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DESCRIPTION: FOOTAGE OF A LARGE, DANCING CROWD ON N. CLAIBORNE AVENUE, WITH THE INTERSTATE VISIBLE OVERHEAD. MANY PARTICIPANTS WAVE UMBRELLAS WHILE THEY SECOND LINE DANCE WITH A BRASS BAND. THE JAZZ FUNERAL IS FOR EDDIE DAWSON, A STRING BASS PLAYER, BORN IN NEW ORLEANS IN 1884 AND WHO DIED AUGUST 12, 1972.
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Reel Begins - 2nd Line Procession for Eddie Dawson, New Orleans - 1972
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| 01:00:03 6.45 |
Tilt down from behind on a large crowd including brass band and folk carrying second line parasol umbrellas. This second line procession is for Eddie Dawson, a string bass player, born in New Orleans in 1884 and died August 12, 1972.
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Footage of a large, dancing second line crowd on N. Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans. Participants, many young kids, dancing as they move along under the Interstate, many waving umbrellas and are followed by a brass band..
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| 01:02:14 137.52 |
Cutaway. Footage inside a church. A grieving young boy being escorted down the aisle, he falls to the floor and is seemingly passed out. He's picked up and carried by two men by his arms and legs.
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| 01:02:33 155.97 |
Ext. New Orleans jazz brass band leader, Ernest "Doc" Paulin, and some of his band performing while a casket is brought out of a church and carried onto the street .
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| 01:03:00 183.22 |
End Reel - 2nd Line for Dawson....Doc Paulin - 1972
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