Women sing and dance in a circle in a garden in Harlan. A lady is in the center while the rest of them move on the periphery. They are clapping, snapping and moving in one direction. A building is seen in the background.
Clarke Bailey, MD and Chairman of Harlan County Planning Council, is seen in a meeting. The meeting is in a library. Books are lying on shelves behind him. During the meeting, he converses with other members. A building is seen. Men and women walk down the entrance steps of the building.
Coal mining in Harlan Kentucky. Mine workers aboard a haulage car enter a coal mine. Board at the entrance of the mine reads, 'Safety First'. A motored chain-saw like equipment. Haulage cars move on tracks. Men on track.
A simple wooden hut home with tin roof in rural Kentucky. Two boys bring buckets into the hut. A woman sits at a table and peels potatoes. One of the boys help her in preparing vegetables and adding them to a cooking pot. A boy in overalls adds coal or other fuel to a stove fire. (World War II period).
Three poor children are seen in a home near a cook stove. The eldest child passes bread to one and picks-up the youngest one. The eldest child also eats bread.
Two children play with water at a hand-pump. Water pours out as the boy pushes the lever down. The girl collects the water in a bucket. She feeds water to the boy via a spoon.
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