601 racers participate at 71st Boston marathon in Massachusetts. Runners shown include Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to run the marathon. The narrator claims that the "leggy lady" was jostled off the course and did not finish, but that is incorrect. Race official Jock Semple tried to remove her, but her boyfriend who was running with her stopped him and she finished the race as number 261. Dave McKenzie of New Zealand finishes first. Tom Laris and Yutaka Oaki of Japan follow. A man hugs McKenzie after he wins the race.
Lucky Hofmaier walks on his hands in Germany as people look on. He is on his way from Rosenberg to Rome and aims to reach Rome in 38 days.
A documentary about Project Breakthrough by the office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Program to teach preschool children language skills in Chicago region (Cook County, Illinois.) Film begins showing various parts of a "Talking typewriter." A very young African American girl is seen talking near the device. A young African American boy is seen pounding the keys of the device. Pamela Jung, one of the project officials, is seen talking into a telephone. She is next seen explaining the talking typewriter to an interviewer, and noting that the children involved perceive it as a game. Another woman official tells the interviewer that the devise is a computerized typewriter, containing a keyboard, voice audio, and screens. A small African American girl is seen entering the booth housing the Talking typewriter. Inside the booth, she tentatively touches some of the keys. As she does so, a voice identifies the keys she actuated (in this case the numbers: 7, 4, ...). Another girl, in the booth, looks all around to see what it contains. One woman, involved in the project, holds a phone as she views a subject in the booth. Camera shows the boy, seen earlier, looking all around the booth and another girl, each trying to find the source of the person talking. A woman in the project explains that the children chosen to participate in the project are from three housing projects in one low income housing area, where poor families are receiving public assistance.
A documentary about Project Breakthrough, by the office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Program to teach preschool children language skills in Cook County, Illinois. Views on city streets of Chicago where residents live in poverty. African American people gathered in small groups. African American children on sidewalks and in small groups. AFrican American men talking together in front of store fronts. Litter and garbage on the street. Poor people, mainly African Americans, on the streets. An African American girl crosses the street. A woman carrying a child walks along the sidewalk. Close-up view of legs and shoes of people walking atop litter on the street. Director of Cook County Department of Public Aid William H Robinson seated at a desk.
A documentary about Project Breakthrough by the office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Program to teach preschool children language skills in Chicago area (Cook County, Illinois). The Director of Cook County Department of Public Aid William H Robinson says that the project is correctly named 'Project Breakthrough' as it aims at breaking the ring of poverty. Director Robinson states that functional illiteracy is the main cause of poverty. Director and Originator of the project A Louie Scott says that they aim to undertake to teach children from disadvantaged families before they start their formal education. Mrs. Juan Tracey, an educator also speaks about the aim of Project Breakthrough. Mary Brown, an aid to case workers, with a child. She says that this project will enable children to learn and contribute to the society.
A documentary about Project Breakthrough by the office of Economic Opportunity Community Action Program to teach preschool children language skills in the Chicago region (Cook County, Illinois.) Project Supervisor for Special Cases Jenine Bloomberg speaks about how the mothers of 4-5 year old children were invited for tea and explained about the project. Juan Tracey, an educator, says that with the help of case workers mothers were contacted and invited. Director and Originator of the project A. Louie Scott addresses the mothers of 4-5 years old children. Director Scott explains about the Project Breakthrough and how it could benefit their children. Mothers get their questions answered by the Director. Interested mothers make an appointment for testing their children. Juan Tracey shares how the children were tested and research was conducted after dividing them into experimental and control groups.
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