1938 Shriner convention pageant features lights supplied via special line from Boulder Dam

Title card: "Shriners Convention Sees Pageant of Light" / night: float with Shriner logo and inscriptions "Welcome" and "Al Malaikah" moves past camera inside the Hollywood Coliseum on the final night of the Shriners convention; Al Malaikah is the Shriner temple in Los Angeles / float inscribed "Harold Lloyd" moves toward camera; spotlights shining down from top of Hollywood Coliseum illuminate part of the large crowd in attendance / MS stars Mary Pickford, Edgar Bergen with his dummy Charlie McCarthy, Jean Parker, and Jane Withers watch the procession / Bergen goofs around with Charlie as Pickford watches both the procession and Charlie / montage float inscribed "Fox West Coast Theatres" features a Ferris wheel with a film-reel motif and two people riding the wheel / young women in feathered costumes ride float inscribed "Fanchon & Marco," after the production team/theater owners / young woman rides a float with a chariot theme / young women wave from atop a float with a tail in the shape of California, inscribed "California" / WS truck forms the platform for a float with a "Snow White" theme / Parker points out something to Withers, who gasps in awe and applauds wildly as Parker laughs / montage "Snow White" float moves past camera
Title card: "Shriners Convention Sees Pageant of Light" / night: float with Shriner logo and inscriptions "Welcome" and "Al Malaikah" moves past camera inside the Hollywood Coliseum on the final night of the Shriners convention; Al Malaikah is the Shriner temple in Los Angeles / float inscribed "Harold Lloyd" moves toward camera; spotlights shining down from top of Hollywood Coliseum illuminate part of the large crowd in attendance / MS stars Mary Pickford, Edgar Bergen with his dummy Charlie McCarthy, Jean Parker, and Jane Withers watch the procession / Bergen goofs around with Charlie as Pickford watches both the procession and Charlie / montage float inscribed "Fox West Coast Theatres" features a Ferris wheel with a film-reel motif and two people riding the wheel / young women in feathered costumes ride float inscribed "Fanchon & Marco," after the production team/theater owners / young woman rides a float with a chariot theme / young women wave from atop a float with a tail in the shape of California, inscribed "California" / WS truck forms the platform for a float with a "Snow White" theme / Parker points out something to Withers, who gasps in awe and applauds wildly as Parker laughs / montage "Snow White" float moves past camera
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Editorial #:
500237936
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
09 June, 1938
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:57:05
Location:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr001098_03_01.mov