00:30 - Mr. Montgomery describes himself as a Jack-of-all-trades - hunter, crawfish retailer, farmer;
01:25 - Inflation and the grain embargo and the impacts on local economy;
04:15 - Oil revenue helping land owning farmers;
06:00 - C.J. Montgomery, Sr. - Part owner and president of the Kaplan, LA Rice Mill. Sold the mill in 1975. It had a milling capacity of approx. 750 barrels of Medium Grain rice per hour and 700 barrels of long grain per hour;
07:40 - Kaplan rice mill ran off of steam power from 1920-1975; Was one of the last rice mills in the country to convert from steam to electricity;
10:00 - Discussion about coastal erosion; Lock systems in canals effecting erosion on the gulf coast and coastal canal and marshes;
11:00 - Impact of oil industry on shrimping and fishing industry;
11:45 - Drilling mud and trash being dumped off rigs and polluting water;
12:50 - Commercial divers, construction work and cleaning up debris under older drilling rigs;
14:00 - Government regulations to make oil companies clean up their pollution - Items found under drilling rigs: drilling mud and chemicals, I-beams, forklifts;
15:00 - Long-term effects of drilling mud and caustic chemicals on the fishing industries;
16:30 - Dumping and cleaning of platforms done under the cover of night so the Coast Guard wouldn't see the actions of the companies;
17:30 - Oil industry separating families for longer periods of time, but pay and jobs where plentiful;
19:00 - Cajuns know the oil industry better than any other group;
21:30 - Some Cajuns have shunned their roots and family backgrounds;
23:50 - Man-made coastal canal erosion doubled or tripled the size of the canal;
26:30 - 1973-1981 was the boom time for growth and drilling; Larger companies bought out local specialty service companies in the oil business;
31:40 - Discusses his career as a diver; labor pay is one of the most affordable parts of the oil industry but was the first to be cut. Costs on rental supplies and equipment stayed the same;
33:30 - Cajun workers were not taken care of if they were injured;
34:00 - Law protecting divers from working in unsafe conditions;