New Bedford 1947 Parade
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Uploaded by mlb525 on Feb 19, 2009
http://westislandweather.com/
MLBaron turns back the hands of the clock to Downtown New Bedford, MA in July of 1947. The city celebrated it's Centennial with much hoopla. Events were staged everywhere. The war was over and rubber was now in abundant supply-so the balloons came out-BIG balloons, Converse photo was now allowed to sell cameras again, tire rationing was over-and the city had a lot to celebrate about anyway. Look at the crowds! MLBaron says: : "Cheer up New Bedford!, better times are coming" Keep your chin up! From the MLBaron Historical Archives-http://www.westislandweather.com
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Amazing...footage like this is literally worth its weight in gold....thanks for posting....
2 years ago 4
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my dad's friends own Converse Photo I love your footage MLBaron it gives me that feel I'm in some old MGM picture
noah's arc sponsered by airstream @ 5:01 lol
man I'll be like almost 70 when they have the bicentennial
2 years ago 2
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The Goodyear Blimp makes an appearance at 1:17. Outstanding footage. Agree that the music is creepy, but then again so are some of those big heads in the parade.
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Thank you for sharing
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"they had blimps back then"
Sure is whalers in here
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wow my city in 1947
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they had blimps back then??
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i remember that parade
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that is amwesome ML how it the world did you get this footage? Great job!
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creepy music
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Amazing video and music combination. Somehow the music made the strange disembodied floating rubber heads even stranger, and the random shots of architecture and people extremely foreboding. I felt like I was in a David Lynch movie. Not inappropriate for the city. A once grand city laid to waste. But still beautiful. I think I'll watch your video again...
getacowmilkhernow 5 months ago
@getacowmilkhernow The music was deliberate - It would have been predictable for me to insert period music of the time, but I changed it. Thanks for your input.
mlb525 1 month ago