This home movie captures scenes of the second annual Sun Carnival parade and Sun Bowl in El Paso on January 1, 1937. Floats, marching bands, and military corps parade through downtown El Paso, many carrying pageant queens, including the Sun Queen. Following are scenes of the Sun Bowl, in this early year still played at the El Paso High School Stadium. The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy Miners played the Hardin-Simmons University Cowboys, the Cowboys winning 34-6.

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