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. Hazard, Kentucky: A large crowd gathered in a market place. People look out from windows. The U.S. flag hangs from a building. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys perform 'John Henry'. People listen and watch. Men, women and children in the crowd.
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'. The music shows influences of gospel music, appalachian folk music, and bluegrass influences. 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).
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 and musician 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 (example of appalachian music and early bluegrass.) Holcomb farms his land. He gets into bed and retires for the night.
Troops of U.S. special forces near a river in Vietnam. Soldiers carry M-16 rifles and fire from them.
Vietnamese soldiers in camouflaged suits assault boat. Accompanying them is a U.S. soldier carrying an M-16 rifle. Soldier pushes assault boat into river and starts engine, boat moves in the river.
A soldier walks in a forest area, sees a scope instrument. A close view of scope instrument, Model BC-200. A U.S. soldier holding an MC-16, looks at the target.
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