A tribute to Andrew H. Higgins and his workers in developing and producing invasion boats in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Navy's need for landing crafts. Landing crafts at sea. Soldiers climb a cargo net. Landing crafts head towards a beach. Soldiers disembark from the landing crafts and move towards a sandy beach. Exterior of a building in New Orleans. Andrew Higgins works in his office. He talks over a phone. He makes a rough sketch of a sample boat. Andrew Higgins and his workers discuss and look at designs of an invasion boat. A Higgins tug boat at a canal. Higgins supervises construction of a boat. Ship builders work night and day. Navy officers get off from vehicles and meet Higgins. They inspect an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). An army tank being driven aboard the LCVP. Higgins and officers board the LCVP. The ramp of the LCVP is closed. It gets underway at sea. It stops at a shore. Higgins and the officers disembark from the LCVP. They climb up a flight of steps and talk. Higgins receives rush orders from the navy. Ship builders at work. Workers build a boat. They assemble the parts of the boat and paint it. LCVPs are transported. Exterior of a boat building plant. Constructed LCVPs and ships. (World War II period).
A film about the city of New Orleans in Louisiana. A sign reads 'You'll love New Orleans and she'll love you right back'. People at roadside cafes. The Old Ursuline Convent Museum. French houses in the city. People in a garden outside a house. Men and women seated around a table in a garden. A corridor of a building. A horse drawn carriage on a street. French flag on a building. A Spanish dance being performed at a night club. Fountains in a garden.
A film about the city of New Orleans in Louisiana. Neon signs on a street in New Orleans. Pedestrians walk. Pictures in a window of a shop. A band plays Jazz music at a night club. Decorated floats on streets during Mardi Gras. King Rex throws kisses to the crowds. Krewe participants from floats throw Mardi Gras necklaces and trinkets to spectators. The narrator responds, “Throw me something, Mister!”. People gathered around the floats to grab Mardi Gras throws. Men dressed in fancy costumes.
A film about the city of New Orleans in Louisiana. An old man smokes a cigar. A ship underway in a harbor. A man smokes a cigar and a ship in the background. A bridge across the harbor and a ship in the background. Skyline of New Orleans with an overcast sky. Ships underway in the harbor.
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.
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