Scenes of horse and buggie traffic mix with electric trolley (street) cars, automobiles, and trucks on city streets. Tour the city along Canal Street, Exchange Alley, Royal Street, Lee Circle-St. Charles Street, The Old French Market, The Old Cabildo, Jackson Square, and residential areas.
Points of interest is the Statue of General Albert Sydney Johnson, General Beauregard, Metarie Cemetery, the ship Infanta Isabel. Since New Orleans is below sea level it is protected by a system of dikes (dykes) as seen along St. John Bayou. Outside the city dirt dikes protect the farmland. Scene of a flood area outside the city.
A trip along the Mississippi River there are cotton warehouses, ships unloading bananas, wheat elevators, and a stern wheeler. Scenes of the Mardi Gras Festival and a map of the Louisiana Purchase.
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