Louisiana and New Orleans, 1957 | Ted's Adventures (8mm home movie)

Louisiana in 1957: the orange "Entering Louisiana" sign, a long causeway over water, road signs for New Orleans and Baton Rouge, then streets of iron balconies, a plaque dated 1774, signs for "Bourbon St" and the "Court of Two Sisters", a courtyard with gingham tables, and a run of jazz posters and neon signs, ending in wide streets with white taxis. There are no title cards in this film. When and where: Louisiana in the middle of December 1957: the causeway, the iron balconies of New Orleans, Bourbon Street and the Court of Two Sisters. Dated from the route order and his memoir, which mentions Louisiana. What is in the film: 00:00 The orange sign "Entering Louisiana, Rural Speed Limits, Autos 60", then a low causeway seen from the shore and a man with his back to the camera beside a tripod 00:18 Driving along the long causeway over water, then a road sign for "New Orleans", "Baton Rouge" and "U.S. 90 West" 00:38 A corner building with lacy iron balconies and a sign for a restaurant and bar, then streets of iron galleries and a dark shopfront sign ending "...Two Sisters" 01:01 A stone plaque reading "...First Sky-Scraper in the Colony, 1774", then a red sign "Keep Your Sidewalk Clean, Do Not Sweep Refuse into Street", a balconied building signed "Doll House", and a lamp-post street sign "Bourbon St" 01:20 A hanging sign "Famous Historical Court of Two Sisters, Since 1832", then a courtyard with red and blue gingham tables and a woman in a pink hat among flowers 01:36 A sign "Try our Famous Mint Julep", then shopfronts and posters: "Swingin' Dixie", "Hottest Jazz in Town", "Dixieland Jazz" and "Al Hirt, The Gabriel of the South", and a sign ending "Absinthe House" 02:06 A brick corner building with an iron balcony, then a wide street with white taxis, billboards and trees, ending on a boulevard with decorated poles The film does not name the causeway or the courtyard beyond the signs quoted here. If you recognise the causeway, please say so in the comments. The next film in the playlist: Mississippi to the Suwannee River. Filmed on 8mm by Edward "Ted" William Mills (born 1934, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia) on his travels through the USA and Mexico. Part 5 of 9 in the playlist "Ted's Adventures: USA and Mexico 1957". The full two-hour film:    • Ted's Adventures: Canada, USA, Mexico and ...