Superman Thanksgiving float (1940)

[Mr.Marion]

I know Hector will get a kick outta this. It's history in it's own way.

[Hector]

Wow, that’s amazing and spectacular!

Seems like Superman was already a big star back then, shortly after his debut.

I copied the picture.

Thanks for posting this...

[Mr.Marion]

The balloon is a little creepy and without his cape, but to a young Superman fan back in 1940, it must have been an awesome sight.

[Hector]

Definitely...for sure...

[ODBJBG]

That's really awesome, but that photograph looks strange. I'm sure it's legit, but Superman almost looks like a CGI character inserted into an old photograph. And what an odd way to hold the balloon! Most balloons like that are held horizontal. They have him vertical with ropes running all the way up his chest. That must have been nearly impossible to move down the parade route!

[Mr.Marion]

That's really awesome, but that photograph looks strange. I'm sure it's legit, but Superman almost looks like a CGI character inserted into an old photograph. And what an odd way to hold the balloon! Most balloons like that are held horizontal. They have him vertical with ropes running all the way up his chest. That must have been nearly impossible to move down the parade route!

Im sure if it was CGI they wouldn't make Clark look like a Greek Coney Island manager.

[Sideshow Spock]

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Wow, that's awesome! And in color, even!

[Sideshow Spock]

^Wow, that's awesome! And in color, even!

Did you catch the nano-second glimpse of the Buck Rogers ship?

Here's a still:

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Geez, that's gorgeous!

Chris

[Makernaut]

Did you catch the nano-second glimpse of the Buck Rogers ship?

Here's a still:

Thank you for identifying that!

I watched the video a little earlier today and saw a flash of that at the beginning of the video. I took a few tries at getting the video paused on the right frame to see it clearly and then I had no clue what I was looking at.

[Hector]

That footage is just amazingly mind-blowing...

[Sideshow Spock]

Here's a longer video of the parade. So great..

[Hedji]

This is amazing. I've seen the parade in person, and it's nothing like what you see on TV. The broadcast is just ad after ad for broadway shows, and they show the floats and balloons only briefly.

This footage is nothing short of stupendous.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I miss the old CBS Parade presentations that would go back and forth from New York to Hawaii and a few spots in-between. They actually showed the balloons and floats more than NBC!

Chris