Children arrive at school in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. Girls and boys enter the building with paint buckets in hand (perhaps lunch buckets). View of a small wooden outhouse or shed behind the school building.
A hand reaching for a green, vintage 1970 corded Princess Telephone and dialing a number. View of the Wright brothers National Memorial in North Carolina. Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright written on the building. The Wright Brother's museum. View of a Wright flyer aircraft flight from roughly 1908. More views from the museum: Sign board under pole reads 'End of 4th Flight, time Distance and pilot: Wilbur'.
Ringling Barnum and Bailey circus clowns are seen cavorting about, near tents and riding on floats. Famous clown Emmett Kelly, doffs his hat from one of the floats. A trembling clown seen tight rope walking. Clowns bring out an "Adam Smasher" and put a clown inside and drop an object on his head. Men perform on a rope. Clowns laugh. Flash forward to Clown College in Venice, Florida where Bill Ballantine, famous ex-clown and Dean of Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus Clown College, addresses a group of aspiring applicants who want to become clowns. A group of people learning to become clowns. People make-up and dress like clowns and perform. Two clowns with Ringling Brothers, Victor Rutz and Herbert Ledesma speak to the show host about being clowns, the frequency of shows, and the challenge of keeping people laughing. They make-up the show host as a clown. Clip finishes with a short bit featuring Legendary Master Clown Lou Jacobs performing with his chihuahua, Knucklehead.
The Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus Clown College in Venice Florida. Clowns perform for the camera. They are seen emerging from two different cars, in two different circus acts. Clown after clown emerges from each car, one is a Volkswagen Beetle. Clowns performing after they get out of the cars.
Face of George Washington appears clearly on the mountain. Blasting near the emerging face followed by eruption of smoke and dust. Two workers are lowered down near the eyes and nose of George Washington's face to carry out finishing touch. Separate sculpture shown at end of clip appears to be a small scale model of what the completed Mount Rushmore work will look like (but it is not very much like the final work).
Glimpse of Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, with U.S. Army troops posted to protect nine African American students enrolling at the school during Civil Rights movement. Scene shifts to after graduation, when Minnijean Brown, one of the nine, strolls the campus of Southern Illinois University, and speaks of wanting to be a writer. She is seen in the office of a newspaper, where she works as a part time reporter, after school. Brown walks on the college campus with Professor Simon. she bicycles and picnics with friends.
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