USS Virginia anchored at Diamond Shoals, off the North Carolina coast. Bomb from U.S. Army Air Service airplane strikes her. Views from low flying airplane of the remains of the Virginia, after repeated bombing by Air Service planes. Her entire superstructure is flattened. The Virginia slowly rolls over and sinks by the stern.
Scenes from the labor dispute and uprising known as the Battle of Blair Mountain. Opening scene shows Sheriff's Deputies firing down upon miners from a hillside in Logan County, West Virginia. One of them is armed with a Model 1917 Browning machine gun. Scene shifts to group of Union miners, cleaning and adjusting their rifles and shotguns. One wears a metal Army helmet. Several more pose for the camera, holding their guns. One of them also wears an Army steel helmet. They check the actions of their weapons. Closeup of one in a steel helmet. Next scene shows miner families leaving the area in horse-drawn wagons. Change of scene shows a group of men boarding a railroad train car. An armed U.S. Army soldier in uniform stands nearby. The final scene shows Sheriff Don Chafin of Logan County, posing with U.S. Army Brigadier General Henry H. Bandholtz.
A seventeen year old African American boy works for packaging of cotton in a village in South Carolina. Packaged bales of cottons are loaded in a horse cart. All workers are African Americans as are the farm owners. View of a white man talking with two elderly African American residents at a farm. The old man and woman living in poor conditions.
A teacher of a segregated African American school in South Carolina, rings the bell for the students to attend the classes. The amenities of the school added by labor of the children and teachers of the school itself. Poor conditions and poverty exemplified by dirty and unsafe outhouse. Views of nicer facilities in white schools. White students playing basketball.
Educational dissimilarities between the people of African American and white origin, in South Carolina. Butler Chapel Shool building made entirely by its African American patron, condemned and closed due to lack of aid from the Government. Views of the broken down building. The pupils of this school packed tightly on two benches sitting outside under sun. Nearby Limestone School for whites enjoys all facilities. View of another, different African American school in disrepair.
Educational dissimilarities between African Americans and whites in South Carollina in USA. Diagram shows differences in policies of the schools for African Americans and whites. Parents send their wards for costly private tuition due to lack of schools. Students of the Moore's Pond School, run by an African American church sit without any desks. They have cracked doors and broken windows. Views of an unused spare school building of whites, to which they are denied use.
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