The Golden Isle is Galveston, Texas. A remarkable city with a remarkable history. During the mid-19th century as the English cotton trade boomed, so did the port of Galveston. Almost overnight the city became one of the richest in the United States. Yet in its very expansion were sown the seeds of its great decline. Today, because of that decline, Galveston possesses a range of Victorian buildings unique in the United States. Buildings that are being restored to their original splendour and grandeur as a working monument to the opulent past. King Vidor, doyen of the movie directors and resident of the city, helps tell its story.