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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: Floating in History

Nov 21, 2006

0h 16m

★ 6.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Sparkhill

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

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Cast

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

Robert M. Grippo

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

John W. Straus

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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: Floating in History

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