Where/when was this parade

[veesixteen]

Who can tell me the date and location of this parade?
The flag could be a clue; I don't recognise it.
The Cadillac is a 1961 "Series 75" Fleetwood limousine.

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

I maybe mistaken, but the escorting Motor Cycles look like Hondas.

The flag looks like a Military Standard.

Bruce.

[veesixteen]

To my knowledge, only Austria and Lebanon have (national) flags with the horizontal red-white-red design, with a central motif on the white band. Let me check with a family member in the State dept. 

[Dan LeBlanc]

The Kennedys had a 61 Series 75 that they had shipped around for official visits.  I wonder if this is a JFK visit somewhere.

[veesixteen]

Three other flags I know of have "red-white-red" horizontal stripes:
An old Peruvian flag, one from French Polynesia and another from the UAR.

BTW, the Merdedes (security car?), in the background has LHD, suggests the action may be taking place in one of the MANY countries (and Island Nations) - especially where the British Empire spread its hegemony - where cars still drive on the left:

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bermuda, Bhutan, Botswana, Bunei, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Falkland Islands, Fiji, Great Britain (England, N. Ireland, Scotland & Wales), Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland (Eire), Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Helena, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (USA), Zambia, Zimbabwe.

[Steve Passmore]

Three other flags I know of have "red-white-red" horizontal stripes:
An old Peruvian flag, one from French Polynesia and another from the UAR.

BTW, the Merdedes (security car?), in the background has LHD, suggests the action may be taking place in one of the MANY countries (and Island Nations) - especially where the British Empire spread its hegemony - where cars still drive on the left:

I think You meant to say RHD didn't you Yann.

[veesixteen]

Silly me! Of course I meant RHD.

[Series75]

I think it's the Prince of Morocco.   Here's a picture of him accepting delivery on Ellison St, Paterson, NJ from Thomas Brogan Sr.   

[veesixteen]

Thanks for the photo. I guess you meant Prince Rainier of MONACO and not "the Prince of Morocco" ?

Rainier married Grace Kelly in 1956. He was a fervent admirer of classic and sports cars, including (at least) 3 Cadillacs (1953 coupe, 1954 convertible and 1961 Fleetwood limo). I have mentioned him in the "Cadillac Database" and have attached also 3 photo URLs of these cars: 

http://www.cadillacdatabase.com/Dbas_txt/Starcar2.htm
http://www.cadillacdatabase.com/Dbas_str/str53monaco2.jpg
http://www.cadillacdatabase.com/Dbas_str/str54monaco.jpg
http://www.cadillacdatabase.com/Dbas_str/6175mona.jpg

I took the liberty of using PhotoShop to improve the photo you sent and would like your permission to include it in the "Database" with the other "Rainier" pics.
 

[Series75]

Sure, place the photo in the database.
PS:  stand corrected.  Thought this was a discussion forum, not a college grad course. 8-)

[Tito Sobrinho]

Yann, just saw your excellent site...Cars of Stars and Personalities and I have a correction pertaining one car.

Marilyn Monroe rides in a 1951 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. I'm sorry to tell you as it is a 1950 Coupe de Ville easily identifiable by its dashboard that was the same for the '49 Cadillac.
The pleated seat side panels below the quarter windows were the same design for the '50 and '51 Coupe de Villes.

[veesixteen]

Tito is right. The visible dashboard is most definitely 1950. Compare the pics below of the 1950 and 1951 instrument panels.

I will ask JC to make the appopriate correction to the Database entry when he has a spare moment. I no longer have the possibility to do so myself. 

[veesixteen]

A day when I don't learn something new is a day wasted. A day when I pass on   that (new?) information to someone else is a day when I feel I have shared  that something with a friend ... or three. I certainly want no part in teaching college grads ... since I never majored in anything but "Cadillac" ... and probably never got more than a "C+" at my best. 

[Steve Passmore]

Well said Yann.

[Tito Sobrinho]

Yann:

Your vast knowledge concerning Cadillacs translated in The Cadillac Database,  could not be duplicated by one holding a PhD degree.  Congratulations for your achievement!

I think, the picture in question was taken in one of the Caribbean Islands and my vote goes to The Bahamas when Rainier and Grace Kelly visited it.

The flag is still a mystery and could very well be a Military Standard as written by Bruce.

[Philippe M. Ruel]

There seems to be an emblem in the middle of the driver's door (a tree ? a flame ?).

Prince Rainier's car is currently exhibited in Monaco automobile museum : https://360carmuseum.com/en/museum/35/exhibit/1876.
It has no emblem, and features flag holding devices in front wheel arches.

The Mercedes behind it in the parade seems to be a 600 with her typical headlights. This model debuted in 1963, which drastically reduces the possibility of being related to JFK.

[Ralph Messina CLC 4937]

Philippe,

Good observation about the headlights, but I believe they were used on all senior models. Judging by the two horizontal chrome slashes between the headlights and grille I'd suggest this  Mercedes is a 300 sedan, not a 600 which didn't use that chrome accent. From what I can see of the MB, it is a '62 or newer model. The W112 Series (body) cars were introduced mid '62.

[Steve Passmore]

Yann:


I think, the picture in question was taken in one of the Caribbean Islands and my vote goes to The Bahamas when Rainier and Grace Kelly visited it.

The flag is still a mystery and could very well be a Military Standard as written by Bruce.

I don't see enough dark faced onlookers for it to be in the Caribbean islands Tito. Even the bike cops are fairly pale. People look a little more Asian or Indian to me.

[savemy67]

Hello all,

I love a puzzle/mystery.  I tried enlarging the photo that is posted here on the forum, but the resolution is insufficient for effective sleuthing.  From what I can see, the cars in the background look newer than 1961.  The style of dress on the people in the background looks western and also looks newer than 1961.  The streetlight on the right looks modern enough that the location is probably not too remote, but near a major city.  The large tree on the left in the background looks like a Banyan tree.  The corrugated metal roof on the building is not untypical of roofing used in the tropics post Western contact.  The livery of the escort looks as if it is derived from the British Empire.  Not to mention the use of horses which need pasturage or imported feed.

Burma, 1970???

Christopher Winter

[Glen]

I don't see enough dark faced onlookers for it to be in the Caribbean islands Tito. Even the bike cops are fairly pale. People look a little more Asian or Indian to me.

Interesting! When I first saw the picture I thought "India" from the look of the uniforms of the motorcycle riders.