Carnival “King Cotton“ Rules MemphisAka Cotton Carnival At Memphis Lner (1938)

Titles read: “CARNIVAL “KING COTTON“ RULES MEMPHIS“. Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. Various shots of illuminated carnival floats in the ’Cotton Carnival’. Businessman Jack Hayes is named King Cotton for the day, with Vassar (sp?) student Elizabeth Campbell as his Queen. Brief shot of crowds of people walking alongside the floats shows a man doing a funny ’limp-wristed’ gesture to the camera! The Cotton King and Queen go by on their float, waving to the crowds. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews cont