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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Normal Schley, a particularly skilled amateur film maker from Wisconsin, takes viewers to the West Indies. This is the final segment of the four-piece film. Norman Schley founded the vacation film industry known as Picturelogue. This particular segment guides us mostly through the French Quarter of New Orleans; however, it opens with images of Fort Montague (:08) in the Bahamas. Still in the Bahamas, tourists sit around a garden area as a herd of flamingo’s run circles in front of them (1:18). The film then turns to the French Quarter in New Orleans (3:11) with Andrew Jackson’s statue in the center of a fountain in Jackson’s Square. Along the side streets in New Orleans, artists set up with complete works and continue to work on incompletes as pedestrians pass by (3:29). A sign for “Starving Artists Gallery” follows (3:48). Lafayette cemetery (4:41) boasts a few famed tombs including Lafayette and the Mayfair Witches (fictional characters from novel by Anne Rice). The tomb of the Broil family is zoomed in on (5:41). One of the grounds keeper’s conducts a ritual against the stone facing of a tomb (5:55). Nighttime festivities erupt highlighted by neon lights (6:29). Bars and shops along the route include the Famous Door Bar (6:34), Rizzo’s Restaurant (6:43), the 500 Club (6:47), Hotsy Totsy (6:51) and other adult entertainment venues. Mardi Gras is visited (8:31) as participants wave red flags and elaborate floats ride down the street (9:04). The third oldest Parade Krewe; Proteus, follows (9:39). Gallier Hall in New Orleans stands with painted columns for the event (10:13). Signs are posted to mark the parade route (10:18). Channel 4 news trucks are on scene to capture the events (10:29). A police bus moves through to ensure safe passage of the floats (10:42). Parade folk wearing black outfits with bright colored flower blossoms (10:52). A couple wearing outfits covered in colorful lollipops are show cased (10:57). Another pair of participants wear alcohol bottle costumes; one as the whiskey called ‘Early Times’ and the other as ‘Usher’s’ Scotch (11:10). Army men conduct drills (11:46). The Mayfair is depicted on a float (12:19) as Steins Clothing Store is seen in the background. The elaborate faces of the large masks on the floats are highlighted (15:15). A few pedestrians play with small trinkets collected during the festivities (15:26). As night time settles in, police on motorcycles navigate through the street (15:40). Parade goers in red cloaks and carrying torches dance a two step for the crowds (16:18). A pair dressed as King and Queen (16:40) are zoomed in on and these two are again seen within a large ballroom as party goers dressed in formal attire dance on the dance floor before them (17:07). The film begins to wrap up as Cinderella’s castle is viewed again in Jackson’s Square (18:19). A sunset is viewed (20:29) and this film has been a presentation of Picturelogue (20:34). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
