Traveltalks was a fun series of short travelogues by James Fitzpatrick. They allowed audiences in the old days to see color footage of various places around the world most of them would never get to see in person. This particular one covers Natchez, Mississippi and does so in rather controversial ways. Basically instead of promoting anything positive about the Natchez of today (1939, that is), it's all about recapturing a bygone era for the South. For very obvious reasons that era won't hold so much romantic value for many so I can see some hating this short based on that alone. The part of the short involving black citizens of Natchez is particularly touchy.
Fitzpatrick's statement early on about how the modern town of Natchez is like any other small town and that this part doesn't hold as much interest as the Antebellum recreations outside of the town itself made me kind of sad. I grew up in a small town so I can understand that the goings-on of any small town would be kind of dull for a travelogue. Still, the comment felt like kind of a put-down that I imagine didn't go unnoticed by the people of Natchez back then. But for most of the last century the only interest Hollywood had in the South was in the Civil War period. As with any Traveltalks I've seen, I would recommend it. It's not the best and it didn't do anything to make me want to go to Natchez, but it's certainly interesting as a time capsule.