APPROXIMATELY 100' OF COLOR, 16MM FILM. RUN TIME: 00:02:44. FOOTAGE PICKS UP WHERE 2000.78.4.162 LEFT OFF. THIS IS THE FUNERAL OF GEOGE CLARK, WHO DIED APRIL 18, 1966. THE SERVICE TOOK PLACE APRIL 23, 1966, AT THE MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH LOCATED AT 6200 SECOND STREET IN MARRERO, JEFFERSON PARISH. THE CASKET AND FUNERAL ENTOURAGE ARE SHOWN ARRIVING AT THE BRIGHT STAR CEMETERY WHERE A GRAVE HAS BEEN DUG. THE CASKET IS LOWERED INTO THE HOLE BY MASONS WHO THEN PERFORM A BURIAL RITUAL. THE GROUP IS SEEN LEAVING THE CEMETERY AND CROSSING A WOODEN BRIDGE. THE BRASS BAND PLAYS AND A SECONDLINE PARADE ENSUES.
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BURIAL OF COFFIN IN RURAL CEMETERY, OVERGROWN, AFRICAN AMERICAN MASON ARE THE PALL BEARERS, BURIAL OF GEORGE CLARK ON APRIL 23, 1966, AT THE MORNING STAR CEMETERY AFRICAN AMERICAN FUNERAL BURIAL
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FUNERAL DIRECTOR WITH STRAPS TO LOWER COFFIN
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| 01:00:12 12.14 |
CROWD OF BLACK MOURNERS LINE THE LANE WITH THE LIMO
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| 01:00:16 16.33 |
LOTS OF BLACK KIDS LINED UP TO WATCH BURIAL
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| 01:00:20 20.46 |
COFFIN IN LOWERED BY STRAPS IN TO THE GRAVE SITE
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| 01:00:39 39.89 |
MS OF BLACK MASONS AT GRAVE SITE, MOURNERS
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| 01:00:51 51.29 |
CEREMONY AT GRAVE SITE, HOLDING RIGHT HAND UP
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| 01:00:58 58.3 |
MS OF OLD MEN SPEAKING, CEREMONY
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| 01:01:31 91.38 |
MOURNERS AT GRAVE SITE
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| 01:01:34 94.85 |
BLACK KIDS WITH BICYCLE WATCHING BURIAL IN A FIELD
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| 01:01:38 98.46 |
MOURNERS AT GRAVE SITE, AMERICAN FLAG AND MASONIC TEMPLE BANNER, BLACK MASONS PERFORM WIDE SLOW CLAPPING
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| 01:01:56 116.91 |
MOURNERS CLIMB SLOPE IN CEMETERY
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| 01:01:58 118.83 |
MOURNERS CROSS WOODEN BRIDGE OVER RIVER OR SWAMP
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| 01:02:07 127.32 |
SECOND LINE PARADE
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| 01:02:15 135.2 |
SMALL SHACK WITH BLACK KIDS SITTING ON OLD CAR
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| 01:02:17 137.53 |
DANCING IN SECOND LINE
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| 01:02:34 154.65 |
MS OF PASSING MARCHERS AND BRASS BAND, BLACKS AND WHITES IN BAND, MASONS AND BANNER
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