A phosphate mine in the United States. Revolving drums. Piles of rock at the mine. A worker points towards phosphate rock on the ground. Two men leave the mine tunnel. A rock comes out on an endless belt and drops to the ground. A steam shovel picks it up and deposits it in a huge hopper. The rock placed on the surface.
Sports photography in the United States. A rock climber with a camera hangs by a rope on a mountain. Rock climbers climb a mountain peak using a rope. A cameraman speaks about rock climbing. Men lower themselves on a mountain with the help of a rope. A cameraman takes out camera from a bag. He places the camera on a tripod. Cameraman shoots the rock climbers. A para glider or powered hang glider in air. Man speaks about the dangers involved in filming extreme sports. A man climbs an ice wall using ice axes and crampons. An extreme skier is seen skiing on a very steep slope in an avalanche prone area. The skier loses his balance, falls, loses his skis, and continues to slide and tumble down the mountain for a great distance, out of control.
The various types of drills and bits used for drilling into rocks in the United States. An iron mine in northern New York. Men work on rocks in 40 to 100 feet deep mines. Rotators or automatic hammers being used to cut into rocks by a man. The rotators being operated by a hand as they drill into an ore bench in a mine. A man operates a hand rotator to break a large rock fragment.
Federal troops arrive in Little Rock,Arkansas to restore law and order follow court rulings on desegregation in schools. Troops march through residential areas. Shows soldiers of the 101st US-Airborne Division of United States escorting the Little Rock Nine (African American/African-American students) to Little Rock Central High school under civil rights integration orders.
Volunteers provide education to the mentally disabled children in Connecticut, United States. A map hung on a wall. Narrator mentions that in 1959 the Connecticut Legislature created the "State Office of Mental Retardation." Mr. Bert Schmikel, Head of that office, points at the map and expresses his views about education for the mentally disabled children. Several children around a table. A woman helps them. A child tries to wear shoes. Another child wears a cap. A man helps as some mentally disabled children get off a car. A bespectacled boy with the American Flag. A mentally disabled girl and an African American boy. Two ladders placed horizontally on a table. The ladders are placed side by side in such a way that the rungs of the two ladders do not correspond to each other. A girl walks by placing her feet between the rungs of the ladders. A woman teaches needlework to a boy. A disabled girl fiddles with the zip of the hood of a boy's coat. A man stands nearby.
Map of United States showing location of a power plant of Connecticut. A woman in 1960's dress (Leslie Franzos) dances happily in her living room in front of a window air conditioner. Electric supply lines and power plants showing growth in the sector. Sunset and a graph with wavy lines depicting the limitation of non-renewable sources of power. Views of coal and oil production, pipeline, and transportation facilities including rail trains moving on tracks. Narrator describes fossil fuel supplies as abundant but finite. 1960's woman dances in front of graph depicting rising power demand through the decades ahead. Animation of names of various electricity producing companies. Model of the nuclear power plant of the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company. 1960's fashion woman dances in front of model holding blueprints. Animation of map showing location of the plant. Aerial view of actual site of the plant. Sketch of the plant. Animated model of the functioning reactor and cooling system to be used by the plant. A submarine with reactor fitted. Pictures of nuclear power plants in use at Rowe Massachusetts and Shippingport Pennsylvania. Knobs and on-off of lights on a panel. View of interior control room at the Yankee Rowe nuclear power station. Group of executives in suits touring the Yankee Rowe nuclear plant grounds. Design architect at desk in an office reviews blueprints for nuclear plant.
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