A sad looking boy stands near steep iron stairs of a run-down tenement in a poor, blue-collar mill or mining town during the great depression. Workers with lunch buckets descend steep steps. Steam locomotive belches smoke and pollution. A woman stands on porch of house and watches as boys run across railroad tracks to school, in front of oncoming steam locomotive and train. The boys run back across the tracks again. A man with a peg leg breaks up coal in his back yard and brings some into his dwelling in a bucket. An African American man enters his shack. A woman throws dishwater from her back porch. Women and children on wooden stairs and porches Black smoke streaming from industrial mill stacks.Girl with doll and boy with puppy. Boy and girl at doorway. Huge amounts of smoke from mills and locomotives in nearby rail yard. Little blond girl with dirty face. A man washes his face and hands using a wash basin. A woman cooks food on coal stove. Smoke emitted by chimney in the house. Black smoke and smog from steam locomotive. Black smoke from steam shovel. Steam and smoke from numerous locomotives in rail yard.
Agricultural practices by African American men in South Carolina, United States. View of cracked, dry farm land. African American man plows field using mule drawn plow. Houses in the background. Two men inspect the field
Preparation for the 1984 summer Olympics in Los Angeles,United States. Written on a wall 'California State University Dominguez Hills'. A curved race track. A board reads 'Rider Time'. Seats around the race course. A watch tower with a ladder in its front. Sprinklers used to wet the ground.
Invention of the incandescent lamp by Thomas Edison in the United States. A dramatization: Thomas Edison lying down on a table. His assistants enter the room. Edison walks towards a burning lamp. All the men observe the lamp. A diagram shows the series system of electrical current movement using a 500 Volt generator.
A U.S. Navy film 'I'm a civilian here myself' depicts rehabilitation of sailors in the United States. Sketches of a cartoon depict what a civilian is and also that the sailors were once civilians. Robert Benchley introduces himself. He talks about how to make a civilian out of a sailor and about a separation center where sailors would be taught how to return to civilian life. He says there is a civilian in every sailor. The film shows scenes of a separation center. Boys relax around a swimming pool and a few women near by.
Rehabilitation of U.S. sailors. A dramatization: Sailors sit on chairs and read. Robert Benchley wears civilian clothes and a button to differentiate him from the civilians. He goes to a bar. The bar attendant asks him for his id-card. Security men stand near him. He depicts the good and the sour moments experienced by the sailors in civilian life.
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