October 29, 1954, General Maxwell B. Taylor, Commander of the U.S. 8th Army, in Korea, escorts a South Korean diplomat up the stairs to a reviewing stand. A color guard is seen and then a view of the Korean representative, General Taylor, and Major General Charles D.W. Canham, Commander of the Third U.S. Infantry Division, saluting as soldiers of the 3rd Division begin marching in review. Camera focuses on the seated Army band, playing for the marchers. Soldiers of the 3rd Division are seen passing behind the band, carrying their Duffel bags and other belongings on their way to board the U.S. Navy transport ship USS General M. B. Stewart (AP-140) which would take them home to the USA. The next scene shows 3rd Division soldiers leaving the the USS M.B. Stewart at New Orleans, Louisiana. A huge banner hangs on a port building welcoming the Division. American troops with massed flags stand with Audie Murphy, on a bunting covered porch to welcome the returning 3rd Division troops. An Army marching band plays as they parade across the dock. Several motorcycle policemen lead a parade or the returning troops along the streets of New Orleans. Scene shifts to Master Sergeant Queen at the filming location for the Army production, "The Big Picture." Audie Murphy is with him, and praises the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, noting that he had served as one of its soldiers.
Education for African American students at the Xavier University of Louisiana (1 Drexel Dr, New Orleans, LA 70125, United States), a Catholic university for African Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana. Black students create paintings on canvases resting on easels in the Department of Fine Arts. Students are using Catholic paintings and sculptures as subjects. A black student sketching a portrait of Jesus Christ. Students honing their artistic skills. Two students making a sketch of an angel statuette. Male black students sketching some clay pots. An arts teacher sketches on a canvas to teach a student. Arts teacher demonstrates strokes on the side of the canvas. One student paint a portrait of a black female model. Female model smiles.
Xavier University, America's only catholic college for African American youth, in New Orleans, Louisiana. View of run down slum and tenement areas in the city of New Orleans in the 1930s Great Depression time frame. African American citizen moves outside the houses. A woman walks on a street with a bucket. Clothes hang from a string. Children standing on a road. Nuns pray in a church. A sign: 'Xavier' on a building. Exterior of a college building. African American college students seated outside the building read books. They leave the college building. African American man talks as he climbs down the stairs.
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. Decorated floats at a parade on Mardi Gras. Krewe participants in elaborate costumes throw trinkets to spectators. Some spectators catch Mardi Gras throws from passing floats. A band plays in the parade. People cheer as decorated floats move past them on the streets of New Orleans.
A film about New Orleans in Louisiana. Ships underway in the Mississippi River as they enter a port of New Orleans. Buildings at the port.
A film about New Orleans in Louisiana. Dykes and levies along the edge of sea water keeping flood waters out of New Orleans. A building in the background.
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