Since this Technicolor short was produced by MGM in 1939, one can only assume it was meant to coincide with the premiere of GONE WITH THE WIND, celebrating the spirit of the Old South.
It's a nine-minute short devoted to scenes of the people of Old Natchez on the Mississippi wearing the colorful costumes of the antebellum South with ceremonies observing the traditions of a bygone past.
Children, as well as adults, are shown participating in games and dances, costumed in the colorful get-ups of the Civil War days. The women are especially attractive in their hoop-skirts performing graceful dances.
It concludes with a look at the black population, onlookers as the whites celebrate the past with dances. A few of the black children are shown doing dances of their own and the short is over.
Summing up: One of the livelier James A. FitzPatrick shorts.