Biography: Huey Long
Montage of the oil industry: great low angle MS of a drill coming down towards the camera, LS's of oil rigs at work in an oil field.
MS of fist-dependent Huey delivering a campaign speech to the camera inside a studio. and now, the corporate element of this state that were cajoled, hand in hand with them, that profited by it, who ransacked this state for the profit of their allies, are being told what they can do, what they can t do and what they will pay, what they can t keep from paying for the welfare of the people of Louisiana and we expect to have this state ruled by the People and not by the interest of high finance.
Huey Long on the campaign trail (trains and crowds, Huey on a whistle stop trip through Louisiana).
Construction of a large bridge. Steel beams are hoisted into place.
DO NOT USE Still photos of Louisiana legislature
Shots of Louisiana legislature. Huey Long speaking.
Huey Long speaking to camera. Long shaking hands with man. Governor Oscar Allen, followed by a two shot of Allen and Long.
President of Louisiana State University, Dr. James Smith, getting off a plane.
Huey's brother, Earl Long: one shot of him attending to a stable horse, another of him wearing a suit and smoking a cigarette outside a federal building.
Great MS of Huey Long unabashedly drinking behind a bar during a press conference, as he talks to the camera and reporters. I m on the wagon. As you know I haven t had a drink for 18 months, but I will sample this drink to assure you that it is genuine. He takes a drink. I think that s all right. I think that s alright. Better be sure about it. He takes another drink. CU of Huey Long, An old family custom. My grandfather devoted the first day in Louisiana to spending it in the barroom teaching the young men how to mix drinks and handing them back until they had finally mastered the bar position. Reporter, Are you sure he handed them back? Huey, Well he handed the glass back.
Montage of roads and canals being built, mostly tight LS's, followed by shots of opening ceremonies.
Big Parade. Huey Long marching in parade wearing a large sash. They are marching to a football game at Louisiana State University. Huey Long in the football stadium stands.