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Roscoe Holcomb, an unemployed construction worker talks about music and plays the banjo in Daisy, Kentucky.

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 seated on the swing in his house amidst the mountains. He smokes and talks about spiritual music, and how it is a God given gift. He begins to play his banjo. Dogs bark near a hand pump in the vicinity. Old houses nearby. Holcomb's family seated in the patio. He plays the banjo as a man tap dances beside him. Holcomb sings 'Little Bridge'. Clouds over the mountains, thick woods, a church nestled among the clouds. View of coal mine surface mined and strip mined areas on mountain tops and hill tops, with little or no vegetation on them.

Date: 1962
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032598
A congregation at the Holiness Church of God sings, shouts and dances in Delphia, Kentucky.

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. The Holiness Church of God is one of the most recent churches in Delphia, Kentucky. They have a 'Born Again' orientation. The congregation inside the church. They play stringed instruments like banjos and guitars and sing along. The singers and musicians around a microphone. They sing 'Have a Little Talk with Jesus'. A picture of Jesus on the wall. U.S. flags in the church. People clap. Women and children on the benches. The fundamentalist reverend or preacher shouts into the microphone. Women raise their arms, clap and dance as if in a trance. One woman begins speaking in tongues. People shaking as the religious revival goes on (possibly pentecostal or charismatic).

Date: 1962
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032602
Roscoe Holcomb, an unemployed construction worker sings 'The Wandering Boy' at his house in Daisy, Kentucky.

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.

Date: 1962
Duration: 4 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032603
The congregation at one of the oldest Regular Baptist Churches in Jefferson ;also some coal miner scenes

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. One of the oldest Regular Baptist Churches in Jefferson, Kentucky. The Church nestled amidst mountains. Cars approach. The congregation inside. The priest sings hymns. Elderly and young people seated on benches listen. A man with his head held in his hands. A little girl towards the back. People pray on their knees. They sing 'When I can Read my Titles Clear' from hymn books. Some people sit while some stand. The congregation members greet each other. Coal miners work at a mine. Miners in mine cars as it emerges from a tunnel. They get off and move away.

Date: 1962
Duration: 4 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032599
The Shepherd family in Old House Branch and the Holcomb family in Daisy listen to and play traditional music.

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. Farmer Shepherd's family house in Old House Branch, Harlan County: Women by the window of a house look out. Farmer Shepherd and his daughters walk up the path towards the house. A dog follows them and barks. Farmer Shepherd, who works in the big company mine, waves as he approaches the house. The family seated inside. A girl with a kitten. A boy plays the banjo and sings. Framed pictures on the table. dog on the patio, path leading to the house. A girl on the path, a boy milks a cow, women and young girls peel corn cobs. A woman lays the table, girls with cats enter the house. Pictures on the wall inside. The family seated for supper. They eat and talk. Utensils hang on the wall. They put away the utensils after the meal. Daisy, Kentucky: Unemployed construction worker, Roscoe Holcomb walks up a path with his family. They approach their house amidst the mountains. Holcomb works on the farm. A woman dances to music with a little girl. People on a dance floor dance the twist to the tune of a band playing in the background.

Date: 1962
Duration: 5 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032600
Use and importance of weather forecast to warn people against natural hazards

Highlights the importance of weather forecast to inform people against the danger of natural hazards like storms and floods. A man rows a boat through a flooded area.

Date: 1931
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058563