APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET OF COLOR FILM WITH COMPLIED ONTO A 7 INCH REEL. FOOTAGE SHOWS SOME OF THE JAZZ FUNERAL FOR ISAIAH MORGAN (1897 - MAY 11, 1966) A JAZZ TRUMPETER FROM LOUISIANA, WHO STUDIED AND PLAYED WITH HIS BROTHERS, AL, SAM, AND ANDREW MORGAN. THE FAMILY WAS FROM BERTRANDVILLE, AND PERFORMED THROUGHOUT THE GULF COAST REGION AND IN NEW ORLEANS. ISAIAH RETIRED FROM MUSIC IN THE MID-1950S. HIS FUNERAL TOOK PLACE ON MAY 16, 1966 WITH SERVICES FROM THE MAJESTIC MORTUARY SERVICE AT 1833 DRYADES AND THE ZION HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, 1126 N. ROBERTSON. MR. MORGAN WAS INTERRED AT HOLT CEMETERY. A FUNERAL PROCESSION LED BY GRAND MARSHAL, FATS HOUSTON, IS SEEN PARADING IN THE TREME NEIGHBORHOOD, AND STOPS IN FRONT OF RUTH'S CRAZY CORNER WHICH WAS LOCATED AT 1532 URSULINES STREET. MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS BRASS BANDS, INCLUDING THE EUREKA AND ONWARD ARE SEEN. THERE ARE ALSO VIEWS INSIDE THE CHURCH AND A SECOND LINE.
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EUREKA BRASS BAND AND FATS HOUSTON ON EMPTY STREET LEADING THE FUNERAL PROCESSION
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MS OF FATS HOUSTON, WOMAN WEARING APRON WATCHES
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| 01:00:15 15.81 |
CU OF FATS HOUSTON
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| 01:00:25 25.8 |
FATS HOUSTON AND EUREKA BRASS BAND LEADING PROCESSION, PASSING RUTH'S COZY CORNER STORE AT 1532 URSULINES STREET
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| 01:00:31 31.6 |
LOW ANGLE SHOT OF FATS HOUSTON
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| 01:00:34 34.46 |
AMERICAN FLAG COVERED COFFIN IS CARRIED FROM HEARSE TO ZION HILL CHURCH, MOURNERS ENTER CHURCH
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| 01:00:50 50.98 |
INT OF CHURCH WITH OPEN CASKET, FUNERAL OF ISAIAH MORGAN, WOMEN WEARING HATS
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| 01:00:55 55.08 |
BODY CARRIED OUT OF CHURCH, ISAIAH MORGAN FUNERAL, WHEELED RIGHT PAST CAMERA, OPEN CASKET
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| 01:01:04 64.94 |
MOURNERS WALK BY CASKET AND TOUCH BODY
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| 01:01:07 67.56 |
BLACK WOMEN CRYING HOLD EACH OTHER UP, OUTSIDE FUNERAL, CASKET IS CARRIED TO WAITING HEARSE, CUT TO BRASS BAND
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| 01:01:36 96.94 |
WOMEN CRYING AND HUGGING OUTSIDE CHURCH
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| 01:01:40 100.51 |
FATS HOUSTON LEADS ONWARD BRASS BAND WITH WHITE MUSICIANS
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| 01:01:48 108.83 |
SECOND LINE MEMBERS WITH HANDKERCHIEFS
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| 01:01:58 118.55 |
FATS HOUSTON LEADING BRASS BANDS, FUNERAL PROCESSION
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| 01:02:39 159.87 |
BYSTANDERS WATCH FUNERAL PROCESSION, 1950S CARS, MAN DANCES WITH UMBRELLA, SHOTGUN SHACKS
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| 01:03:05 185.22 |
GREAT MS OF FATS HOUSTON LEADING FUNERAL PROCESSION, EUREKA BRASS BAND PLAYING WITH WHITE AND BLACK MUSICIANS
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| 01:03:30 210.52 |
CU OF BLACK WOMEN IN PROCESSION
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| 01:03:35 215.51 |
PROFILE OF FATS HOUSTON
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| 01:03:39 219.35 |
PASSING HEARSE AND LIMOUSINES, PEOPLE LINE THE STREET AND WAVE
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| 01:03:51 231.7 |
MS OF SERIOUS OLDER MAN WITH HAT IN HAND
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| 01:03:56 236.68 |
SECOND LINE THROUGH TREME, 1950S CARS PARKED ON STREET
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MEN AND WOMEN DANCING ON THE SIDEWALK, SEXY GYRATING DANCING, 1960S FASHIONS
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MEN AND WOMEN DANCING IN THE STREET WITH UMBRELLAS, OLD WOMAN IN HOUSE DRESS
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MS OF MAN WITH BAD TEETH DANCING
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BLACK COUPLE DIRTY DANCING ON SIDEWALK, UMBRELLA, WOMAN WITH RIPPED DRESS, POOR
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BLANK SLUG
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