Film Record: Albany’s Tulip Festival

Image from Albany's Tulip Festival. Movie Makers, Dec. 1950, 446.

Date produced: 1950

Filmmaker(s):

Helen C. Welsh

Languages:

English

Length:

600 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With music and narrative on disc.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1950

Description:

"With the help of almost unbelievable luck from the weather man, Helen C. Welsh has achieved a high level of what is essentially newsreel filming. Her subject matter is in itself appealing — displays of tulips in a public park, children wearing amazing holiday headgear, dancers performing Old World figures, all climaxed by the pageantry of the coronation of a new king and queen of the festival. But Miss Welsh handles it expertly. Her viewpoints are varied and her camera work accomplished, while a wisely sparse and well recorded narrative ties the whole presentation into an attractive package. Albany's Tulip Festival is colorful, entertaining and fulsome as a record of a city's spring holiday." Movie Makers, Dec. 1950, 464.

Resources:

Welsh discusses her experience photographing the Tulip Festival in "Filming a Festival" (Movie Makers, April 1951, 114-115, 130-131). Film stills and production stills are shown.

Locations:

• Albany, N.Y. (Filming)

Subjects:

• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
•           Festivals
• Nature
•      Geography
•      Plants
•           Flowers
• North America
•      United States
•           New York (State)

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened at Metropolitan Motion Picture Club (Home Movies, Dec. 1950, 494): New York City, N.Y.
• Screened at Albany Florists' Club October 5th 1949 (Home Movies, Dec. 1950, 494): Albany, N.Y.
• Screened at the Philip Schuyler High School in 1951 (Movie Makers, June 1951, 204): Albany, N.Y.
• Screened by the Cine Club ICAL-Milano in 1953 (Movie Makers, July 1953, 191): Milano, Italy

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