New Orleans Color (secondary)
Identifier
F.2005-08-0209
Date Of Production
August 1988
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage documents the following: A red, white, and blue banner hangs above the Gallier Hall entrance; Vice President George H.W. Bush arrives in New Orleans aboard the Steamboat Natchez and declares Senator Dan Quayle as his running mate for his presidential bid at a rally on the Mississippi Riverwalk on August 16, 1988; George W. Bush and Laura Bush attend the Republican National Convention; The Joan of Arc statue stands at its former Canal Street location; Barbara Cleaver and Sue Cates lead a group of AIDS activists past Duncan Plaza and attempt to pass through the Superdome’s fence to confront the Republican National Convention’s first session on August 15, 1988; The Louis Armstrong statue stands in Louis Armstrong Park; Commercial signs hang over a sidewalk in the French Quarter, and one storefront window displays a painting of an elephant in recognition of the Republican Party’s visit to town.
Format
Super-8mm
Extent
400 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Bush, George, 1924-2018 (is participant)
Bush, George W. (is participant)
Bush, Laura L. W. (is participant)
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