- Title: VPN-497
- Summary: SHOOTINGS, ROBBERY, HOMICIDE, FIRE: 07/03/1993: FUNERAL OF HECTOR LAVOE, SALSA SUPER STAR, AT ST CECILIA'S CHURCH AND ST RAYMOND'S CEMETERY.
- Description:01:00:03 - 07/03/1993 DEATH OF SALSA STAR HECTOR LAVOE -LIMO PULLS UP ACROSS FROM 105 EAST 106 ST, MANHATTAN, NYPD POLICE OFFICER AND FUNERAL HOME EMPLOYEES, HEARSE AT CURB, CROWDS WAIT ON SIDEWALK, FANS -INTERVIEW WITH HIS SISTER ? IN SPANISH -EXT OF CHURCH IN SPANISH HARLEM, ST CECILIAS -INTERVIEW IN SPANISH WITH FANS OUTSIDE CHURCH, WAVING PUERTO RICAN FLAGS -INTERVIEW WITH FAN IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH 01:08:37 - REMOVING THE COFFIN OF HECTOR LAVOE FROM HEARSE, CASUALLY DRESSED PALL BEARERS CARRY IT INTO CHURCH, 01:09:16 - INT OF THE CHURCH, FOLDING THE PUERTO RICAN FLAG -PRIEST CONDUCTS SERVICE IN THE AISLE, SPRINKLES HOLY WATER, COVERS COFFIN AND PROCEEDS TO ALTAR, HIGH ANGLE SHOT FROM THE BALCONY, SERVICE IN SPANISH 01:17:10 - COLOR TEST 01:17:23 - SERVICE CONTINUES, OVERHEAD VIEW FROM BALCONY 01:19:12 - FAN OUTSIDE CHURCH WITH TRIBUTE TEE SHIRT, FANS WAIT BEHIND POLICE BARRICADES -MAN SELLS T-SHIRTS, WOMAN ON THE STREET INTERVIEWS IN SPANISH -HECTOR LAVOE PORTRAIT AIRBRUSHED ON JEAN JACKET 01:21:48 - PUERTO RICAN NEW YORKERS BLAST SALSA MUSIC OUT OF BACK OF CUTLASS WITH FLAG, DRINKING OUT OF A BROWN PAPER BAG AND DANCING IN THE STREET, PLAYING LAVOE MUSIC -POV MOVING CAR OF CROWDS LINING STREET FOR FUNERAL, CAR BLASTING MUSIC PASSES WITH PR FLAG WAVING, CROWD CHEERS 01:24:19 - WIDOW IS HELPED OUT OF CADILLAC, NILDA PUCHI LAVOE, AND INTO CHURCH 01:25:05 - COFFIN OF LAVOE IS CARRIED OUT OF CHURCH, CROWD CHEERS AND CLAPS, COFFIN IS COVERED WITH PUERTO RICAN FLAG, WIDOW WEARING WHITE IS HYSTERICAL AND IS CARRIED AWAY -CROWD CLAPS AND CALLS HECTOR, HECTOR -CROWD LEAVES CHURCH EVERYONE SINGING AND CLAPPING -INTERVIEW IN SPANISH, IMPROMPTU GROUP SINGING AND PLAYING DRUMS 01:28:42 - POLICE ESCORT OF HEARSE AND LIMOS 01:30:02 - PEOPLE BLAST MUSIC FROM THE BACK OF CARS AT CEMETERY, PUERTO RICAN PARTY IN THE CEMETERY, PEOPLE SIT GRAVE SIDE 01:31:19 - BLANK, COLOR TEST 01:31:31 - INTERVIEW WITH MOURNERS IN SPANISH, ST RAYMOND'S CEMETERY IN THE BRONX, MOURNERS WAIT UNDER TENT SET UP 01:36:14 - FAMOUS ? MOURNERS, MUSICIANS ARRIVE, MORE INTERVIEWS IN SPANISH, CLOSE FRIENDS, FANIA RECORDS 01:41:09 - SPANISH REPORTER DISCUSSES GRAVE WITHOUT GRAVESTONE 01:42:29 - HUGE CROWDS IN THE RAIN WAIT IN ST RAYMOND'S CEMETERY IN THE BRONX, THROGS NECK BRIDGE IN DISTANCE. PUERTO RICAN FLAGS AND MUSIC BLASTING, PEOPLE SITTING ON TOMBS 01:44:20 - POLICE ESCORT OF THE HEARSE AND LIMOS THROUGH CEMETERY LANES AS SASLA MUSIC BLARES, MOURNERS CLAP RHYTHMICALLY AS HEARSE PASSES 01:46:16 - FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS AND CASKET IS CARRIED OUT OF HEARSE, WIDOW IS HELPED TO GRAVE SITE, GRAVE WORKERS TRY TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS, WIDOW IS HYSTERICAL -COMPLETE PANDEMONIUM 01:50:09 - BLANK 01:52:53 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1993
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1990s
- File Name: VPN-497