Gulf Coast: The South's Land of Opportunity

Duration: 22

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1963

Creator: Aci Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida as comprising the Gulf Coast region of the United States. Picture crops in Florida and explains that these crops are grown twelve months of the year. Contrast the varieties of soils found in the region. Briefly describes the large ports of Houston and New Orleans. Highlights the industires of the region including oil, grazing, and lumbering., Pictures the resort centers, farms, ports, pine forests, grazing lands and oil fields of the Gulf Coast region of the United States. Explains why, with its many resources and growing industries, the Gulf Coast has become the South's 'land of opportunity.'.

Complete Record: Describes the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida as comprising the Gulf Coast region of the United States. Picture crops in Florida and explains that these crops are grown twelve months of the year. Contrast the varieties of soils found in the region. Briefly describes the large ports of Houston and New Orleans. Highlights the industires of the region including oil, grazing, and lumbering., , Pictures the resort centers, farms, ports, pine forests, grazing lands and oil fields of the Gulf Coast region of the United States. Explains why, with its many resources and growing industries, the Gulf Coast has become the South's 'land of opportunity.'.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.