- Title: JCC-4-44
- Summary: SPEC FERNANDEZ FUNERAL: SEPTEMBER 27, 1969 APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET OF 16MM COLOR FILM COMPILED ONTO A 7 INCH REEL. RUN TIME: 11:27 SHOWN ARE PARTS OF THE JAZZ FUNERAL FOR EDMOND SIDNEY SPECK" FERNANDEZ, WHO DIED ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1969. MR. FERNANDEZ WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE 6TH WARD DIAMONDS SOCIAL & PLEASURE CLUB AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. MEMBERS OF TTHE SIXTH WARD DIAMONDS, DOWNTOWNERS, TREME SPORTS, TREME SISTERS, JOLLY BUNCH AND JOLLY GIRLS SOCIAL & PLEASURE CLUBS, WERE INVITED TO ATTEND HIS FUNERAL. ALSO REGULARS AT RUTH'S COZY CORNER (LATER JOE'S COZY CORNER), CALDONIA, AND WILSON'S LOUNGES WERE INVITED. WAKE AND FUNERAL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY LABAT-CHARBONNET FUNERAL HOME AND INTERMENT WAS IN REST HAVEN MEMORIAL PARK. THE OLYMPIA BRASS BAND AND MEMBERS OF VARIOUS OTHER BANDS ARE SEEN IN THE FUNERAL PROCESSION. PAL'S PLAY HOUSE AT 1401 ST. BERNARD AVENUE AND THE CALDONIA RESTAURANT AND BAR AT 942 ST. CLAUDE AVENUE ARE SEEN."
- Description:01:00:01 - BLANK 01:00:07 - SIGN: "NOTICE, EDMOND SPECKS FERNANDEZ PRESIDENT OF 6TH WARD DIAMONDS WILL BE WAKED THUR AND FRI...FUNERAL PROCESSION WILL LEAVE..." 01:00:11 - BANNER FOR THE 6TH WARD DIAMONDS 01:00:18 - SECOND LINE ON SUNNY DAY 01:00:21 - ANOTHER VIEW OF ABOVE SIGN...MENTIONS LABAT -CHARBONNETT FUNERAL HOME 01:00:31 - CLIPS OF FUNERAL PROCESSION, OR SECOND LINE, EVERYONE IS SMILING 01:00:39 - WHITE MAN MARCHES WITH BLACK WOMAN SMILING FOR THE CAMERA 01:00:43 - MOURNERS AND JOLLY BUNCH MEMBERS STEPPING, BANNER FOR THE 6TH WARD DIAMONDS 01:01:00 - MS OF GRAND MARSHAL AND MERRY WIDOW ?, EVERYONE IS HAPPY 01:01:41 - CLIPS OF FUNERAL PARADE,MEMBERS OF SOCIAL GROUP 01:02:19 - SLOW MOTION MS OF PASSING BAND AND SECOND LINERS, COLORFUL UMBRELLAS 01:02:41 - CROWDS NEAR ELEVATED HIGHWAY, UMBRELLA SPINNING 01:03:00 - CROWDS DANCING NEAR CALADONIA INN, OR CALDONIA RESTAURANT AT 942 ST. CLAUDE AVENUE, MS OF BLACK MEN DANCING, AFROS 01:03:32 - BRASS BAND MARCHING 01:03:38 - REAR VIEW OF CUTE LITTLE BLACK KID DANCING 01:03:43 - ON COMING BRASS BAND AND GRAND MARSHAL, BANNER OR THE TREME SPORTS CLUB 01:03:50 - PROFILE MS OF MARCHING GRAND MARSHAL WITH CIGAR IN HIS MOUTH 01:03:58 - KIDS SKIPPING AND MARCHING 01:04:03 - WOMAN DANCES FOR CAMERA WITH HAIRY ARMPITS, WOMEN DRINKING SCHLITZ BEER 01:04:20 - GRAND MARSHA DANCING, CUTS TO WOMEN WITH BEER 01:04:35 - REAR VIEW OF SECOND LINE, UMBRELLAS 01:04:47 - CROWDS DANCING IN INTERSECTION, COLORFUL UMBRELLAS 01:04:57 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF OLYMPIA BRASS BAND MARCHING IN CROWD, BANNER OR TREME SPORT CLUB 01:05:14 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF SNARE DRUM 01:05:20 - MEN OF SECOND LINE IN FRONT OF GRAND MARSHAL AND OLYMPIA BRASS BAND MARCHING, MAN HOLDS UMBRELLA 01:05:50 - GRAND MARSHAL WALKING SLOWLY, WITH HAT OVER HIS HEART, CASKET FOLLOWING,BANNER FOR THE 6TH WARD DIAMONDS AND TREME SPORTS CLUB, MEN IN TUXES (DIAMONDS) AS PALL BEARERS 01:06:18 - CASKET IS LOADED INTO HEARSE, ELEVATED HIGHWAY 01:06:25 - SLOW FUNERAL PROCESSION, MAN CARRIES UMBRELLA OVER GRAND MARSHAL'S HEAD, SUNNY DAY, HEARSE FOLLOWS 01:07:07 - YOUNG MEN FOOLING AROUND, DRINKING AND IMITATING GRAND MARSHAL 01:07:15 - FATS HOUSTON IN PLAIN CLOTHES NEXT TO MUSICIAN 01:07:20 - MS OF YOUNG MAN DANCING, OLDER WOMAN GIVES HIM A LOOK 01:07:26 - GRAND MARSHAL OF FUNERAL PROCESSION STROLLING SLOWLY, DIRGE LIKE THROUGH THE CROWDS, YOUNG MAN IMITATES THEM 01:08:10 - MEN WALKING SLOWLY TOWARDS CAMERA, CIGAR IN MOUTH 01:08:37 - COLORFUL UMBRELLAS OVER CROWDS 01:08:42 - CROWD PARTY IN FRONT OF PAL'S PLAY HOUSE AT 1401 ST. BERNARD AVENUE 01:08:51 - CLIPS OF SECOND LINE 01:09:00 - LITTLE KID WITH COLORFUL PARASOL MARCHING 01:09:08 - WOMAN IN DRESS AND WIG DANCES, SLIP SHOWING 01:09:13 - TEENAGE GIRLS DANCING AND SMILING 01:09:25 - WS OF SECOND LINE, SPINNING UMBRELLA 01:09:50 - GROUP OF YOUNG MEN WITH UMBRELLAS MARCH RIGHT TOWARDS CAMERA 01:10:04 - YOUNG MEN WITH UMBRELLAS DANCING, ON SCHOOL BUILDING STAIRS 01:10:20 - WS OF ONCOMING SECOND LINE 01:10:48 - YOUNG MEN DANCING IN STREET 01:10:58 - SOCIAL CLUB MEMBERS MEMBERS AND BRASS BAND MARCH/DANCE ON CROWDED SIDEWALK 01:11:28 - BLANK 01:11:56 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1969
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: JCC-4-44