1973AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE
NOVEMBER 1973
APPROXIMATELY 750 FEET OF COLOR FILM COMPILED ONTO A 14 INCH REEL. RUN TIME 22:43:00. SHOWN IS A PORTION OF THE JAZZ FUNERAL FOR JOSEPH DE LA CROIX DEDE" PIERCE (1904-1973), A TRUMPET PLAYER AND VOCALIST WHO WAS BORN AND DIED IN NEW ORLEANS; MARRIED AND PERFORMED OFTEN WITH HIS WIFE BILLIE, WHO IS SEEN IN THIS FOOTAGE RIDING IN A LIMOSINE. THE FUNERAL TAKES PLACE IN TREME AND SEVENTH WARD NEIGHBORHOODS. A CATHOLIC SERVICE IS PERFORMED AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, 2022 ST. BERNARD AVENUE, BY THE CLERGY AND ALSO MIKE STARK. DE DE WAS INTERRED IN ST. LOUIS CEMETERY NO.2. SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY THE BLANDIN FUNERAL HOME, 1116 ST. CLAUDE AVENUE IN TREME, AND THE LARGE SECOND LINE PARADE, MOVED THRU THE FRENCH QUARTER AND APPEARS TO HAVE ENDED IN ARMSTRONG PARK. MANY BANDS AND MUSICIANS ARE REPRESENTED INCLUDING THE LEROY JONES HURRICANE BAND, DEJAN'S OLYMPIA, AND THE TUXEDO BRASS BAND. RODNEY BATISTE AND KING RICHARD MATTHEWS ARE SEEN AS GRAND MARSHALS AND MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE IDENTIFIABLE, INCLUDING SWEET EMMA, ALLAN JAFFE, MIKE STARK, GREGG STAFFORD, PERCY AND WILLIE HUMPHREY, PAPA FRENCH AND DICK ALLEN."
APPROXIMATELY 750 FEET OF COLOR FILM COMPILED ONTO A 14 INCH REEL. RUN TIME 22:43:00. SHOWN IS A PORTION OF THE JAZZ FUNERAL FOR JOSEPH DE LA CROIX DEDE" PIERCE (1904-1973), A TRUMPET PLAYER AND VOCALIST WHO WAS BORN AND DIED IN NEW ORLEANS; MARRIED AND PERFORMED OFTEN WITH HIS WIFE BILLIE, WHO IS SEEN IN THIS FOOTAGE RIDING IN A LIMOSINE. THE FUNERAL TAKES PLACE IN TREME AND SEVENTH WARD NEIGHBORHOODS. A CATHOLIC SERVICE IS PERFORMED AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, 2022 ST. BERNARD AVENUE, BY THE CLERGY AND ALSO MIKE STARK. DE DE WAS INTERRED IN ST. LOUIS CEMETERY NO.2. SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY THE BLANDIN FUNERAL HOME, 1116 ST. CLAUDE AVENUE IN TREME, AND THE LARGE SECOND LINE PARADE, MOVED THRU THE FRENCH QUARTER AND APPEARS TO HAVE ENDED IN ARMSTRONG PARK. MANY BANDS AND MUSICIANS ARE REPRESENTED INCLUDING THE LEROY JONES HURRICANE BAND, DEJAN'S OLYMPIA, AND THE TUXEDO BRASS BAND. RODNEY BATISTE AND KING RICHARD MATTHEWS ARE SEEN AS GRAND MARSHALS AND MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE IDENTIFIABLE, INCLUDING SWEET EMMA, ALLAN JAFFE, MIKE STARK, GREGG STAFFORD, PERCY AND WILLIE HUMPHREY, PAPA FRENCH AND DICK ALLEN."
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BLANK SLUG
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LITTLE WHITE KID BLOWS INTO SOUSAPHONE LYING ON SIDEWALK
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| 01:00:14 14.33 |
OLYMPIA BRASS BAND MARCHING AND PLAYING BLACK AND WHITE MUSICIANS
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| 01:00:30 30 |
CLIPS OF SECOND LINE, WHITES AND BLACK MARCH ALONG WITH BRASS BAND, NAME ON BASS DRUM COVERED OVER, 1960S AND 1970S CARS AND FASHIONS
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| 01:00:56 56.71 |
GRAND MARSHAL LEADING SECOND LINE AND BAND, OLYMPIA BRASS BAND HAT IS SEEN
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| 01:01:03 63.37 |
MULTI CULTURAL GROUP OF KIDS IN SECOND LINE, BLACK, WHITE, ASIAN AND HISPANIC
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| 01:01:07 67.31 |
GRAND MARSHAL LEADING BRASS BAND AND SECOND LINE
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| 01:01:22 82.13 |
MS OF BLACK AND WHITE MUSICIANS IN BRASS BAND, ONE HAS OLYMPIA HAT, VERY DIVERSE SECOND LINE FOLLOWS
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| 01:01:51 111.44 |
EXT OF BLANDON FUNERAL HOME
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| 01:02:00 120.9 |
LS OF BRASS BAND APPROACHING
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| 01:02:14 134.06 |
BLACK MEN AND WOMEN WITH UMBRELLAS
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| 01:02:28 148.31 |
OLD BLACK MEN DANCING WITH HATS IN HAND, JAZZ FUNERAL, TUXEDO BRASS BAND FOLLOWS
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| 01:02:46 166.47 |
BLACK WOMAN HIGH STEPPING IN SECOND LINE, WEARING CLOGS
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| 01:02:58 178.21 |
OLD BLACK MEN OUTSIDE FUNERAL HOME, CASKET IS CARRIED OUT BY PALL BEARERS AND PLACED IN HEARSE
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| 01:03:18 198.29 |
FUNERAL DIRGE PLAYED BY DEJAN'S OLYMPIA BRASS BAND, ALL WEARING HATS
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| 01:03:41 221.56 |
KING RICHARD MATTHEWS GRAND MARSHAL LEADS OLYMPIA BRASS BAND
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| 01:03:50 230.69 |
GRAND MARSHAL IN WHITE TUX, LEADS BRASS BAND WITH FANCY FOOTWORK,
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| 01:04:13 253.46 |
BLACK WOMAN AND CHILD WATCH PARADE FROM UPPER STORY WINDOW
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| 01:04:18 258.53 |
GRAND MARSHAL IN WHITE JACKET LEADS BRASS BAND
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| 01:04:27 267.93 |
BLACK HEARSE TRAVELS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MANY PEOPLE FOLLOWING, BLACKS, WHITES AND ASIANS
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| 01:04:46 286.98 |
WIDOW OF JOSEPH DE LA CROIX DEDE" PIERCE, BILLIE, IN LIMO
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| 01:04:53 293.84 |
MS OF DEJAN'S OLYMPIA BRASS BAND PASSING
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| 01:05:08 308.04 |
OLD BLACK WOMAN LEADING FUNERAL PROCESSION
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| 01:05:23 323.45 |
LOW ANGLE SHOT OF APPROACHING OLYMPIA BRASS BAND FUNERAL MARCH
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| 01:05:29 329.38 |
CLIPS OF FUNERAL PROCESSION WITH KING RICHARD MATTHEWS
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| 01:05:48 348.88 |
LITTLE KIDS SIT ON SIDE OF ROAD WATCHING
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| 01:05:55 355.36 |
HUGE CROWD IN PARK OR CEMETERY AS CASKET IS CARRIED BY PALL BEARERS
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| 01:06:18 378.26 |
INT OF CHURCH WITH TRUMPETER PLAYING, DRAPED CASKET IS CARRIED DOWN AISLE
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| 01:06:32 392.39 |
DARK INT SHOTS OF BAND PLAYING IN CHURCH
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| 01:06:47 407.8 |
PRIEST PERFORM FUNERAL SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, 2022 ST. BERNARD AVENUE
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| 01:06:54 414.89 |
MIKE STARK SPEAKING AT FUNERAL OF DEDE PIERCE AT CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, 2022 ST. BERNARD AVENUE
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| 01:07:04 424.12 |
MOURNERS IN PEWS OF CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH
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| 01:07:33 453.31 |
DARK SHOT OF CHURCH INT, BANJO PLAYER AND BAND
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| 01:07:54 474.19 |
MS OF MEN SINGING IN CHURCH
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| 01:08:08 488.89 |
FUNERAL SERVICE OF DE DE PIERCE, PRIESTS SWINGING CENSER OVER CASKET
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| 01:08:38 518.53 |
BRASS BAND PLAYS IN CHURCH FUNERAL
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| 01:08:49 529.53 |
PRIEST GIVES COMMUNION MOURNERS IN PEWS AT FUNERAL
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| 01:09:11 551.96 |
WOMEN WALK WITH HAND FOLDED AFTER RECEIVING COMMUNION IN CHURCH
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| 01:09:19 559.82 |
PRIESTS AND ALTAR BOYS PRAY OVER CASKET, DEDE PIERCE FUNERAL
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| 01:09:36 576.51 |
CASKET IS MOVED OUT OF CHURCH, MOURNERS LEAVE CHURCH
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| 01:10:08 608.68 |
BRASS BAND PLAYS IN CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, GREAT SHOT OF BACKLIT MUSICIANS
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| 01:10:21 621.23 |
SCHOOL KIDS STAND ALONG IRON FENCE TO WATCH FUNERAL PROCESSION, PALM TREES
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| 01:10:35 634.99 |
CLIPS OF HUGE SECOND LINE
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| 01:10:41 641.03 |
MS OF TUBA PLAYER
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| 01:10:42 642.36 |
4-5 TUBAS, SOUSAPHONES PLAYING IN PARK, BIG CROWD
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| 01:10:51 651.14 |
SCHOOL KIDS ON OUTDOOR STAIRCASE WATCHING PARADE
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| 01:10:57 657.23 |
BRASS BAND MARCHING SLOWLY
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| 01:11:06 666.92 |
SCHOOL KIDS WAVING FROM OUTDOOR STAIRS
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| 01:11:10 670.65 |
SCHOOL KIDS BEHIND FENCE WITH BARBED WIRE WAVING AT PASSING PARADE
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| 01:11:14 674.92 |
MS OF WHITE AND BLACK MUSICIANS IN BRASS BAND, FUNERAL MARCH
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| 01:11:32 692.24 |
CLIPS OF FUNERAL PROCESSION, WOMAN WITH SMALL BABY, INTERRACIAL COUPLE WITH KIDS, WOMAN WITH BIG CURLERS IN HER HAIR
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| 01:11:58 718.76 |
LS OF HUGE CROWN, JAZZ FUNERAL
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| 01:12:18 738.31 |
BRASS BAND
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| 01:12:26 746.58 |
CLIPS OF CROWDS IN SECOND LINE, UNDER BRIDGE, OVERPASS
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| 01:13:09 789.01 |
HEARSE IN FUNERAL PROCESSION
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| 01:13:16 796.63 |
SECOND LINE IN CEMETERY, ST LOUIS NO. 2, BANJO PLAYER
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| 01:13:52 832.81 |
OVERHEAD SHOT OF BRASS BAND IN CEMETERY, DEJAN'S BASS DRUM
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| 01:14:19 859.27 |
BLACK ALTAR BOY WITH CROSS AND MIKE STARK IN FUNERAL PROCESSION IN ST LOUIS CEMETERY NO. 2
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| 01:14:27 867.91 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOTS OF CROWDS IN CEMETERY, PEOPLE STANDING AND SITTING ON TOMBS AND CRYPTS, MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS, ELEVATED HIGHWAY IN DISTANCE
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| 01:15:55 955.74 |
CLIPS OF SECOND LINE AFTER FUNERAL, DANCING, PLAID PANTS, COLORFUL 1970S FASHIONS, MAN ROLLING AROUND IN STREET
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| 01:16:56 1016.81 |
TUBA PLAYER MARCHING
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| 01:17:01 1021.91 |
SHOTS OF SECOND LINE WITH UMBRELLAS, MEN WATCH FROM BALCONY, FRENCH QUARTER ?, AFROS, 1970S
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| 01:17:57 1077.3 |
VIEW OF ROOF TOPS, VOTE FOR CONNICK FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY # 11 SIGN
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| 01:18:02 1082.92 |
MS OF PARADING WOMEN'S BUTTS
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| 01:18:06 1086.6 |
SECOND PASSES CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH SCAFFOLDING
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| 01:18:41 1121.7 |
BLACK WOMAN WITH CHILD DANCING IN SECOND LINE, MS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN DANCING
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| 01:19:24 1164.84 |
MAN WITH MISSING TEETH HOLDING COLORFUL UMBRELLA PASSES BUILDING WITH SICKNESS AND HEALTH SIGN
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| 01:19:31 1171.87 |
CLIPS OF SECOND LINE, MAN WITH TULANE TEE SHIRT
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| 01:19:53 1193.2 |
MAN WEARING PINK SOCK TAP DANCES IN STREET
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| 01:20:04 1204.34 |
REAR SHOTS OF SECOND LINE
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| 01:20:14 1214.08 |
WOMAN DANCING LIKE CRAZY IN STREET, WEARING CLOGS
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| 01:20:30 1230.4 |
CLIPS OF HUGE SECOND LINE, MIKE STARK WIT RED BEARD AND CROSS
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| 01:20:46 1246.14 |
WOMAN PULLS UP HER SKIRT AND DANCES WITH LITTLE GIRL
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| 01:20:48 1248.12 |
BRASS BAND PLAYS IN CROWD, HURRICANE BASS DRUM VISIBLE
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| 01:20:56 1256.61 |
CROWDS IN PARK DANCE, WOMAN IN CURLERS
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| 01:21:38 1298.35 |
WHITE TROMBONIST PLAYS IN PARK
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| 01:21:42 1302.43 |
OVER EXPOSED SHOT OF BLACK TRUMPETER PLAYING
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| 01:21:57 1317.1 |
MS OF MUSICIANS PLAYING IN PARK
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| 01:22:09 1329.81 |
MAN DANCES WITH UMBRELLA AS LEROY JONES HURRICANE BRASS BAND PLAYS
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| 01:22:23 1343.55 |
DANCING IN THE PARK, 1970S FASHIONS, JAZZ FUNERAL
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| 01:22:36 1356.16 |
SECOND LINE MARCHING IN THE STREET
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| 01:22:41 1361.13 |
BLANK SLUG
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