Flower Bombardment of Duke and Duchess
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 8
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flower Bombardment of Duke & Duchess. DESCRIPTION: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were involved in the Carnival held in New Orleans on Shrove Tuesday. The carnival is called Mardi Gras and the idea behind it is to have a real jollification before the austerities of Lent. SHOTLIST: KS. GV crowded street with signs flickering. Procession through street during the Mardi Gras, people on floats pelted crowds with flowers including Duke & Duchess of Windsor. Windsors acknowledge cheer of crowds.
- Local distribution only
- Not shown in Birmingham
- Keywords
- Royalty; Entertainment and leisure; Customs and traditions; Religion and belief
- Locations
- United States of America; New Orleans
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 53300
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 60
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How to cite this record
'Flower Bombardment of Duke and Duchess', British Movietone News Issue No. 1082A, 2 Mar 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16236 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)