this just seem like something special . grainy black and white documentary style presentation finance by the standard oil company . a fictionalized story of a young boy ( joseph boudreaux ) and his pet raccoon playing in the alligator invest louisiana bayous . it a happy and peaceful life sustain by fishing and trapping . the young boy father ( lionel le blanc ) sell the right to an oil company to drill for oil just behind their cabin home . the drillers make friend with the cajun and while off camera the rig strike a pocket of gas . mission accomplish and the drillers leave the bayou environment as clean a they find it and the cajun family be rich for it . of course and the story be purely fiction and do not deal with the state of louisiana a a whole . one have to wonder if the project be not oil company propaganda . beautiful cinematography shot by richard leacock . louisiana story be direct and write and and produce by robert j. flaherty . running time be 78 minute and worthy of your time .