Americans celebrate 200th Anniversary of United States at Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC. View of Washington Monument across the reflecting pool in Washington DC, United States. Georgia, Massachusetts and Connecticut written on outer edge of Lincoln Memorial building (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States). Singing Choir stands on steps of Lincoln Memorial. Celebration begins with sunrise services, led by Reverend John Steinbruck, Pastor of Luther Place Memorial Church, Washington, DC. People pray with candles in hand and thereafter float them in water of the reflecting pool.
U.S. Destroyer Escort USS Brennan, DE-13,underway. U.S. navy crew aboard the ship. View at shipbuilding area of Bethlehem Steel in Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel is laid and shipbuilders busy on day 60 of construction of DE-677, the USS Frament. Scenes of construction. Welding steel plate. DE-677 is christened USS Frament and launched on June 28, 1943. Destroyer Escorts at pier, being fitted out. New ship's crew assembled on pier and boards for shakedown cruise. Supplies and munitions loaded on board the ship, including ammunition, depth charges, and torpedoes ("tin fish").
A meeting of Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth is shown. The meeting is attended by Clarke Bailey, M.D., Chairman, Harlan County Planning Council; Dr. Latham Hatcher, President, Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth; Arthur W Dodd, Acting Director, Pine Mountain School; James A Cawood, Superintendent, County Public Schools; E M Norsworthy, County Director of Guidance; Dr. Joseph Van Vleck, Professor of Sociology, Harford Theological Seminary and Dr. Paul Cressey, Professor of Sociology, Wheaton College Massachusetts. Dr Latham addresses the meeting. All members express their views also.
A meeting of Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth is shown. The meeting is attended by Clarke Bailey, MD, Chairman, Harlan County Planning Council; Dr. Latham Hatcher, President, Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth; Arthur W Dodd, Acting Director, Pine Mountain School; James A Cawood, Superintendent, County Public Schools; E.M. Norsworthy, County Director of Guidance; Dr. Joseph Van Vleck, Professor of Sociology, Harford Theological Seminary; Dr. Paul Cressey, Professor of Sociology, Wheaton College Massachusetts and Wilfred Bradshaw, Juvenile Court Judge, Indianapolis,Indiana . Dr Latham addresses the gathered members of the meeting. All members also express their views .
Map of United States showing location of a power plant of Connecticut. A woman in 1960's dress (Leslie Franzos) dances happily in her living room in front of a window air conditioner. Electric supply lines and power plants showing growth in the sector. Sunset and a graph with wavy lines depicting the limitation of non-renewable sources of power. Views of coal and oil production, pipeline, and transportation facilities including rail trains moving on tracks. Narrator describes fossil fuel supplies as abundant but finite. 1960's woman dances in front of graph depicting rising power demand through the decades ahead. Animation of names of various electricity producing companies. Model of the nuclear power plant of the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company. 1960's fashion woman dances in front of model holding blueprints. Animation of map showing location of the plant. Aerial view of actual site of the plant. Sketch of the plant. Animated model of the functioning reactor and cooling system to be used by the plant. A submarine with reactor fitted. Pictures of nuclear power plants in use at Rowe Massachusetts and Shippingport Pennsylvania. Knobs and on-off of lights on a panel. View of interior control room at the Yankee Rowe nuclear power station. Group of executives in suits touring the Yankee Rowe nuclear plant grounds. Design architect at desk in an office reviews blueprints for nuclear plant.
Men speaking about a planned new nuclear power plant from Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company. They talk about safety and security of environment and other issues related to the plant. Model of the power plant is shown and color scheme of buildings in the Haddam Neck project is discussed. Map of United States showing location of power plant at Haddam Neck, Connecticut. Next segment shows various potential uses of electric power that will be generated by the power plant: Skiers ride a chairlift at a Vermont ski area. Skiers at top of mountain put on skis and prepare to ski on the snow covered mountain. A farmer milking a cow with an electric milking machine. Students in a school classroom in New Hampshire, with a male teacher seen assisting a young student. A man seated in a red leather chair in front of a stone fireplace in a hunting lodge somewhere in New England. View of stadium lights and elevated wide view of Fenway Park baseball stadium in Massachusetts, home of the Boston Red Sox. View of colored stage lights at Jazz festival in Rhode Island and view of jazz musicians playing together at the festival (presumably Newport Jazz Festival), including Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet. A trio plays bass, trumpet, and saxophone. Aerial view of lights illuminating runway and approach at an airport in Connecticut. View of workers in heavy industry and machine parts in factories. Exterior view of Sikorsky Aircraft headquarters building, with sign" Sikorsky Aircraft, Division of United Aircraft Corporation." A Sikorsky S-62 helicopter is seen lifting off from a landing site in front of the building.