1959SCHLEY RIDE THROUGH THE GULF COAST

[Music] entrepreneurs [Music] and now swing right and to the east off canal street along st charles avenue picturesque homes and of course magnolia trees [Music] [Music] these ships are very popular with the tourists a nice 11 day trip to havana guatemala and return this particular ship was commissioned during world war ii and thus flies the u.s naval reserve flag as well as the familiar united fruit house flag late in december new orleans celebrates the sugar bowl classic a full week of athletic contests football in the sugar bowl basketball boxing track a regatta and championship tennis [Music] the new orleans country club which boasts a modern swimming pool and a magnificent clubhouse is the scene of the tennis matches during this sugar bowl classic week you know down here at the new orleans country club members improve their golf swings and sharpen their putting eyes and enjoy this great game of golf 12 months of the year and now a last last-minute checkup of the tennis court the top of the net must be adjusted exactly they'll break out break out a new set of tennis balls and the players will volley that is warm up a bit before the actual game and now introducing john fowler of the ag spalding company the official umpire this gentleman atop a perilous perch must certainly be equipped with a rubber neck [Music] [Music] not only the empire even the spectators must india rubber necks and the winner of the sugar bowl tennis classic garner malloy with the stefano in the four court barons aces traebert both barons and trebert are popular young tennis champions tennis is another of these individual type sports a tennis player must keep himself in top physical condition at all times if he loses or wins it is an individual defeat or triumph a tennis player except in doubles matches cannot blame other team members for disastrous results [Music] [Music] [Music] and in court number two it's garner malloy versus distefano mr malloy is exhibiting a brand of tennis which has gained him national recognition [Music] foreign wonder if those india rubber necks are beginning to stretch a bit [Music] this dixieland jazz band rather typical for a picture of new orleans a what-hole deer we're deep in the glamorous old south and eastward from new orleans along the mississippi gulf coast we travel through past christianity in january the lawns and gardens at this famous resort offer the camellia later on the azalea will blaze in all its glory the mississippi gulf coast and a vacation in january no you shouldn't even give the folks back home a second thought maybe they're snow drifts or sliding about on icy pavements uh sliding did you say why sure we can do a little sociable sliding on a shuffleboard court of course just imagine your front lawn bank with poinsettia and kumquat growing so conveniently right at the back door of course any vacation to be complete will include a game of golf hope this isn't uh your style nor your luck so [Music] so jefferson davis president of the confederacy lived out his declining years on the gulf coast a coast now protected by a concrete sea wall and famous for many lush hotels [Music] in the biloxi the gulf of mexico provides many types of seafood for the tables of america shrimp fishing vessels dock for the weekend in biloxi gulfport and other gulf coast towns even uncle sam's men of war are finally dismantled in favor of the more modern vessels from a fishing lodge established in 1917 mr and mrs bellengrass transformed dreams of fusion under an endowment plan it is now assured that this charmed spot of the deep south will be perpetuated and the generations to come oh you say you're not slipping on ice well then uh maybe you're plowing through snow banks how'd you like to plow through the briny deep in this beautiful three mass pleasure schooner of the new orleans airways and in leaving the gulf coast let's recall the heroin area you