- Title: JCC-4-113
- Summary: NEW ORLEANS FUNERAL: 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.
- Description:01:00:02 - BLANK SLUG 01:00:14 - EXT OF BUILDING WITH CLOCK TOWER AND DOMED CUPOLA 01:00:18 - TITLE CARD: NEW ORLEANS FUNERAL 01:00:30 - SHADOWS OF BRASS BAND MEMBERS STROLLING SLOWLY 01:00:49 - BANNERS OF ORGANIZATIONS, ZULU, MEN WALKING IN PROCESSION 01:00:59 - BASS DRUM OF THE EUREKA BRASS BAND 01:01:07 - EUREKA BRASS BAND PASSES BY, PLAYING 01:01:14 - FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERS MARCH BY WITH BAND 01:01:27 - TITLE CARD: TO THE FUNERAL PARLOR MARCHES 01:01:37 - BLACK MAN IN UNIFORM WITH BANNER FOR THE ZULU SOCIAL AID AND PLEASURE CLUB, NEW ORLEANS 01:01:41 - MEMBERS OF BRASS BAND AND ORGANIZATION MARCH IN FUNERAL PROCESSION, 1950S CARS ON STREET, CHILDREN WATCH, DOUBLE GALLERY HOUSE 01:01:57 - FUNERAL PROCESSION, GROUPS OF MEN AND WOMEN MARCHERS, 01:02:10 - GRAND MARSHALL TYPE WITH SASH STOPS TRAFFIC FOR PROCESSION, CREOLE COTTAGES AND SWEET SHOP ON THE CORNER 01:02:20 - BRASS BAND MARCHES BY, GROUPS OF MEN AND WOMEN, GROUP WITH SABERS AND FEATHERED HATS, WHITE MAN WATCHES 01:02:44 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF FUNERAL PROCESSION TURNING AND STOPPING IN FRONT OF BUILDING, MARCHING IN PLACE 01:03:04 - EUREKA ? BRASS BAND PLAYS OUTSIDE 01:03:11 - YOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION AND BANG PLAYS AND MARCHES, CLIPS OF THEM APPROACHING CAMERA 01:03:39 - APPROACHING BAND, MARCHING IN BUSINESS DISTRICT 01:03:43 - TITLE CARD: TO THE CEMETERY DIRGES 01:03:55 - OVERHEAD SHOTS OF FUNERAL GOERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBER WAITING OUTSIDE, LITTLE BOY STARES AT CAMERA, 1950S CARS 01:04:24 - WHITE DRIVER HELPS FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE DECEASED OUT OF CAR, GOOD CITIZENS FUNERAL HOME 01:04:49 - MEN DRESSED IN OVERCOATS AND SASHES WITH WHITE GLOVES TALK OUTSIDE FUNERAL HOME 01:04:55 - PEOPLE CONGREGATE OUTSIDE FUNERAL HOME, 1950S HEARSE, BAND MEMBERS AND GROUP WITH SABERS AS CASKET IS BROUGHT OUT 01:05:39 - GROUP STARTS PROCESSION 01:05:51 - FRATERNAL GROUP AND BRASS BAND IN FUNERAL PROCESSION ON RURAL ROAD, SWAYING BACK AND FORTH SLOWLY. CUT TO CU OF LEADER IN WHITE HAT 01:06:14 - HIGH ANGLED SHOT OF YOUNG EXCELSIORS BRASS BAND IN FUNERAL PROCESSION 01:06:21 - VARIOUS SHOTS OF BAND IN SLOW PROCESSION, FUNERAL, DIRGE. DOWNTOWN AREA, BILLBOARDS AND SIGN FOR MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE, RT 90 01:06:48 - FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN SHAPE OF A TUBA 01:06:57 - PROCESSION ENTERS CHURCH OR CEMETERY AREA 01:07:08 - COFFIN IS CARRIED BY ELDERLY PALL BEARERS 01:07:13 - CU OF EUREKA BAND MEMBERS 01:07:17 - BLACK MEN IN FRENCH UNIFORMS WITH SABER MARCHING PAST ESSO STATION 01:07:29 - BRASS BAND SLOWLY PROCESSES PAST FEITEL HOUSE WRECKING CO., MS OF MEMBERS SASHAYING 01:07:48 - EUREKA BRASS BAND PASS THROUGH POOR NEIGHBORHOOD 01:07:57 - MS BLACK MAN WITH LARGE KEY, STARING AT THE CAMERA 01:08:06 - FUNERAL PROCESSION PASSES LARGE SCHOOL ? BUILDING 01:08:10 - MS OF SERIOUS BLACK MARCHER, PASSING UNPAINTED CLAPBOARD BUILDINGS, RESIDENTS WATCH FROM BROKEN SHUTTERS, 01:08:24 - VERY SLOW FUNERAL PROCESSION HEADING TOWARDS CAMERA 01:08:35 - LAUNDRY HANGS FROM TOP FLOOR GALLERY 01:08:37 - 1950S HEARSE PASSES WITH MOURNERS, ZULU BANNER 01:08:44 - GROUPS IN PROCESSION 01:08:55 - MS OF MEN IN FRENCH UNIFORMS AND SABERS SLOWLY PROCESS WITH HEARSE 01:09:20 - WOMEN IN UNIFORMS MARCH 01:09:22 - 1950S HEARSE AND LIMOS IN FUNERAL PROCESSION 01:09:27 - TITLE CARD: AT THE CEMETERY HYMNS 01:09:39 - BAND ENTERS THROUGH IRON GATE OF CEMETERY IN NEW ORLEANS, (NOT MT OLIVET) 01:09:54 - PROCESSION THROUGH LANE OF CEMETERY, BLACK BOYS WATCH, 01:10:14 - CASKET IS CARRIED TO GRAVE 01:10:24 - SHOTS OF BAND MEMBERS PLAYING AT GRAVESITE, EUREKA BAND 01:10:42 - PAN OF RURAL CEMETERY, WEED CHOKED 01:11:08 - CU OF GRAVE MARKERS, HARD TO READ, UNKEMPT 01:11:28 - CELESTIN FAMILY GRAVE MARKER, B MINOR GRAVE MARKER 01:11:35 - CEREMONY AT GRAVESIDE, BAND PLAYS, FLORAL ARRANGEMENT IN SHAPE OF TUBA 01:11:57 - PROCESSION OUT OF GRAVEYARD, CEMETERY 01:12:03 - CU OF MAUSOLEUM, COTTON YARD MEMORIAL ? 01:12:12 - BLANCHARD FAMILY GRAVESTONE, ALMA AND JULIUS 01:12:17 - WALLS FOR CASKETS 01:12:44 - TUBA SHAPED FLORAL ARRANGEMENT 01:12:55 - TITLE CARD: COMING BACK JAZZ 01:13:06 - SECOND LINE, BRASS BAND AND GROUPS 01:13:22 - LOOKS LIKE TREME HOUSING PROJECTS 01:13:27 - YOUNG BLACKS DANCING IN STREET, SECOND LINE 01:13:32 - REAR VIEW OF FUNERAL PROCESSION 01:13:39 - BRASS BAND PLAYING, GROUP OF BLACK GIRLS DRESSED IN WHITE FOLLOW 01:13:52 - LARGE GROUP OF BLACK BOYS DANCING 01:14:18 - VERY OLD BLACK MAN WALKING DOWN STREET WITH CANE, PAST SALLY'S BEAUTY SALON 01:14:21 - BLACK FAMILY ON PORCH WATCH PROCESSION 01:14:28 - LITTLE BLACK BOY WITH YELLOW DOG DANCES IN PLACE 01:14:41 - BLACK MAN DANCES 01:14:48 - BLACK BOYS DANCE FOR CAMERA 01:14:53 - SOLEMN PROCESSION, ZULU SOCIAL AID AND PLEASURE CLUB BANNER 01:15:06 - REAR VIEW OF SECOND LINE, WOMEN IN UNIFORMS, MEN IN SUITS 01:15:25 - LARGE GROUP OF SMILING RESIDENTS SASHAYING TOWARDS CAMERA 01:15:30 - MAN CARRYING A BABY MARCHES DOWN THE STREET 01:15:36 - HUGE GROUP CROSSES STREET WITH TROLLEY LINE 01:15:46 - BRASS BAND AND FLAG HOLDERS APPROACH CAMERA, BOYS SKIPPING, 1950S CARS 01:15:53 - BANNER FOR RUTH GRAND CHAPTER PASSES BY 01:15:59 - WOMEN AND CHILDREN SASHAY 01:16:10 - GROUP OF BOYS DANCE FOR CAMERA 01:16:18 - SECOND LINE PARTICIPANTS MAN STOPS AND MUGS FOR THE CAMERA 01:16:29 - GREAT SHOT OF WOMAN DANCING AS BRASS BAND PASSES BY, 1950S CAR 01:16:33 - BLACK WOMEN DANCING IN THE STREET, 1950S DRESSES 01:16:48 - COUPLE JITTERBUGGING IN STREET, PARTY ATMOSPHERE, SECOND LINE 01:16:58 - BRASS BAND PLAYS, BASS DRUM WITH CYMBAL ATTACHED 01:17:07 - BLACK KIDS DANCING ON THE SIDEWALK, UNPAINTED CLAPBOARD HOUSES 01:17:13 - OLD COTTAGE 01:17:16 - BLACK KIDS GROOVING TO THE MUSIC, 1950S CAR, EARLY TWERKING 01:17:31 - SHOTS OF BYSTANDERS, BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, GROCERY STORE WITH PRICES IN WINDOWS 01:17:42 - TUXEDO BRASS BAND, BASS DRUM 01:17:50 - CROWDED STREETS, PARTY IN THE STREETS 01:18:14 - FUNERAL PROCESSION, MARCHERS AND GROUPS ENTER SINGLE FILE 01:18:38 - TITLE CARD: PICOU'S FUNERAL 01:18:47 - TITLE CARD:TO THE FUNERAL PARLOR MARCHES 01:18:55 - EUREKA BRASS BAND MARCHES THROUGH STREETS, MEN WITH UMBRELLAS, LARGE CROWD, BLACK AND WHITE 01:19:28 - CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH AND BARBERSHOP ( 1517 ST PHILIP ) 01:19:32 - LARGE GROUP MARCHES PAST DOUBLE GALLERY HOMES 01:19:38 - OLD BLACK WOMAN ON PORCH 01:19:43 - BRASS BAND WITH LEADERS MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA 01:19:49 - SHOT OF FEET OF MARCHERS 01:19:52 - GROUPS OF BYSTANDERS WAIT 01:20:05 - TITLE CARD: TO THE CEMETERY DIRGES 01:20:19 - HUGE CROWD ON STREET 01:20:23 - MEMBERS OF TUXEDO BAND MARCHING SLOWLY WITH HEARSE 01:20:35 - WOMEN AND CHILDREN SIT ON STAIRS OF OLD HOUSE 01:20:40 - SCHOOL CHILDREN LOOK OUT OF OPEN WINDOWS OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH A CRAIG SCHOOL ? 01:20:50 - VERY SLOW FUNERAL PROCESSION, BLACK AND WHITES ON STREET 01:21:18 - FAMILY AT DOOR TO OLD CLAPBOARD HOUSE 01:21:23 - MS OF MEN IN CROWD 01:21:24 - SLOW PROCESSION PAST SIGN FOR MISS. RIVER BRIDGE AND RT. 90 01:21:31 - MUSICIANS SASHAY SLOWLY 01:21:37 - TITLE CARD: COMING BACK JAZZ 01:21:50 - HUGE CROWD IN THE STREET 01:21:52 - NEW ORLEANS POLICE CAR, WHITE COP IN CAR 01:22:01 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT DOWN AT FUNERAL CROWD 01:22:07 - REAR VIEW OF FUNERAL PROCESSION 01:22:09 - BARBER POLES AND CHURCH DIRECTORY 01:22:11 - ONCOMING FUNERAL PROCESSION 01:22:17 - MEN DANCING IN SECOND LINE 01:22:32 - BRASS BAND IN FUNERAL PROCESSION 01:22:42 - MAN DANCING FOR THE CAMERA ON NEUTRAL GROUND OF NEW ORLEANS STREET (N. CLAIBORNE AVENUE), 1950S CARS PASS BY 01:23:07 - TWO MEN DANCING 01:23:11 - SHOTS OF LARGE GROUPS OF HAPPY DANCERS IN FUNERAL PROCESSION, SECOND LINE 01:23:37 - TITLE CARD: NEW ORLEANS FUNERAL, CREDITS 01:24:12 - BLANK SLUG 01:24:20 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1965
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: JCC-4-113