Rural Electrification Administration (REA) supplies electricity and improve the conditions of farmers in St. Clairsville,Ohio. Smoke and pollution exhaust from stacks near factories. Smoke passing through electricity transmission towers near the factories. REA workers erect poles and install electrical transformers. View of electrical wires leading into home. A farmer switches on a light switch and points to light turning on and off. Farm women rings dinner bell. Farmer drives tractor towards farm house. Woman shows new electric oven to husband. Pies are put into oven to bake. Man goes into basement and connects electrical well pump and demonstrates water pressure by turning shower faucets. Close up view of hand of a boy as he tunes the dial on a radio and listens to the radio in the family living room. His father enters and turns on a table lamp as they listen to the radio. Man examines electrical water pump in the basement located beside hot water heater. He plugs in the water pump. Close up view of the belt-driven pump running. Man tests pressure of water coming from shower. Girl fills ice cube tray at faucet and puts ice cube tray into freezer. Woman puts away hurricane lamp in a cupboard now that house has electricity for night time lights. Boy takes a shower. Man washes his hands at a sink.
Improved conditions after electricity supply in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Scenes of an improved stable with electrically-pumped water supply. Cows drinking water from trough, chicks in a warmed incubator, man pouring cows milk into milk can. Milk can cooled by water run from faucet into sink. Horses drinking water pouring from faucet. Men cutting wood with powered saw, woman washes clothes in early electric washing machine, girl irons clothes with electric iron, man using electric grinder for sharpening. Light on pole illuminates outside of farm house. Man walks into lit farmhouse with hot meal prepared by woman using electric range.
Women and children join picket lines during miner's strike in Saint Clairsville, Ohio. A sign reads "Strike on here Stay Away help us beat the Oppressor". A man on loudspeaker implores other to join them. Smoke rises. People see through windows. Policemen stand, keeping a watchful eye on conditions.
Reception in honor of American astronaut John Herschel Glenn Junior after he successfully orbited the earth in Friendship 7. American astronaut John H Glenn and his wife wave as they disembark the aircraft in New Concord, Ohio. Family and friends greet and receive them. Civilians lined up on either side of the street to greet Glenn and his wife as they move in a motorcade.
Various courses at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Cars on a street. Buildings and trees in the college campus. Students in a classroom. Students read in a library and take part in various sports like volleyball, baseball, obstacle race, swimming and tennis. A teacher interacts with the students during a lecture. The students take down notes and exchange ideas. A speaker at a podium as he addresses the students about the work study program. A statue of Horace Mann, the first President of Antioch College.
Students of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The students interact after gaining experience in co-op jobs. This improve the relationship of students. The students read near a fireplace in a room. The students work at a farm as they work to produce food. A joint student- teacher meeting about the role of college during World War II. The students get trained in citizenship and future leadership. Various student activist committees. Signs reads ' Public Relations' , ' Community participation' , 'Girl liberties committee' . The students look at pictures put up on a board. A girl at a typewriter. The students work in a laboratory.
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