Clip opens with ground level views of a suburban American neighborhood with homes along neighborhood streets. That scene is then contrasted with poor conditions of slum area near Gulf Port, Mississippi. A car being parked in front of a house. An African American child sits near water collected outside a slum. A man standing near dilapidated homes and shacks. A child plays with a puppy. Three children walking. Some children stands outside slum. Drainage water in front of a slum. A poorly formed hut. Poor conditions of slum area near the Gulf coast of Mississippi. Aerial view of suburban houses under the Forest heights pilot project that provides 200 low income families with government sponsored public houses. Final scene is aerial view of a suburb area in the United States showing many new suburban homes that have been built.
Women being trained for home care under the Forest Heights housing project of the Department of Housing and Urban development, in Mississippi, United States. A trainer distributes pamphlets related to house keeping to women. The trainer elaborates the women about things related to the kitchen. She now elaborates how to keep the stove clean. A woman cleans the stove in the kitchen. An African American child takes an apple out of the refrigerator. A lady wipes the carpet. A lady opens the shelf which contains first aid medicine. Some ladies in the general store. An African American man and a woman sit in a room. The man feeds milk to a child with milk bottle. Some men being trained to diagnose maintenance problems in home. A man demonstrates the maintenance related to flush in the bathroom. Two men replace the door of a house. Three women enter the House of Ideas. National Council of African American Women assists the women to beautify their homes at low cost. Women being trained to make curtains, growing and making flowers. Women learn to decorate the home using decorator art.
A demonstration about clearing underwater obstacles and mines with charges and explosives in Florida, United States. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 100 % completed '. A sign on another paper reads 'Project 219 Reddy Fish'. Reddy fish explosives mounted on a torpedo at a beach in Florida for clearing underwater obstacles and mines. Reddy fish explosives aboard a Landing Craft Mechanized underway at sea. Reddy fish explosives being launched with the help of a torpedo. A fiery flare appears and the torpedo demobilizes. A man preses a remote control button and Reddy fish explosives detonate causing an explosion in water. The resultant 60 feet passage blasted by the explosive. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 81 % completed '. A sign on a paper reads ' Project 228 Hell Fish '. Hell Fish, a 1700 pound explosive charge, is attached to a Mark13 torpedo. The Hell Fish being launched at sea. An explosion occurs in water due to detonation. A passage cleared as a result of the explosion for landing crafts. A man puts a seal on a paper that reads ' 81% completed '.
A tornado and floods result in damage in Texas, United States. Damaged houses due to the tornado in Fort Worth. Damaged roof of a house. Wooden structures on the ground. In Panhandle cars submerged in water after the floods hit the city. Water flows on the streets. A car passes through a flooded street. A water puddle in a field. Water gushes at great speed.
African American colleges in the United States during World War II. College curricula adjusts to war needs as they prepare students for various military and civilian occupations including war factory production and war manufacturing. A sign reads ' Hampton Institute visitors welcome' at Hampton Institute, presently known as Hampton University (100 E Queen St, Hampton, VA 23669), in Hampton, Virginia. Exteriors of buildings on the campus. An educator welcomes students from other countries for taking up a course at the institute. Students in a class take lessons in radio operation and construction. Students in a chemistry laboratory learn to develop new war material. Science students train to become laboratory technicians. An African American student conducts a test on bacteria in food caused by handling. Hampton Institute provides laboratory facilities for training of nurses. Students in a ground school class. The students work on machines as they weld metal pieces. A farm management course for girls by the Agriculture Department of the Institute. Girls operate a tractor as they plant corn in a field. Dairy farming lessons being conducted as girls watch a man as he milks a cow. Students conduct research on food and the importance of soybean over meat. Students broadcast programs related to research results, improved diet and raising better crop. They take up lessons in surveying and topography. Cadets of institute regiment march. A sign reads ' U.S. motor transport shops'. The students learn to work on motor parts. U.S. Army trucks being repaired at the shop. Engineering Department of the institute trains men for the U.S. Navy. The cadets march. A clock tower in the background.
U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. Chairman Joint Chief of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, USAF Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W Anderson, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps Commandant David M Shoup alight from a U.S. Air Forces VC-135 aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base. The officers being greeted by Commander of SAC General Thomas S Power and Vice Commander Lieutenant General John P McConell. The officers talk and shake hands. The officers leave the air force base in staff cars as SAC elite guards salute.
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