LITTLE BOY PLAYING CLOSE TO THE STREET HITS BASEBALL
INTO THE ROAD. CU NURSE SLAMS ON THE BRAKES, GETS OUT
OF THE CAR & SEES BOY'S BASEBALL CAP THINKS SHE RAN
HIM OVER. SEES BOY STANDING BY HER CAR HOLDING
BASEBALL. RELIEVED NURSE SMILES AND TAKES THE BOY
INTO COUNTRY STORE

SHOP OWNER TALKS TO NURSE, LEANING OVER THE COUNTER.
INTRODUCES NURSE TO THE BOY. NEW BOY IN TOWN TELLS
THE NURSE ABOUT HIS FAMILY

NURSE GIVES BOY A RIDE HOME FROM COUNTRY STORE.

INTERIOR COUNTRY HOME, LOTS OF KIDS. VISITING NURSE
MAKES A HOUSE CALL. MOTHER LOOKS ILL-AT-EASE, SELF
CONSCIOUS. KIDS LOOK HAPPY. FATHER JOINS THE FAMILY

PARENTS TALK TO THE NURSE ALONE IN THE GARDEN. RUSTIC
WOODEN "ADIRONDACK" CHAIRS.

PREGNANT EXPECTANT MOTHER AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE FOR
PRENATAL CHECKUP. DOCTOR PERFORMS A PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION. HAS A CHEST X-RAY. EARLY 1950s X-RAY
MACHINE.

WOMAN TALKS TO THE DOCTOR ON THE PHONE

DOCTOR TALKS TO PATIENT ON THE PHONE, GIVING WOMAN
BAD NEWS OVER THE TELEPHONE. PATIENT HAS TB.

KIDS COME IN & TALK TO THE NURSE BRIEFLY

1950s SUITCASES. NERVOUS WOMAN GOING INTO THE
HOSPITAL. HUSBAND LENDS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. WOMAN
BROUGHT IN TO CARE FOR THE CHILDREN

WOMAN IN HOSPITAL BED, HUSBAND BY HER SIDE.
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL. HUSBAND HANDS HER HER
KNITTING.

DOCTOR GIVES BOY A SHOT, SISTER WATCHES. GIRL HOLDS
HER DOLL DOCTOR PRETENDS TO GIVE DOLL A SHOT.

WOMAN HELPS FAMILY OUT WHILE MOTHER IS IN HOSPITAL.
WELFARE DEPARTMENT WORKER. TALKS TO FAMILY AT DINNER
TABLE

KIDS GATHER AROUND PIANO, WOMAN PLAYS THE PIANO. THEN
OLDER SISTER PLAYS THE PIANO.

FARM GIRL SHOWS WOMAN AROUND. BARNYARD ANIMALS,
CHICKENS FATHER TAKES EGGS OUT OF BASKET

MAN FLIPS CALENDAR PAGE COUNTING THE DAYS UNTIL WIFE
COMES HOME.

NURSE TALKS TO HOSPITAL RECEPTIONIST

DOCTOR TALKS TO PATIENT'S HUSBAND. CONGRATULATES HIM,
WIFE HAD A BABY BOY

OLDER WOMAN HELPS HUSBAND PLAN FOR WIFE'S RETURN FROM
THE HOSPITAL. MAN WRITES INSTRUCTIONS DOWN. HOME
DEMONSTRATION AGENT INSTRUCTS HUSBAND.

HUSBAND VISITS WIFE IN THE HOSPITAL, STEADY PROGRESS.
SHE IS NOW DRESSED AND SITTING IN VISITING ROOM

WOMEN HAVE HAPPY PHONE CONVERSATION

MOTHER IS HOME AGAIN. FAMILY WATCHES AS BABY IS
WASHED IN PORCELAIN TUB IN KITCHEN. CU HAPPY BABY,
HAPPY FAMILY

FILM ENDS