Mummers: 12,000 Parade Defying Cold.

Clip: 354542_1_1

Year Shot: 1957 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1626

Original Film: 030-003-08

HD: N/A

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Timecode: 00:21:39 - 00:22:26

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Mummers: 12,000 Parade Defying Cold. "In Philadelphia, 12,000 march in the annual Mummers Parade, filled with festivity and finery, a traditional New Year's tribute to Momus, king of mirth." Wild, elaborate costumes, including one man in drag showing some leg.