Trinidad Carnival

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

123

Date Released

6 May 1957

Date recorded

10 Apr 1957

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Windmill Girls Adopt Sailors
2. 2Trinidad Carnival

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

Pathe synopsis: When it’s carnival time in Trinidad every other island activity is forgotten. Visitors from far and near fly in for this two-day fiesta which gets bigger and more elaborate every year. About fifty thousand people take part in the colourful procession, which takes four hours to pass a given point. Revellers form themselves into groups known as bands, adopting such exotic names as Brazilian Bandits and Glory of Greece. No expense is spared as each band strives to outshine the others by the colour and the originality of their costumes, and the 611 members of the Glory of Greece band for example used 700 sheets of aluminium, 3,000 yards of velvet and 6.000 yards of satin!

Keywords

Customs and traditions; Celebrations and festivals

Locations

England; Trinidad and Tobago; London Heathrow Airport

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

516

Story extras:

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