Description: APRIL 6, 1968 FOOTAGE OF THE FUNERAL OF REVEREND PAUL PAYNE WHO DIED ON APRIL 2, 1968. SEEN IS A LONG LINE OF CARS FOLLOWED BY WOMEN WEARING WHITE AND A GROUP OF MASONS ENTERING THE MCDONOGHVILLE CEMETERY IN THE 500 BLOCK OF HANCOCK AVENUE IN ALGIERS. THE SERVICE FOR REV. PAYNE WAS AT THE ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH, 1509 MONROE STREET IN GRETNA. THE TUXEDO BRASS BAND IS SEEN PLAYING IN THE CEMETERY WHILE THE CASKET IS CARRIED IN. A MASONIC BURIAL RITUAL IS PERFORMED AND THERE IS A MILITARY SALUTE WITH THE FIRING OF RIFLES. THE BRASS BAND IS SEEN LEAVING THE CEMETERY. CUTS TO A SCENE OF STREET DANCING AND THE OLYMPIA BRASS BAND IN FRONT OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE JOLLY BUNCH SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB LOCATED AT 1927 PERDIDO STREET IN THE TULANE / GRAVIER PART OF TOWN.
Keywords: marching band
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