DANCING IN STREET 01:08:03 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF MEN WITH TAMBOURINES 01:08:08 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF INDIAN IN RED SUIT 01:08:24 - HIGH ANGLE, OVERHEAD OF CHIEF IN LAVENDER AND YELLOW SUIT, SHAKES HAND 01:08:35 - BLANK 01:08:45 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: JCC-4-86