Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, mingle with officials seeing them off from Washington National Airport, Washington DC, on a trip to Asia. Luggage at the airport. 'Dick Nixon Special' sign on the airplane. Well-wishers with posters and banners stand on the observation deck balcony. One sign reads: "We Love Pat." President Dwight D Eisenhower is personally seeing them off. Mrs. Nixon carries a bouquet of flowers. The Nixons wave goodbye as they board the waiting aircraft.
Cuban rebels against the Batista government work in exile in the U.S. and Mexico in 1956. New York encircled on the U.S. map. View of papers fluttering all around baseball field as the freedom fighters' leaflets cause a delay in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York. Players on the baseball field view the scene. Miami encircled on the U.S. map. Castro raises funds for the revolution in Miami. Police and officials inspect arms confiscated from the revolutionaries. Close up scene of a payoff, with money changing hands between two men. Mexico City and Quintana encircled on a map. A huge war chest is raised in Mexico City. Castro buys arms and a 58 foot yacht equipped to carry fourteen people in Quintana. Ammunition dumped into a carton. Aerial view of an island. Wheel house on Castro's boat, the Granma, that goes aground. Officers and men on the boat. The radio operator sends a message dictated by an officer leading to ambush of the rebels by troops and police loyal to Batista. Soldiers load ammunition, stand guard, and enter gates. Some of Castro's men escape to the Sierra Maestra Mountains. A woman lays flowers on a revolutionists' grave, killed during the ambush by Batista's men. Men with load on horses. They cross a stream. A man with a machine gun. Soldiers advance in the jungle, talk to civilians and rest. Soldiers eat fruits, including girls who have joined Castro's movement. Fidel Castro seated in a chair while a man trims his hair. Soldiers shoot at a plane in the sky. A soldier loads his rifle. A woman stitches a shirt with the name 'JULIO' on it. A woman dries clothes on a clothes line.
Traffic on the Red Mountain Expressway in Birmingham, Alabama. Red Mountain in the background. Hut on the mountain. Light clouds in the sky. Cars and trucks on the highway. Highway through blasted rocks.
Highway through blasted rock in Cullman, Alabama. Truck driven on the road. Clouds in the sky. Trees in the background. Southern Railroad cars atop a railway overpass crossing the highway. Car driven on the road. Traffic on divided highway. Street lights beside road. City in the background. Point of view shots from moving vehicle. At about the 3:35 mark, setting switches to Washington DC, with scenes of buildings and roadway along New York Avenue, and point of view from moving car on New York Avenue. Cars crossing at traffic lights. Various businesses and homes along New York Avenue.
Mental disability affects children 4 times more than Rheumatic Heart Disease, 10 times more than Cerebral Palsy and 600 times more than Polio. Executive Director of Joseph P Kennedy Junior Foundation, Mr R Sargent Shriver comments on agency's grants to combat mental disability. Several mentally disabled women in a room in a mental institution setting. Many mentally disabled children in a room. Psychology Professor, Mr Earl Butterfield emphasizes the role of family in the life of mentally disabled persons and discusses "mentally retarded" persons. Parents of a mentally disabled boy. A child with bandages over his nose in a crib. Medical Director of the institute near the baby. A woman expresses her views about sending mentally disabled children to institutions.
A volunteer helps a mentally disabled girl. Close-up of a sign 'State Department of Health, Mansfield. State Training School and Hospital'. Exterior of the building. A man opens a locked door with a key and enters. Superintendent Verne Kelly, mentions help from the University of Connecticut and its students, participating in a cooperative education program, called the "Big Brother and Big Sister" program, particularly for Mansfield children who have no parents or visitors. He quotes one child as saying "a big sister is someone who knows all about us and still likes us." A mentally disabled girl helped by a volunteer tries to bowl. At first she cries. Then she succeeds and is happy. A boy stands nearby. A wheelchair in the background. The woman and the girl smile.
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