Major events of the year 1957. Aerial view of a town in shambles after Audrey hurricane hit the area killing 300 people in Louisiana, United States. Deserted town, houses submerged in water as a result of the hurricane. A destroyed town of Cameron. A man in a field submerged in water, wreckage on ground. Women and children outside their houses.
Picnic near Douglas World Cruiser at New Orleans in Louisiana, United States. Men and women stand near Douglas world cruiser. Women spread picnic lunch on the ground. Men stand around lunch. Women give lunch to men. They all sit around lunch boxes and serve each other. Woman pours from bottle. Scene of cake plate. They take piece of cake. Insignia on aircraft as 'Air Service USS World Flight'.
Cotton ginning at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Row of horse carts carry seed cotton. It is weighed and unloaded through suction conveyor into the gin after cleaning. The gin roll separates seed and lint by saws. Moisture is added at the gin lint flue on cotton and separated by air blast. Dirt and trash are separated from cotton seed.
Baling the lint of cotton at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. After ginning, the lint of cotton is baled. Farmers load the seed and bale of cotton onto the horse cart.
Activity at an Oil Refinery in the United States. View of the Paraffin System Sweater buildings. Oil derricks. Workers dig a trench for pipe line. A pipe line being build from El Dorado, Arkansas to Homer, Louisiana. Blacksmiths pound metal on anvil. Group of men read a map sitting outside a store. Workers operate an oil drilling machine.
A film titled 'Army railroad' about the training of 725th Railroad Operating Battalion personnel at Camp Claiborne in Louisiana. Soldiers march past a sign that reads '725th Rail Road Operating Battalion' RR battalion personnel work on locomotives. Personnel build a rail road train. A man puts a railroad wheel on fire. Activities of the 725th RR Battalion in Africa during World War II as men work on locomotives and rolling stock. A personnel writes on a board. Personnel board the train and it gets underway. 725th RR Operating Battalion personnel being imparted training in various skills including telegraph. Personnel being imparted practical training near a rail road engine. Orders to prepare a train being given and dispatched. Yard master delivers the order to a Yard Foreman. Caboose being picked up to prepare a trail. Yard engine being detached and train rolls out. Engine being attached to the train. Conductor checks his watch with the master clock and signs the outgoing train register. Engineer receives the order. A rear lamp being hanged aboard the train. Men get aboard the railroad train and it leaves.
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