The Museum of Modern Art in New York City during World War II. Visitors look at model display of post-war houses. A woman stands in front of George Fred Keck House. A board reads 'Sun excluded in summer and sun flood room in winter'.
Senator James Mead of New York in Silver Spring, Maryland. Senator James Mead and Mayor of Louisville Wilson Wyatt inspect temporary re-use war housing. Sign board outside a houses read 'Demountable Houses- Prefabrication', 'Temporary War Housing' and 'Portable Family Dwelling'.
A meeting of the Public Housing Council Committee in Silver Spring, Maryland. Mayor of Louisville Wilson Wyatt comes up on a stage and gives a brief speech. He speaks about Temporary War Housing problems and their solutions. He talks about building houses for citizens regardless of creed and color. He also talks about residential and office housing. The committee members are seated on the stage. Immediate post-war era.
Footage of cold war defense simulation exercise: Airmen post information on displays in a Command Post of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC). View of senior officers in upper tier of NORAD Headquarters Command Center or War Room in Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Duty officers communicate by telephone. SAC B-47, B-52, and B-58 bombers are ordered to take off. Command Post duty officer reports to a General. Red telephone (rotary type) on the General's desk. (NORAD is North American Aerospace Defense Command).
The work of African American civil rights leaders in the United States. Ernest Green, one of the "Little Rock Nine" students, encourages black apprenticeships in building trades. Through his work at the Recruitment and Training Program, or RTP, Inc., in Brooklyn, New York City, Ernie Green reaches out and speaks to young black men in need of jobs. Young black workers without jobs stands outside a fenced area and look in at white men working at a construction site. Young black men unemployed on street corners and in front of shops. African American children on a city street, bundled in coats and walking to school. Ernest Green reflecting on the difficulty for black young men in getting jobs and in feeling welcome in the work force. Two young black men talking on a city sidewalk, looking in store windows, and then talking and doing a multiple step hand shake. Blacks in a classroom coaching young minority men in preparation for a sheet metal or other building trade union qualification test. African American men with construction jobs are seen laying bricks for a new building, working with steel beams, pouring cement, and constructing a building. Black workers install building windows and work with a torch on steel girders.
The work of African American civil rights leaders in the United States. Ernie Green, leader of the Recruitment and Training Program. or RTP, Inc. in Brooklyn, New York, is seen in a meeting with officials. Green and others working to create construction trade training opportunities for young unemployed African American men, and any young man who needs assistance. Black and white students exit an integrated high school. African American men and women stand in a queue to cast their votes in an election as narrator notes increase in black voting. Scenes of African American citizens in voting booths. An African American politician running for office greets voters on the street.
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