1965SILENT FEATURE FILMS
CA. 1965
APPROXIMATELY 850 FEET OF COLOR 16MM FILM WITH AN OPTICAL SOUND TRACK. RUN TIME: 24:22 FOOTAGE IS A COMPILATION OF DUPLICATED FILM THAT CAHN PUT TOGETHER WITH ADDED SOUND AND NARRATION BY FATS HOUSTON, WHO IS ALSO SEEN IN THE FILMS. DELORES ARDOYNO IS CREDITED AS PRODUCER AND WRITTER, AND THE PROJECT WAS DONE FOR TULANE UNIVERSITY. TITLE CARDS ARE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE FILM AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: NEW ORLEANS FUNERAL - TO THE FUNERAL PARLOR - AT THE CEMETERY HYMNS - COMING BACK HYMNS - PICOU'S FUNERAL - TO THE FUNERAL PARLOR MARCHES - TO THE CEMETERY DIRGES - COMING BACK JAZZ. DURING THE NARRATION, HOUSTON DESCRIBES THE FUNERAL OF ALPHONSE PICOU (FEBRUARY 7, 1961), SUGGESTING THAT THE FOOTAGE OF A LARGE JAZZ FUNERAL IS THAT OF THE FAMOUS CLARINET PLAYER. SHOWN IS FATS HOUSTON LEADING THE EUREKA BRASS BAND DURING THE JAZZ FUNERAL OF ALPHONSE PICOU, CLARINETIST. THE TUXEDO BRASS BAND ALSO PLAYED AT THIS VERY LARGE EVENT. THE PROCESSION PASSES THE CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH AND A BARBER SHOP, LOCATED IN THE SAME BUILDING, AT 1517 ST. PHILIP AND CONTINUES PAST THE JOSEPH A. CRAIG SCHOOL AT 1423 ST. PHILIP AND THE TIP TOP BAR ACROSS THE STREET. THE MUSICIANS GATHERED AT PICOU'S BAR ON URSULINE STREET, AND PARADED THROUGH THE TREME NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE BLANDIN FUNERAL HOME AT 1116 ST. CLAUDE, WHERE RELIGIOUS SERVICES TOOK PLACE. FOOTAGE ENDS WITH A MAN WHO APPEARS TO BE RODNEY BATISTE, DANCING ON THE NEUTRAL OF N. CLAIBORNE AVENUE, BEFORE ALL THE OAKS TREES WERE REMOVED AND AN OVERPASS BUILT. PICOU WAS BURIED AT MR. OLIVET CEMETERY. SEE 2000.78.4.3 FOR ORIGINAL FOOTAGE OF PICOU'S FUNERAL. THE QUALITY OF THE DUPLICATED FILM IS NOT VERY GOOD AND THE AUDIO WAS RECORDED BY AN ASSOCIATE OF JULES.
APPROXIMATELY 850 FEET OF COLOR 16MM FILM WITH AN OPTICAL SOUND TRACK. RUN TIME: 24:22 FOOTAGE IS A COMPILATION OF DUPLICATED FILM THAT CAHN PUT TOGETHER WITH ADDED SOUND AND NARRATION BY FATS HOUSTON, WHO IS ALSO SEEN IN THE FILMS. DELORES ARDOYNO IS CREDITED AS PRODUCER AND WRITTER, AND THE PROJECT WAS DONE FOR TULANE UNIVERSITY. TITLE CARDS ARE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE FILM AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: NEW ORLEANS FUNERAL - TO THE FUNERAL PARLOR - AT THE CEMETERY HYMNS - COMING BACK HYMNS - PICOU'S FUNERAL - TO THE FUNERAL PARLOR MARCHES - TO THE CEMETERY DIRGES - COMING BACK JAZZ. DURING THE NARRATION, HOUSTON DESCRIBES THE FUNERAL OF ALPHONSE PICOU (FEBRUARY 7, 1961), SUGGESTING THAT THE FOOTAGE OF A LARGE JAZZ FUNERAL IS THAT OF THE FAMOUS CLARINET PLAYER. SHOWN IS FATS HOUSTON LEADING THE EUREKA BRASS BAND DURING THE JAZZ FUNERAL OF ALPHONSE PICOU, CLARINETIST. THE TUXEDO BRASS BAND ALSO PLAYED AT THIS VERY LARGE EVENT. THE PROCESSION PASSES THE CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH AND A BARBER SHOP, LOCATED IN THE SAME BUILDING, AT 1517 ST. PHILIP AND CONTINUES PAST THE JOSEPH A. CRAIG SCHOOL AT 1423 ST. PHILIP AND THE TIP TOP BAR ACROSS THE STREET. THE MUSICIANS GATHERED AT PICOU'S BAR ON URSULINE STREET, AND PARADED THROUGH THE TREME NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE BLANDIN FUNERAL HOME AT 1116 ST. CLAUDE, WHERE RELIGIOUS SERVICES TOOK PLACE. FOOTAGE ENDS WITH A MAN WHO APPEARS TO BE RODNEY BATISTE, DANCING ON THE NEUTRAL OF N. CLAIBORNE AVENUE, BEFORE ALL THE OAKS TREES WERE REMOVED AND AN OVERPASS BUILT. PICOU WAS BURIED AT MR. OLIVET CEMETERY. SEE 2000.78.4.3 FOR ORIGINAL FOOTAGE OF PICOU'S FUNERAL. THE QUALITY OF THE DUPLICATED FILM IS NOT VERY GOOD AND THE AUDIO WAS RECORDED BY AN ASSOCIATE OF JULES.
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BLANK SLUG
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EXT OF BUILDING WITH CLOCK TOWER AND DOMED CUPOLA
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| 01:00:18 18.43 |
TITLE CARD: NEW ORLEANS FUNERAL
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| 01:00:30 30.2 |
SHADOWS OF BRASS BAND MEMBERS STROLLING SLOWLY
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| 01:00:49 49.25 |
BANNERS OF ORGANIZATIONS, ZULU, MEN WALKING IN PROCESSION
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| 01:00:59 59.12 |
BASS DRUM OF THE EUREKA BRASS BAND
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| 01:01:07 67.76 |
EUREKA BRASS BAND PASSES BY, PLAYING
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| 01:01:14 74.32 |
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERS MARCH BY WITH BAND
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| 01:01:27 87.43 |
TITLE CARD: TO THE FUNERAL PARLOR MARCHES
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| 01:01:37 97.03 |
BLACK MAN IN UNIFORM WITH BANNER FOR THE ZULU SOCIAL AID AND PLEASURE CLUB, NEW ORLEANS
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| 01:01:41 101.28 |
MEMBERS OF BRASS BAND AND ORGANIZATION MARCH IN FUNERAL PROCESSION, 1950S CARS ON STREET, CHILDREN WATCH, DOUBLE GALLERY HOUSE
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| 01:01:57 117.56 |
FUNERAL PROCESSION, GROUPS OF MEN AND WOMEN MARCHERS,
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| 01:02:10 130 |
GRAND MARSHALL TYPE WITH SASH STOPS TRAFFIC FOR PROCESSION, CREOLE COTTAGES AND SWEET SHOP ON THE CORNER
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| 01:02:20 140.91 |
BRASS BAND MARCHES BY, GROUPS OF MEN AND WOMEN, GROUP WITH SABERS AND FEATHERED HATS, WHITE MAN WATCHES
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| 01:02:44 164.11 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF FUNERAL PROCESSION TURNING AND STOPPING IN FRONT OF BUILDING, MARCHING IN PLACE
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| 01:03:04 184.24 |
EUREKA ? BRASS BAND PLAYS OUTSIDE
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| 01:03:11 191.78 |
YOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION AND BANG PLAYS AND MARCHES, CLIPS OF THEM APPROACHING CAMERA
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| 01:03:39 219.23 |
APPROACHING BAND, MARCHING IN BUSINESS DISTRICT
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| 01:03:43 223.15 |
TITLE CARD: TO THE CEMETERY DIRGES
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| 01:03:55 235.29 |
OVERHEAD SHOTS OF FUNERAL GOERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBER WAITING OUTSIDE, LITTLE BOY STARES AT CAMERA, 1950S CARS
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| 01:04:24 264.16 |
WHITE DRIVER HELPS FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE DECEASED OUT OF CAR, GOOD CITIZENS FUNERAL HOME
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| 01:04:49 289.04 |
MEN DRESSED IN OVERCOATS AND SASHES WITH WHITE GLOVES TALK OUTSIDE FUNERAL HOME
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| 01:04:55 295.25 |
PEOPLE CONGREGATE OUTSIDE FUNERAL HOME, 1950S HEARSE, BAND MEMBERS AND GROUP WITH SABERS AS CASKET IS BROUGHT OUT
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| 01:05:39 339.5 |
GROUP STARTS PROCESSION
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| 01:05:51 351.84 |
FRATERNAL GROUP AND BRASS BAND IN FUNERAL PROCESSION ON RURAL ROAD, SWAYING BACK AND FORTH SLOWLY. CUT TO CU OF LEADER IN WHITE HAT
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| 01:06:14 374 |
HIGH ANGLED SHOT OF YOUNG EXCELSIORS BRASS BAND IN FUNERAL PROCESSION
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| 01:06:21 381.25 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF BAND IN SLOW PROCESSION, FUNERAL, DIRGE. DOWNTOWN AREA, BILLBOARDS AND SIGN FOR MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE, RT 90
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| 01:06:48 408.89 |
FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN SHAPE OF A TUBA
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| 01:06:57 417.57 |
PROCESSION ENTERS CHURCH OR CEMETERY AREA
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| 01:07:08 428.3 |
COFFIN IS CARRIED BY ELDERLY PALL BEARERS
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| 01:07:13 433.63 |
CU OF EUREKA BAND MEMBERS
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| 01:07:17 437.82 |
BLACK MEN IN FRENCH UNIFORMS WITH SABER MARCHING PAST ESSO STATION
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| 01:07:29 449.14 |
BRASS BAND SLOWLY PROCESSES PAST FEITEL HOUSE WRECKING CO., MS OF MEMBERS SASHAYING
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| 01:07:48 468.49 |
EUREKA BRASS BAND PASS THROUGH POOR NEIGHBORHOOD
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| 01:07:57 477.73 |
MS BLACK MAN WITH LARGE KEY, STARING AT THE CAMERA
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| 01:08:06 486.51 |
FUNERAL PROCESSION PASSES LARGE SCHOOL ? BUILDING
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| 01:08:10 490.51 |
MS OF SERIOUS BLACK MARCHER, PASSING UNPAINTED CLAPBOARD BUILDINGS, RESIDENTS WATCH FROM BROKEN SHUTTERS,
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| 01:08:24 504.4 |
VERY SLOW FUNERAL PROCESSION HEADING TOWARDS CAMERA
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| 01:08:35 515.33 |
LAUNDRY HANGS FROM TOP FLOOR GALLERY
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| 01:08:37 517.88 |
1950S HEARSE PASSES WITH MOURNERS, ZULU BANNER
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| 01:08:44 524.95 |
GROUPS IN PROCESSION
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| 01:08:55 535.04 |
MS OF MEN IN FRENCH UNIFORMS AND SABERS SLOWLY PROCESS WITH HEARSE
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| 01:09:20 560.39 |
WOMEN IN UNIFORMS MARCH
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| 01:09:22 562.94 |
1950S HEARSE AND LIMOS IN FUNERAL PROCESSION
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| 01:09:27 567.37 |
TITLE CARD: AT THE CEMETERY HYMNS
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| 01:09:39 579.61 |
BAND ENTERS THROUGH IRON GATE OF CEMETERY IN NEW ORLEANS, (NOT MT OLIVET)
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| 01:09:54 594.47 |
PROCESSION THROUGH LANE OF CEMETERY, BLACK BOYS WATCH,
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| 01:10:14 614.24 |
CASKET IS CARRIED TO GRAVE
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| 01:10:24 624.64 |
SHOTS OF BAND MEMBERS PLAYING AT GRAVESITE, EUREKA BAND
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| 01:10:42 642.7 |
PAN OF RURAL CEMETERY, WEED CHOKED
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| 01:11:08 668.42 |
CU OF GRAVE MARKERS, HARD TO READ, UNKEMPT
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| 01:11:28 688.62 |
CELESTIN FAMILY GRAVE MARKER, B MINOR GRAVE MARKER
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| 01:11:35 695.04 |
CEREMONY AT GRAVESIDE, BAND PLAYS, FLORAL ARRANGEMENT IN SHAPE OF TUBA
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| 01:11:57 717.15 |
PROCESSION OUT OF GRAVEYARD, CEMETERY
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| 01:12:03 723.16 |
CU OF MAUSOLEUM, COTTON YARD MEMORIAL ?
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| 01:12:12 732.42 |
BLANCHARD FAMILY GRAVESTONE, ALMA AND JULIUS
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| 01:12:17 737.55 |
WALLS FOR CASKETS
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| 01:12:44 764.44 |
TUBA SHAPED FLORAL ARRANGEMENT
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| 01:12:55 775.46 |
TITLE CARD: COMING BACK JAZZ
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| 01:13:06 786.11 |
SECOND LINE, BRASS BAND AND GROUPS
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| 01:13:22 802.64 |
LOOKS LIKE TREME HOUSING PROJECTS
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| 01:13:27 807.28 |
YOUNG BLACKS DANCING IN STREET, SECOND LINE
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| 01:13:32 812.49 |
REAR VIEW OF FUNERAL PROCESSION
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| 01:13:39 819.44 |
BRASS BAND PLAYING, GROUP OF BLACK GIRLS DRESSED IN WHITE FOLLOW
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| 01:13:52 832.3 |
LARGE GROUP OF BLACK BOYS DANCING
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| 01:14:18 858.31 |
VERY OLD BLACK MAN WALKING DOWN STREET WITH CANE, PAST SALLY'S BEAUTY SALON
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| 01:14:21 861.95 |
BLACK FAMILY ON PORCH WATCH PROCESSION
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| 01:14:28 868.86 |
LITTLE BLACK BOY WITH YELLOW DOG DANCES IN PLACE
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| 01:14:41 881.58 |
BLACK MAN DANCES
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| 01:14:48 888.89 |
BLACK BOYS DANCE FOR CAMERA
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| 01:14:53 893.35 |
SOLEMN PROCESSION, ZULU SOCIAL AID AND PLEASURE CLUB BANNER
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| 01:15:06 906.05 |
REAR VIEW OF SECOND LINE, WOMEN IN UNIFORMS, MEN IN SUITS
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| 01:15:25 925.3 |
LARGE GROUP OF SMILING RESIDENTS SASHAYING TOWARDS CAMERA
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| 01:15:30 930.86 |
MAN CARRYING A BABY MARCHES DOWN THE STREET
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| 01:15:36 936.47 |
HUGE GROUP CROSSES STREET WITH TROLLEY LINE
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| 01:15:46 946.56 |
BRASS BAND AND FLAG HOLDERS APPROACH CAMERA, BOYS SKIPPING, 1950S CARS
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| 01:15:53 953.58 |
BANNER FOR RUTH GRAND CHAPTER PASSES BY
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| 01:15:59 959.84 |
WOMEN AND CHILDREN SASHAY
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| 01:16:10 970.59 |
GROUP OF BOYS DANCE FOR CAMERA
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| 01:16:18 978.8 |
SECOND LINE PARTICIPANTS MAN STOPS AND MUGS FOR THE CAMERA
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| 01:16:29 989.33 |
GREAT SHOT OF WOMAN DANCING AS BRASS BAND PASSES BY, 1950S CAR
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| 01:16:34 993.99 |
BLACK WOMEN DANCING IN THE STREET, 1950S DRESSES
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| 01:16:48 1008.71 |
COUPLE JITTERBUGGING IN STREET, PARTY ATMOSPHERE, SECOND LINE
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| 01:16:58 1018.54 |
BRASS BAND PLAYS, BASS DRUM WITH CYMBAL ATTACHED
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| 01:17:07 1027.94 |
BLACK KIDS DANCING ON THE SIDEWALK, UNPAINTED CLAPBOARD HOUSES
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| 01:17:13 1033.93 |
OLD COTTAGE
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| 01:17:16 1036.37 |
BLACK KIDS GROOVING TO THE MUSIC, 1950S CAR, EARLY TWERKING
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| 01:17:31 1051.81 |
SHOTS OF BYSTANDERS, BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, GROCERY STORE WITH PRICES IN WINDOWS
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| 01:17:42 1062.26 |
TUXEDO BRASS BAND, BASS DRUM
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| 01:17:50 1070.52 |
CROWDED STREETS, PARTY IN THE STREETS
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| 01:18:14 1094.9 |
FUNERAL PROCESSION, MARCHERS AND GROUPS ENTER SINGLE FILE
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| 01:18:38 1118.63 |
TITLE CARD: PICOU'S FUNERAL
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| 01:18:47 1127.52 |
TITLE CARD:TO THE FUNERAL PARLOR MARCHES
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| 01:18:55 1135.36 |
EUREKA BRASS BAND MARCHES THROUGH STREETS, MEN WITH UMBRELLAS, LARGE CROWD, BLACK AND WHITE
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| 01:19:28 1168.08 |
CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH AND BARBERSHOP ( 1517 ST PHILIP )
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| 01:19:32 1172.2 |
LARGE GROUP MARCHES PAST DOUBLE GALLERY HOMES
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| 01:19:38 1178.12 |
OLD BLACK WOMAN ON PORCH
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| 01:19:43 1183.41 |
BRASS BAND WITH LEADERS MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA
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| 01:19:49 1189.02 |
SHOT OF FEET OF MARCHERS
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| 01:19:53 1192.99 |
GROUPS OF BYSTANDERS WAIT
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| 01:20:05 1205.63 |
TITLE CARD: TO THE CEMETERY DIRGES
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| 01:20:19 1219.49 |
HUGE CROWD ON STREET
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| 01:20:23 1223.97 |
MEMBERS OF TUXEDO BAND MARCHING SLOWLY WITH HEARSE
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| 01:20:35 1235.48 |
WOMEN AND CHILDREN SIT ON STAIRS OF OLD HOUSE
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| 01:20:40 1240.48 |
SCHOOL CHILDREN LOOK OUT OF OPEN WINDOWS OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH A CRAIG SCHOOL ?
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| 01:20:50 1250.45 |
VERY SLOW FUNERAL PROCESSION, BLACK AND WHITES ON STREET
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| 01:21:18 1278.84 |
FAMILY AT DOOR TO OLD CLAPBOARD HOUSE
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| 01:21:23 1283.18 |
MS OF MEN IN CROWD
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| 01:21:24 1284.97 |
SLOW PROCESSION PAST SIGN FOR MISS. RIVER BRIDGE AND RT. 90
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| 01:21:31 1291.41 |
MUSICIANS SASHAY SLOWLY
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| 01:21:37 1297.65 |
TITLE CARD: COMING BACK JAZZ
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| 01:21:50 1310.16 |
HUGE CROWD IN THE STREET
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| 01:21:52 1312.62 |
NEW ORLEANS POLICE CAR, WHITE COP IN CAR
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| 01:22:01 1321.91 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT DOWN AT FUNERAL CROWD
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| 01:22:07 1327.16 |
REAR VIEW OF FUNERAL PROCESSION
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| 01:22:09 1329.16 |
BARBER POLES AND CHURCH DIRECTORY
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| 01:22:11 1331.19 |
ONCOMING FUNERAL PROCESSION
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| 01:22:17 1337.83 |
MEN DANCING IN SECOND LINE
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| 01:22:32 1352.72 |
BRASS BAND IN FUNERAL PROCESSION
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| 01:22:42 1362.09 |
MAN DANCING FOR THE CAMERA ON NEUTRAL GROUND OF NEW ORLEANS STREET (N. CLAIBORNE AVENUE), 1950S CARS PASS BY
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| 01:23:07 1387.93 |
TWO MEN DANCING
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| 01:23:11 1391.87 |
SHOTS OF LARGE GROUPS OF HAPPY DANCERS IN FUNERAL PROCESSION, SECOND LINE
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| 01:23:37 1417.55 |
TITLE CARD: NEW ORLEANS FUNERAL, CREDITS
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| 01:24:12 1452.59 |
BLANK SLUG
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