Episode LSA http://ladigitalmedia.org/assets/images/laarchivesheaderlogo.png Cajuns on the Queen's Sea WWL-TV Special Projects Collection Cajun culture LDMA Keywords North Sea LDMA Keywords Oil and Gas Industry LDMA Keywords Oil industry workers LDMA Keywords Rodrigue, Duke LDMA Keywords Nolty J. Theriot, Inc. LDMA Keywords Zewe, Charles LDMA Keywords Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company (New Orleans, La) LDMA Keywords New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana LDMA Keywords Golden Meadow, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana LDMA Keywords Guidry, Dick, 1929-2014 LDMA Keywords Ekofisk oil field LDMA Keywords Great Yarmouth, England LDMA Keywords Lowestoft, England LDMA Keywords Sanders, Charles R. LDMA Keywords Lelan, Stan LDMA Keywords Brown & Root LDMA Keywords Vizier, James LDMA Keywords Gros, Ronald LDMA Keywords Leblanc, Curtis LDMA Keywords Rumbold Arms (Yarmouth, England) LDMA Keywords Taylor Diving & Salvage (Belle Chasse, La.) LDMA Keywords Avondale Shipyard (Bridge City, La.) LDMA Keywords Theriot Overseas Service, Inc. (Golden Meadow, La.) LDMA Keywords Ocean Victory LDMA Keywords Galliano, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana LDMA Keywords Lockport, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana LDMA Keywords Belle Chasse, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana LDMA Keywords Tidewater Marine (New Orleans, La.) LDMA Keywords Theriot, Nolty J., 1924-1976 LDMA Keywords Cajuns on the Queen's Sea, a WWL-TV Special Project narrated by Charles Zewe, explores the role of Louisianians in oil exploration in the North Sea.Footage includes: Cruden Bay, Scotland; the North Sea; the Ekofisk oil field; the Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company's Ocean Victory platform; Duke Rodrigue, a driller from New Iberia, working on the rig; tugboats from Louisiana, including the Phyllis A. Guidry, handling anchors for barges laying pipe for wells; home office of Nolty J. Theriot, Inc. in Golden Meadow; home office of American Offshore Fleet; Great Yarmouth, England, a summer resort and center of North Sea oil exploration; office of Theriot Overseas Service, Inc; office of Brown & Root, United Kingdom; Lowestoft, England, a village with several Cajun families; Cajuns socializing in the Rumbold Arms in Great Yarmouth; and Avondale Shipyards. Interviews include: Nolty J. Theriot, marine and towing contractor from Golden Meadow, Louisiana; Dick Guidry, state representative and chairman of American Offshore; Charles R. Sanders, Vice-President of Theriot Overseas Service, Inc; Stan Lelan of Brown & Root.; James Vizier, Cajun resident of Lowestoft and tug captain from Galliano, Louisiana; Jessica Vizier, Cajun resident of Lowestoft and a native of Galliano, Louisiana; Ronald Gros, Cajun resident of Lowestoft; and Curtis Leblanc, Cajun resident of Lowestoft and employee of Theriot Overseas, a native of Lockport, Louisiana. Other Louisiana companies mentioned as being involved in North Sea oil exploration include Tidewater Marine of New Orleans and Taylor Diving & Salvage of Belle Chasse. Abstract Special PBCore Genre Picklist Documentary PBCore Genre Picklist Coastal Louisiana Spatial North Sea Spatial Zewe, Charles Narrator Zewe, Charles Writer Inman, Gene Photographer Inman, Gene Editor Guidry, Dick (1929-2014) Interviewee Theriot, Nolty J. (1924-1976) Interviewee Sanders, Charles R. Interviewee Lelan, Stan Interviewee Vizier, James Interviewee Vizier, Jessica Interviewee Gros, Ronald Interviewee Leblanc, Curtis Interviewee Louisiana Department of State Copyright Holder http://avserver3.sos.la.gov.s3.amazonaws.com/video/archives/WWL/WWL/Spec-0417.jpg True True https://s3.amazonaws.com/avserver3.sos.la.gov/video/archives/WWL/SPEC/SPEC-0417.mp4 00:27:33 Circa 1970 00:00:01