APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET OF COLOR FILM COMPLIED ONTO A 7 INCH REEL. RUN TIME: 5:40 SHOWN IS PART OF THE FUNERAL FOR SISTER ELIZABETH EUSTIS( 1897 - JULY 4, 1975) A MISSIONARY AND GOSPEL SINGER. RELIGIOUS SERVICES FOR SISTER EUSTIS WERE HELD AT THE EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH, 2415 S. CLAIBORNE AVENUE, ON JULY 8. SHE LAID IN STATE AT THE BLANDIN FUNERAL HOME, 1116 ST. CLAUDE AVENUE, FOLLOWED BY A TRADITIONAL JAZZ FUNERAL PROCESSION TO ST. LOUIS CEMETERY NO. 2, WHERE SHE WAS INTERRED, ON JULY 9. A GROUP IS SHOWN DANCING OUTSIDE OF RUTH'S COZY CORNER IN TREME. A LADY WITH THE NAME RUTH ON THE FRONT OF HER T-SHIRT AND LADY JOLLY BUNCH ON THE BACK, IS SEEN STREET DANCING. THE ONWARD BRASS BAND IS SHOWN BEING LED BY RODNEY BATISTE, WHO WEARS WHITE. THE HURRICANE BRASS BAND IS SEEN PARADING AND A SECOND LINE PARADE IS SEEN PASSING A ST. LOUIS CEMETERY.
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MEN AND WOMEN DANCE OUTSIDE RUTH'S COZY CORNER STORE, AT 1532 URSULINES STREET IN TREME
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BLACK WOMAN WITH RUTH ON HER SHIRT DANCES OUTSIDE, LADY JOLLY BUNCH ON BACK OF SHIRT,
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WOMAN WITH BABY DANCES IN FRONT OF RUTH'S, MAN KISSES BABY
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OLD MAN WITH CIGAR IN HIS MOUTH DANCES WITH RUTH, SMILES FOR THE CAMERA
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WOMEN WITH AFROS, BLOND AFRO, DANCE ON SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF CAR WITH PEELING PAINT, 1970S FASHIONS
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OLD WOMEN WAVING
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MINISTER EXITS CHURCH, PALL BEARERS CARRY OUT COFFIN AND LOAD INTO HEARSE, VERY CROWDED STREET
(FUNERAL FOR SISTER EUSTIS AT EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH, 2415 S. CLAIBORNE AVENUE) |
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ONWARD BRASS BAND MARCHES PASS, BLACK AND WHITE MUSICIANS
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FUNERAL PROCESSION, MEN HOLD HATS IN HANDS AND LEAD BAND THROUGH THE STREETS (RODNEY BAPTISTE IN WHITE)
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HUGE CROWD IN FRONT OF MANSION
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BRASS BAND STOPS AND PLAYS
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FUNERAL PROCESSION CONTINUES IN FRONT OF BEAUTIFUL WHITE MANSION, MANY FOLLOW THE HEARSE AND LIMOS
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TOURISTS AND LOCALS FOLLOW PROCESSION
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| 01:03:08 188.96 |
FAMILY WATCH FROM WOODEN BALCONY, WAVE TO CAMERA
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WOMAN CARRIES SLEEPING BABY IN PROCESSION
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MINISTER IN ROBES IN CEMETERY, ST. LOUIS # 2, PEOPLE SITTING ON TOP OF ALL THE MAUSOLEUMS AND CRYPTS
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MEN CARRY CASKET IN CEMETERY, OVERHEAD SHOT, SLIDING IT IN TO CRYPT
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MOURNERS AND MINISTER THROW PETALS INTO CRYPT, MINISTER RAISES HIS HANDS
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| 01:03:49 229.38 |
YOUNG MEN ON TOP OF CRYPTS
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CROWDS LEAVING THE CEMETERY, DANCING AND PARADING, UMBRELLAS OPEN, WALLS OF CEMETERY VISIBLE
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SECOND LINE AND LIMO NEAR ELEVATED HIGHWAY
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MAN DANCES ON WALL OF CEMETERY WHILE BAND PLAYS
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VIEW FROM LIMO
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PROFILE OF TRUMPET PLAYER WEARING CORN ROWS, YOUNG MUSICIANS WITH NO UNIFORMS (HURRICANE BRASS BAND)
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TUBA PLAYER
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HURRICANE BRASS BAND PLAYS AND MARCHES
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BLANK SLUG
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