Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan, at his winter home, "Villa Serena," in Miami, Florida, looks at book with his grandson, John Bryant Leavitt. He blows a kiss to the cinematographer (presumably family member). Bryan and his grandson fish from a dock.
A report on educational dissimilarities between whites and African Americans in South Carolina. Graphic representations of proportion of illiterate African American population in the state. A village of African Americans with shacks and no roads shows their poverty. African American women working in fields. A 17 year old boy works in cotton fields and drives a horse cart, which keeps him from school.
Graphics showing the differences between schools of black and white people in South Carolina in USA. An amendment of U.S. Constitution stating right of equality and liberty. Differences in teachers' salary. A segregated school for black children is shown. Girl student sweeps the school compound. Students of a segregated school.
Educational inequalities between children of white and African American communities. African American students and teachers standing outside a dilapidated house donated by the Mt. Arat Baptist Church. House is being refurbished as a school. Charts depict that the state government provides only the small salary to the teachers and nothing for facilities at the school for black students. Pupils of this school are seen gathering on the front porch of the school, which has limited basic infrastructure and inadequate facilities, including no toilets for the students. (As the students and teachers gather on the porch, the last man walking out behind them and crossing the porch is Thurgood Marshall, who was documenting these conditions on film during a trip together with Charles Hamilton Houston). Next scene shows a building close to this school that is not in use but has not been given to the black school. Views of nearby school for white students called Richberg School (or possibly Richburg School), 2 miles away, which enjoys good facilities. Buildings, water pump, and transportation buses of Richberg School are seen.
O. John Rogge, legal counsel for David Greenglass appears before Senator McCarthy's Subcommittee, investigating Army Signal Corps Subversion and Espionage, and states that his client, Mr. Greenglass will cooperate fully with the Subcommittee.
U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, Chairman of Subcommittee investigating Army Signal Corps Subversion and Espionage, and Subcommittee Chief Counsel, Roy Cohn, question a witness about the access of Army Signal Corps contractors to classified information. They conclude contractors had access up to and including information classified as "Secret." Mr. Cohn and Senator McCarthy decide to call Joseph Livitsky to testify. Senator McCarthy states that Livitsky was involved with the Rosenberg spy ring and Mr. Cohn concurs.
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