A film about the activities of a family in the United States in the early 1950s. A dramatization : A girl wipes a table and serves men in a restaurant. She walks up to a group of youngsters to serve. She notices a dress in a newspaper as a girl points to it. The girl stands outside a shop looking at the dress. Her housewife mother and grandmother stitch sitting in chairs. The husband in the family and a boy sit in the living room reading newspapers. The boy goes and sits with the father on a sofa. The family talks. The father and the son play chess. The mother homemaker shows a paper cutting to her husband and insists him to buy a sewing machine. The family discusses about the machine. The girl enters with a new dress. The father scolds the girl. The girl runs out of the house. The father moves around in the house. The mother talks over a telephone and writes in a register. The grandmother serves a cup of tea or coffee. She places a glass of milk on the sofa. The father picks up the telephone. The father and the mother rush out of the house. The grandmother and the boy sit on the sofa. The grandmother hugs the boy. The parents walk towards a man in search of their daughter. The man points towards the girl. They rush to the girl and hug her. They walk into their house. The grandmother hugs the girl. The boy hangs his shirt. The girl and the grandmother sitting at a table drink. The father apologizes to the daughter. The grandmother explains to the family. The family members sit and listen.
The film 'American Women and the social change-women and their family' about working women in the United States in new roles that do not fit traditional homemaker and housewife stereotypes, or that were traditionally jobs held by men. Women walk across a street. A woman laughs. Women practice dance. A woman works as a dentist. Two women bird trainers. A woman plays a violin and another woman sings. A woman officer takes an oath. A woman teaches. A woman works on equipment. A woman in a meeting. Women work in a workshop. A woman paints. A woman looks into a microscope. A doctor checks a child. American sociologist Jessie Bernard of the National institute of Education talks to Edna G. Rostow, a mental hygiene consultant at the Yale University, about the change in the life style of women and the reason behind it.
A film about problems faced by working women in the United States. American sociologist Jessie Bernard and Edna G. Rostow, a mental hygiene consultant at the Yale University, discuss about old traditions responsible for the changes in the life of women and the democratic values that an American family inculcates in children. They talk about freedom given to American women and the difference in the environment in which they grow up from that in the rest of the world.
A film about problems and challenges faced by women in the United States in the 1970s, as the traditional roles of women are changing, with more women in the workplace working to balance home life. American sociologist Jessie Bernard and Edna G. Rostow, a mental hygiene consultant at the Yale University, discuss that often women don't think that men are contributing much towards their progress. The pattern of the society being industrialized and nuclear families creating more problem for women to balance between their social and professional work lives. They insist upon development of child care centers and fathers' contribution in the development of children. They discuss about women going to work in urban and industrial areas.
The orbital flight of Friendship 7 during project Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying John Herschel Glenn Jr from the United States. Operators in a communication room. Operators speak over a microphone. Operators check weather reports. Operators at controls. John Herschel Glenn Jr wearing a pressure suit in the Mercury-Atlas 6. Camels loaded walk past a tower. Screen shows the path of the Mercury-Atlas 6. John Herschel Glenn Jr inside the Mercury-Atlas 6. Indian ocean as recorded by Mercury-Atlas 6. A ship in the Indian ocean. A communication tower. Operators in control room. A chart shows frequency variations. Control towers at night. Mercury tracking of the path of spacecraft.
The orbital flight of Friendship 7 under project Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying John Herschel Glenn Jr from the United States. A communication tower. Operators speak on a microphone in the communication room. A screen tracks the path traveled by Friendship 7 . A technician writes on a control panel. Technicians communicate with each other. Mercury tracking of the spacecraft shows the path traveled and two circles stop glowing as the contact is lost. A communication tower and control room on a beach area. Mercury tracking system shows Friendship 7 departing from its path and altitude due to failure of the inter system. The equipment on tower to control the path of Mercury-Atlas 6 manually. Cattle walk past the control center at night.
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