A college football game held in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Highlights of the game between Tulane and Memphis. A large number of people gathered to watch the game. At one point scoreboard shows Tennessee 3 and Visitors (New Orleans) 7.
Mule market in Memphis, Tennessee. Men sell mules on street. View from Overton Park in Memphis, with a view of the Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, opened in 1916, (now Memphis Brooks Museum of Art) among the trees, view of a lake with ducks in it, and various trees.
The Grand (paddle wheel driven river boat) in the Mississippi River loaded with cargo of cotton at Memphis, Tennessee. African American workers unload cotton shipment and place them in order at dock side.
Cotton Carnival in Memphis. A series of parties staged at Carnival. Current year's selected King, Queen and Royal Court of carnival. Presentations and parade by all cotton producing states. Decorated floats go by in a night time parade as crowd cheers. Floats have elaborate artwork and kings and queens. Flags of cotton producing states seen on many floats, including Georgia 1956 flag incorporating the Confederate battle flag on the Georgia float.
Soft ball teams doing their training in Memphis, Tennessee. The girls of a soft ball team stand together. They practice in a field. A car parked in the background. A girl throws a ball and another one hits it. A board reads 'Hodges Field'. A girl catches the ball. A girl applies compact powder on her face and starts playing.
Newsreel titled 'King Cotton Holds Court' depicting a spectacular night parade by the civilians in Memphis, Tennessee. The civilians enjoy the ripening of their staple crop -- Cotton. Floats depict King Cotton and his Queen. The spectators hail the King. Several floats carry fancily dressed participants of the parade. One float catches fire and is engulfed in flames. Men point fire hoses at the fire.
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