Editing Louisiana Story (section)

==Plot==
The film deals with the adventures of a young [[Cajun]] boy and his pet raccoon, who live a somewhat idyllic existence playing in the [[bayou]]s of Louisiana. A sub-plot involves his elderly father allowing an oil company to drill for oil in the inlet that runs behind their house. An inland barge is towed into the inlet from interconnecting waterways.  Most, if not all, of South Louisiana swamps and inland waters without land access were and are explored using dredged channels and barge rigs. The film presents the rig crew tripping pipe (an oilfield operations term), changing a bit, and closing valves on the blow out preventers.  The rig crew are not actors, they are actual roughnecks.  Even though there is a moment of probable manufactured crisis when the rig drills into a trouble zone, the crew's actions are not choreographed per se.  The timeframe is pre-OSHA, however, there are serious doubts that drillers at that time ever allowed shoeless kids to hang out on the rig floor.  As the story progresses, the rig completes its operation and friendly drillers depart, leaving behind a phenomenally clean environment and a wealthy Cajun family.

Conflict and action for the plot is provided by the presence of a giant alligator in the area, which is believed to have eaten the pet raccoon and which is hunted in revenge. There is no individual or organized resistance to the incursion of the oil seekers, even after the (brief, offscreen) disaster, who are unequivocally portrayed as friendly, progressive humanitarians.

The boy, named in the film as Alexander Napoleon Ulysses Le Tour, but in the credits just identified as "the boy", was played by Joseph Boudreaux. The film was photographed by [[Richard Leacock]] and edited by [[Helen van Dongen]], who were also the associate producers. Its original release was through independent film distributor [[Lopert Films]].