MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL NAPIER NEW ZEALAND

Rights Information
Year
1915
Reference
F5065
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1915
Reference
F5065
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Actuality
Duration
0:08:01
Production company
Thompson - Payne
Credits
Camera: [Harry Thompson]

A street procession of heavily decorated floats down Hastings Street, Napier in 1915. A large crowd of spectators lines the streets, policemen and other citizens busily keep them in line. Includes an Australian float behind a banner “Advance Australia.”

Intertitle: “Mardi Gras Festival Napier New Zealand 1915”
Intertitle: “The Procession Passing Along Hastings Street”
Intertitle: “Australia”
Intertitle: “Champion Prize Winner”