Carnival / Fasnacht in Basel

In some parts of Switzerland February and March are very popular months. Basel and Lucerne for example feature big carnival processions. Whether some procession will take place or not ist currently still in the air (14.02.2022). We would like to offer a glimpse into the procession from somewhere around 1926, that shows how things were done then. The film opens with scenes from a “human zoo”(“Völkerschau”), then moves to a kids procession and then to the carnival. The film ends with shots from the zoo in Basel.

We received the film from a private collector, who in turn got the films from a liquidation and does not know the original owner either. I often wish we had more films made by “GOHA”, as the logo from the beginning of the film indicates the “producer” or “filmmaker”. All the films we have are well made.

If any body recognizes people or other important things that we missed out on, please let us know!