Reel

Mexico Parades In Honor Of Madero

Mexico Parades In Honor Of Madero
Clip: 363674_1_1
Year Shot: 1960 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1678
Original Film: 033-095-04
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico
Timecode: 00:52:13 - 00:53:11

Mexico Parades In Honor Of Madero In Mexico city, the nation's 50th anniversary celebration of the 1910 revolution is marked by the transfer of the remains of national hero Francisco Madero to the monument of the revolution, and by a giant, gala parade of sports clubs. Various sports represented. Parade marchers are dressed in sports wear. Gymnasts in the parade perform their talents by allowing members behind them to do a somersault over their backs. Girls march by doing flag routine. Banner reads Basquetbol. Groups of girls in basketball uniforms march and carry basketballs. Next group of girls are dressed in baseball uniforms, wearing baseball gloves and hats. Men behind them are dressed as baseball players as well and carry baseball bats with both hands in front of them doing a kind of exercise. Citizens in crowd. Boxers pass by some even boxing as they march. Volleyball is represented with two players walking and carry the full net, as others toss the ball back and forth over the net. Shot of float with gymnasts, doing exercises on the parallel bars. Cyclists walk with bikes in parade.