Description: CA. 1970 APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET OF COLOR 16MM FILM. RUN TIME 14:23 SHOWN FIRST, IS A FUNERAL PROCESSION GOING IN THE MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH, LOCATED AT 619 SIXTH STREET. FOOTAGE INSIDE THE CHURCH IS POORLY EXPOSED. FATS HOUSTON IS SEEN LEADING A MINISTER AND OTHERS OUT OF THE CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE CASKET THAT IS DRAPED WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG. A STREET PROCESSION BEGINS WITH FATS HOUSTON LEADING THE EUREKA BRASS BAND. THIS SEGMENT OF THE FOOTAGE ENDS WITH A SECOND LINE PARADE. A SECOND SEQUENCE SHOWS ANOTHER JAZZ FUNERAL OF THE YOUNG AND TRUE FRIENDS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF CARROLLTON. THE ASSOCIATIONS MEMBERS ARE SEEN IN A SIDEYARD, WHERE THE PROCESSION BEGINS WITH THE EUREKA BRASS BAND. BLESSED ST. MARTIN SPIRITUAL CHURCH (8601 COHN STREET) IS SEEN AND THE JAZZ FUNERAL CROSSES THE STREET CAR TRACKS ON CARROLLTON AVENUE AND PROCEEDS TO THE RISING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH (8817 HICKORY STREET). THE FUNERAL AND FOOTAGE ENDS WITH A SECOND LINE PARADE.
Keywords: marching band
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