Apple Blossoms: Thousands Throng Virginia Festival

Clip: 351225_1_1

Year Shot: 1951 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1558

Original Film: 024-454-04

HD: N/A

Location: WINCHESTER, VA.

Timecode: 00:26:00 - 00:37:19

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Miss Geri Lie, daughter of UN Secretary General Trivet Lie is crowned queen of the twenty-fourth Shenandoah Apple Festival. Secretary of Defense Marshall officiates at the coronation, which opens one of the nation's most colorful yearly pageants. MCUS - The debutants and escorts are lined up standing on steps MCUS - Sect Marshall kisses Queen Shenandoah on the Cheek MS - Queen Shenandoah and her court wander through the apple orchards MCUS - The crowd watching and clapping MCUS - Queen Shenandoah and some of the debutants and children on a float MCUS - A float that has a sign on it saying "Crush your cigarette". MCUS - Girls on the float tossing apples at the crowd