Writer Gertrude Stein speaks briefly and then reads part of libretto from her opera "From Four Saints in Three Acts" the famous lines "Pigeons on the grass, alas,...." (Sound is poor)
A dog with a collar lies on the ground. It gets up. A dog lies on sand. He sits up. A very old unpainted wood frame house, sagging in the middle, and having two outside chimneys and roughly patched roof. Exterior view of Farmer's Bank. A man inside the bank pulls down a "closed" sign at the door and comes out and locks the door. Three African American men pass on the sidewalk. Road sign shows U.S. Highway 158.
An unpainted wooden frame two-story house surrounded by trees. African American man, carrying a parcel, walks past the house. A barren farm field. A dilapidated farm house with the farmer sawing wood beside it. His wife stands nearby. Later, the farmer saws wood in front of his house, while his wife and several children sit and watch. African American girl holds a book. Inside, an African American boy sits on the ground, beside the house. Children sit on ground. A shy little girl poses.
A wooden house surrounded by trees. Another wooden house in the background. Flowers and grass in front of the houses. Row of wooden houses. Row of newer houses. Unpaved roads in front of the houses. Trees in the background.
Giulio Gatti Casazza, manager of Metropolitan Opera in New York City comes out of a room. A woman's photograph, documents and other articles lying on a table. Giulio Gatti Casazza takes out photographs of opera stars in various roles, including Enrico Caruso, in Pagliacci. He sits on a chair in his office. A telephone is kept on the table. He looks at photographs.
View from balcony, of singers filling the stage at Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, during performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida. View of smaller cast group from onstage. View from balcony.