Feature film. Summary from LC Cumulative Copyright Catalog: 'Based on the story by W.L. White. A documentary study of the Negro's plight in surmounting the barriers of discrimin...

Reel 1 8mm box notes: To Anna Harris, Manchester, Vermont. Picnic at Arlington [VT], Fishing in high heels Ha. Lottie, Sam, Flora, Nelee, Katie, Carl. First of summer. Date code...;Reel 1 color, shrinkage (jumping in gate) and dirt. Car in background, woman with brown and white spaniel on lawn. Spring: apple tree in blossom with four women playing on la...

Reel 3 color. Dance party in yard, starts with one story house, two women and a child (girl) walking. Then picnic table with drinks on it under trees. Lawn swing. People start...;Reel 3 box notes: To Anna Harris, Manchester, Vermont. Date code 1949. Bob's Party Aug. 1949.

Reel 5. b&w top of frame entirely obscured, just seeing feet at bottom of frame. Then bottom of frame blocked, child in yard visible at top of frame. This footage is unusable....;Reel 5 box notes: To Anna Harris, Manchester, Vermont. 1/2 good. Bob. Norma Billy & ? Peggy Goodbye.

Reel 6 color, mold and dirt at head. Man in shorts, glasses, hat walks to car, opens car door and sits down. Another man in a bow tie approaches a jeep, pats two dogs, walks le...;Reel 6 box notes: To Anna Harris, Manchester, Vermont. Max. Annie. Katie. Bob. Carrie. Anne. Lois? Della and Bill. Laura? party. Date code 1949

Reel 8 color. African Americans in garden with woody station wagon in back by driveway. Flowers in garden around them. Both men and women. Man and woman sit together on lawn c...;Reel 8 box notes: To Anna Harris, Manchest, Vermont. Katie. Bob. Flora, Ettie. N & C. Dona Winnie & Al. Sept 1949. Date code 1949. [on back of box, Winnie, Winnie]

Reel 9 color. Young boy in glasses, hair slicked back, ECU, walking. Woman in garden, walks to camera. Brick deck with window boxes. [Pray House, Manchester, Vermont.] African ...;Reel 9 box notes:To Anna Harris, Manchester, Vermont. Bee Fly one? Mrs. Wilbur. Eliza Mrs. Palmer. Billie. Peggy. A.E & Mrs. Eato

Woman walks dog outside house. African American woman with little boy in yard by picket fence. African American woman with shovel removes weeds; she is wearing a dress. She ha...;Reel 10 box notes: To Anna Harris, Manchester, Vermont. Last roll of summer Fun. Oct. 1949. Clytie. Ellen. Mrs. Lucy. Katie. Msg & drop? Anna. Margaret. a plane. Charles &a...

color, very dirty. Woman in apron with hound dog, African American woman in suit (this is her dog?) They are outside at 1775 numbered white house. By covered bridge, child, wo...;Reel 11 box notes: From A.B. Harris, Manchester, Vermont. Katie 12-49. Vermont. Covered bridge. Mayers. Date code 1949.

color. Teenage boy with still camera. He is wearing a plaid shirt. He has a bicycle, rides between stone walls. Cars in background by garage. Then he rides toward camera. A ma...;Reel 12 box note: To Anna Harris, Manchester, Vermont. Air Marshal. Car from Canada & ?. Mary. Lillian & Mrs. Susie. N[unreadable] Tony. Date code 1949.