1969SILENT FEATURE FILMS
JANUARY 3, 1969
APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET OF COLOR 16MM FILM COMPILED ONTO A 7 INCH REEL. RUN TIME: 8:17 FILM BEGINS WITH CREDIT FILMED AND PRODUCED BY JULES L. CAHN". SHOWN IS PART OF THE FUNERAL FOR CREOLE CLARINETIST GEORGE LEWIS (1900 - DECEMBER 31, 1968) THAT TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 3, 1969. MR. LEWIS WAS A CLARINETIST, WORLD-RENOWNED FOR HIS PURE AND TRADITIONAL STYLE OF PLAYING. FATS HOUSTON, WEARING AN OLYMPIA BRASS BAND SASH, ANDERSON MINOR, AND DARRELL JOHNSON ARE SEEN AS GRAND MARSHALS. MEMBERS OF THE OLYMPIA AND EUREKA BRASS BANDS ARE SEEN, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER MUSICIANS. MR. LEWIS IS SHOWN LAID OUT IN A CASKET INSIDE THE OLIVE BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH, LOCATED AT 1140 ODEON STREET, IN ALGIERS. A PLACARD ON THE WALL ABOVE THE PULPIT READS "COME UNTO ME". A SERVICE IS PERFORMED. THE CASKET IS SHOWN BEING CARRIED INTO AND OUT OF THE CHURCH BY A GROUP OF MASONS. A PROCESSION BEGINS AND SHOWS ANDERSON MINOR LEADING A HEARSE TO THE MCDONOGH CEMETERY, WHERE THE CASKET AGAIN IS SEEN BEING CARRIED TO ITS FINAL RESTING PLACE IN THE CEMETERY, BY MEMBERS OF A MASONIC ORGANIZATION. THE FILM THEN CUTS TO A SECOND LINE PARADE AND ENDS WITH "FILMED AND PRODUCED BY JULES L. CAHN"."
APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET OF COLOR 16MM FILM COMPILED ONTO A 7 INCH REEL. RUN TIME: 8:17 FILM BEGINS WITH CREDIT FILMED AND PRODUCED BY JULES L. CAHN". SHOWN IS PART OF THE FUNERAL FOR CREOLE CLARINETIST GEORGE LEWIS (1900 - DECEMBER 31, 1968) THAT TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 3, 1969. MR. LEWIS WAS A CLARINETIST, WORLD-RENOWNED FOR HIS PURE AND TRADITIONAL STYLE OF PLAYING. FATS HOUSTON, WEARING AN OLYMPIA BRASS BAND SASH, ANDERSON MINOR, AND DARRELL JOHNSON ARE SEEN AS GRAND MARSHALS. MEMBERS OF THE OLYMPIA AND EUREKA BRASS BANDS ARE SEEN, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER MUSICIANS. MR. LEWIS IS SHOWN LAID OUT IN A CASKET INSIDE THE OLIVE BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH, LOCATED AT 1140 ODEON STREET, IN ALGIERS. A PLACARD ON THE WALL ABOVE THE PULPIT READS "COME UNTO ME". A SERVICE IS PERFORMED. THE CASKET IS SHOWN BEING CARRIED INTO AND OUT OF THE CHURCH BY A GROUP OF MASONS. A PROCESSION BEGINS AND SHOWS ANDERSON MINOR LEADING A HEARSE TO THE MCDONOGH CEMETERY, WHERE THE CASKET AGAIN IS SEEN BEING CARRIED TO ITS FINAL RESTING PLACE IN THE CEMETERY, BY MEMBERS OF A MASONIC ORGANIZATION. THE FILM THEN CUTS TO A SECOND LINE PARADE AND ENDS WITH "FILMED AND PRODUCED BY JULES L. CAHN"."
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TITLE CARD: FILMED AND PRODUCED BY JULES L. CAHN
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| 01:00:10 10.03 |
FATS HOUSTON WITH SASH FOR OLYMPIA BRASS BAND, IN FRONT OF PIGGLY WIGGLY SUPERMARKET
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| 01:00:14 14.79 |
WHITE MEMBERS OF OLYMPIA BRASS BAND WAITING IN STREET
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| 01:00:18 18.84 |
BLACK MEMBERS OF EUREKA BRASS BAND IN FRONT OF SHOE SERVICE SHOP AND BANK OF NEW ORLEANS
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| 01:00:25 25.1 |
BANDS LINING UP, LOOKS LIKE DRUNK MAN BOWING REPEATEDLY
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| 01:00:33 33.05 |
FUNERAL PROCESSION WITH EUREKA BRASS BAND STROLLING SLOWLY, GRAND MARSHAL OR MAN WITH SASH TALKS TO DRUNK MAN
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| 01:00:44 44.36 |
ANDERSON MINOR LEADS THE EUREKA BRASS BAND, WEARING TUXEDO AND HAT IN HAND
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| 01:00:51 51.65 |
YOUNG BLACK MAN LEADS OLYMPIA BRASS BAND, FUNERAL PROCESSION (DARRELL JOHNSON ?) CARRYING HAT AND UMBRELLA
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| 01:00:57 57.08 |
OLYMPIA BRASS BAND MEMBER MARCHING AND PLAYING, SLOW FUNERAL PROCESSION
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| 01:01:07 67.78 |
GROUP OF SMILING BLACK BOYS LAUGHING ON SIDE OF STREET
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| 01:01:14 74 |
POV INT OF CHURCH AS MAN PULLS ROPE FOR BELL
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| 01:01:20 80.94 |
CROWDS AND OPEN HEARSE OUTSIDE CHURCH AS FATS HOUSTON AND MASONIC GROUP MEMBERS ENTER
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| 01:01:33 93.27 |
BLACK MASONS WEARING APRONS AND COLLARS, CARRY IN CASKET, AXIOM LODGE
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| 01:01:44 104.53 |
CHURCH INTERIOR WITH MASONS AND CASKET
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| 01:01:49 109.31 |
MOURNERS FILE INTO CHURCH
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| 01:01:57 117.34 |
INT OF CHURCH WITH CONGREGATION
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| 01:02:03 123.77 |
OPEN CASKET OF GEORGE LEWIS, CLARINETIST. WOMAN IN WHAT LOOKS LINE WHITE NURSE'S UNIFORM STANDS NEAR, PROBABLY MASONIC WOMEN'S GROUP MEMBER
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| 01:02:12 132.27 |
LS OF CHURCH INT GEORGE LEWIS FUNERAL, OLIVE BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH, LOCATED AT 1140 ODEON STREET, IN ALGIERS, MINISTER SPEAKS
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| 01:02:33 153.35 |
MS OF FATS HOUSTON IN CHURCH AT LEWIS' FUNERAL
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| 01:02:40 160.97 |
MS BODY OF GEORGE LEWIS IN OPEN CASKET
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| 01:02:52 172.89 |
MS OF FATS HOUSTON IN CHURCH AT LEWIS' FUNERAL, PAN DOWN TO BODY IN CASKET
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| 01:02:56 176.35 |
WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT CHURCH FUNERAL
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| 01:03:01 181.14 |
LS OF CHURCH INT, MAN SPEAKS AT PULPIT
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| 01:03:26 206.28 |
LS OF CHURCH FUNERAL, CHOIR SINGS, WOMAN IN NURSES OUTFIT FANS WOMAN
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| 01:03:35 215.66 |
MOURNERS LINE UP TO PASS BY CASKET
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| 01:03:48 228.82 |
EXT OF OLIVE BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH, LOCATED AT 1140 ODEON STREET, IN ALGIERS. CROWDS WAIT
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| 01:03:54 234.45 |
MS OF FATS HOUSTON IN RAIN
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| 01:03:56 236.23 |
CASKET IS LOADED INTO HEARSE BY MASONS
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| 01:04:10 250.15 |
FUNERAL PROCESSION, EUREKA BRASS BAND, MANY TOURISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS PRESENT
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| 01:04:41 281.06 |
ANDERSON MINOR ? LEADS HEARSE IN SLOW PROCESSION
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| 01:05:01 301.07 |
BRASS BAND MEMBERS PLAY IN CEMETERY, FATS HOUSTON PASSES THROUGH CROWD, MASONS CARRY CASKET
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| 01:05:39 339.21 |
MUSICIANS PLAY AT CEMETERY, ASIAN TRUMPETER IN CROWD
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| 01:05:50 350.41 |
CLIPS OF SECOND LINE PARADE, GRAND MARSHAL TURNS SASH INSIDE OUT FROM BLACK TO WHITE SIDE SHOWING, EUREKA BRASS BAND
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| 01:06:21 381.61 |
WOMAN LOOKS OPEN DOOR OF WHITEWASHED COTTAGES
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| 01:06:24 384.63 |
GRAND MARSHA; OF SECOND LINE PARADE STRUTTING
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| 01:06:28 388.47 |
WOMEN AND CHILDREN DANCE IN STREET IN FRONT OF OLYMPIA BRASS BAND
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| 01:06:49 409.21 |
PRETTY WOMAN LOOKS OUT OF SCREEN DOOR
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| 01:06:53 412.99 |
SECOND LINE REVELERS AND OLYMPIA BRASS BAND MARCHING
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| 01:07:13 433.07 |
MS OF BLANK MAN IN WHITE SUIT DANCING AND GRINNING
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| 01:07:21 441.48 |
SECOND LINE, PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PICTURES
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| 01:07:31 451.49 |
TALL MAN IN WHITE SUIT MARCHES WITH HIS HAT HELD UP HIGH
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| 01:07:39 459.87 |
CLIPS OF SECOND LINE, LOTS OF BOYS AND MEN DANCING IN THE STREET
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TITLE CARD: FILMED AND PRODUCED BY JULES L. CAHN
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