Rose Monday in Gelsenkirchen

FRG | 1970s | Super 8 | Color | Silent | 5:28 min

Film synopsis

• Street carnival in Gelsenkirchen (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Passers-by waiting for the Rose Monday parade
• Marching groups and marching bands
• "Erler Kinderchor" float
• Float with lions in a cage
• "1. WKG Westerholt" float
• "Stadtsparkasse Gelsenkirchen" float
• "MGV Gelsenkirchen-Erle 1887" float

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