Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: Floating in History

Name: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: Floating in History
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006-11-21
Duration: 16 min
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Robert M. Grippo, John W. Straus

200616m

★ 6.0

Documentary

This short documentary film gives a little history of the parade, with film clips. But, its main focus is on the making of the 1947 classic holiday film "Miracle on 34th Street" and the 20th Century Fox shooting of the November 1946 parade and in Macy's department store.

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Cast

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Robert M. Grippo

Himself - Author of 'Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade'

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John W. Straus

Himself - V.P. of Macy's New York 1958-1968

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