Carnival 1973

Bill Momsen, who attended the EA in the 1940's, sailed into Guanabara Bay in time for the 1973 Carnival celebrations. Captured on Super8 Kodak film the various Carnival schools paraded down Avenida Rio Branco sometimes in a driving rain. Assuming you are using a mouse configured for right-handers, RIGHT click on the image and choose SAVE TARGET AS from the shortcut menu. Note what folder you save it to and open the file! The videos can be played back using RealPlayer or WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

Starting off with a pan of the iconic Rio mountains from offshore the video segues into the the first Carnival scenes...

Carnival Scene, Clip One
Run Time 1:27

Carnival Scene, Clip Two
Run Time 1:19

Carnival Scene, Clip Three
Run Time 2:45

Different views of the Cidade including a day at Copacabana Beach where the surf was rough but beautiful...

Run Time 3:27