@celestialjenna's Review of Storyville Museum - New Orleans, Louisiana
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The video opens with a title card reading 'MARDI GRAS 1898' and 'REAL FOOTAGE' over a grainy, black-and-white archival clip of a parade. Text overlays describe the footage as the earliest known film o... More about Storyville Museum →
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You're watching New Orleans Mardi Gras in 1898. And for decades, this footage was thought to be lost. It shows the Rex Parade rolling down St. Charles Avenue more than 125 years ago. Then in 2022, the film was rediscovered in a museum in the Netherlands. And suddenly, a moment from New Orleans history was moving again.
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