The lives of Appalachian mountain people in a depressed area of Kentucky, and how they cope with poverty and maintain their traditions and dignity through music. Daisy, Kentucky: Roscoe Holcomb, an unemployed construction worker at his house nestled amidst the mountains. Crops on the farmland around the house. Pictures inside the house. A bulb hangs from the ceiling. Holcomb sings 'The Wandering Boy' from the New Baptist Song Book. Holcomb farms his land. He gets into bed and retires for the night.
Troops of U.S. special forces near a river in Vietnam. Soldiers carry M-16 rifles and fire from them.
Vietnamese soldiers in camouflaged suits assault boat. Accompanying them is a U.S. soldier carrying an M-16 rifle. Soldier pushes assault boat into river and starts engine, boat moves in the river.
A soldier walks in a forest area, sees a scope instrument. A close view of scope instrument, Model BC-200. A U.S. soldier holding an MC-16, looks at the target.
Two T-28 Trojan in flight just after take off. View of two airplanes flying. T-28, a United States armed forces airplane lands at an airbase in Vietnam during Vietnam War.
Soldiers load rations into a Caribou plane. Cartons are loaded into the plane. Two T-28 Trojans parked on a Vietnamese airbase. Men fixes launcher on the wing of an aircraft, fill it with cartridges.