Man rides horse on dirt road in the southern Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina or eastern Tennessee. 1930s era car drives past. A small bus and several trucks filled with people drive past on the road. A group of men working at a slate quarry. Using large sledge hammers, they hammer wedges into crevices and pry up large pieces of slate. A man puts a piece of slate into position for a building project.
Arrival of the "Traveling Library" at a school house in Campbell County, eastern Tennessee. Sponsored by the then newly formed "Committee to Save the Children", two boys carry a large "Traveling Library" box on a road toward a school serving Appalachian mountain children. They set it on the school steps. Children and a teacher gather around the box. Lettering on the box reads, "Traveling Library, Campbell County. Committee to Save the Children fund." A teacher opens the box and takes a book from inside. The children gather around her as she opens the book. She writes inside one of the books and then hands the book to a school boy.
A meal is prepared and served in the southern appalachian mountains near Campbell County, Tennessee. Group of women gathered in a kitchen fill serving plates and bowls with prepared food. Men and women seated at a table are served the food. Possibly a meal involving Presbyterian or Episcopal mission workers involved in providing training and education to Appalachian communities A bouquet of flowers on the table. A console piano behind a woman seated at the table.
Girls learn pickling at a mission-sponsored industrial or training school in the southern appalachian mountains of Tennessee. Girls in uniform cross a wooden bridge and assemble on a front porch of a school building. Several girls practice techniques for pickling foods in large jars, while other girls look on.
Men carry load towards their destination in Europe. Two women carry branches on their backs. Men with branches on horse carts, being passed on road by car carrying tourists. Views of workers with feet wrapped in cloth (Portyankis) and wearing heavy aprons. Double car electric trams on town street. People hang on back of trams, a man runs for one. Camels draw carts loaded with logs.
Ordinary Russians with their children and belongings preparing to board a ship on the Volga River in Russia. People board the ship with their belongings and bedding. Some people take food on board the ship. Some passengers sleep on deck. First class passengers seen in upper deck dining room. Scenes along the Volga River as the steamer is underway. Nighttime scenes Men and women sleep on the bunk beds in the ship.
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