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1965MINORITIES
DRAMATIZES THE PROBLEMS OF THE "HIDDEN AMERICANS", THE 16 MILLION RURAL POOR WHO HAVE BEEN BYPASSED IN THIS NATION'S DRIVE TOWARD AFFLUENCE. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MOUNTAIN HOLLOWS AT END OF DIRT ROADS AND IN BYPASSED COMMUNITIES DESCRIBE THEIR PROBLEMS, PRIVATIONS, & HOPES. SHOWS WHAT MANY RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE DOING, WITH GOVERNMENT HELP, TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, JOB-TRAINING, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, & SELF-HELP PROJECTS.
SOCIAL COMMENTARY ON POVERTY AND WORKING POOR. IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES.

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SLEEPING CHILD OF POVERTY. BABY SLEEPS IN SOILED CLOTHING. MONTAGE DIRTY FACES OF SMALL CHILDREN.
CHILD HANGS OFF OF HIS FATHERS LEG.
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RAMSHACKLED HOUSING. POVERTY STRICKEN FAMILY ON RURAL FARM. YOUNG MAN CHOPS WOOD WITH AX WHILE SMALL BOY COLLECTS FIREWOOD.
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MONTAGE FACES OF DISTRESSED AND DISPLACED MEN
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EXTERIOR RURAL WOOD CABIN. POOR BLACK CHILD SITS ON PORCH OF RUNDOWN SHACK. MAN STANDS IN MIDDLE OF DRY FIELD AND LOOKS AROUND. DOG PLAYS AT MAN'S ANKLES.
POOR RURAL FARMING COMMUNITY.
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SMALL ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE. WOOD BURNING STOVE IN CENTRE OF SCHOOL ROOM. BLACK TEACHER AT HEAD OF CLASS.
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YOUNG WHITE BOYS IN CLASSROOM LOOK OVER THEIR SCHOOL BOOKS.
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OLD MAN BENT OVER SLIGHTLY WALKS PAST FALLEN DOWN DECREPIT STONE BUILDING. HOPELESSNESS.
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UNEDUCATED RURAL MAN TALKS ABOUT HIS POVERTY AND LACK OF EDUCATION. POVERTY STRICKEN COUNTRY FOLK.
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RUNDOWN SHACK, DOOR BROKEN OFF THE HINGES, SCREEN IN DISREPAIR.
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YOUNG MAN STANDS IN THE DOORWAY OF RURAL SHACK.
CHICKENS LOOSE IN BKGD. MAN STARES INTO DISTANCE.
YOUNG BLONDE GIRL WITH DARK CIRCLES UNDER EYES AND SCRATCH ON HER FACE. RURAL FARM CHILDREN.
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YOUNG CHILDREN IN RURAL CLASSROOM.
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DESK CLERK AT WELFARE OFFICE FILLS OUT PAPERWORK FOR NEEDY MAN.
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MIDDLE AGED FARMER STOKES WOOD BURNING STOVE WITH WOOD. FARMERS WIFE WASHES POT IN KITCHEN SINK.
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PANS POVERTY STRICKEN RURAL FARM. FARMER STARES OUT OVER WET FIELDS. TIRED, HOPELESS LOOKING FARMER, DARK CIRCLES AND HEAVY LINES UNDER MAN'S EYES. LOOKS DEFEATED AND SAD.
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PAN VAST OPEN FIELD.
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MAN SITS ON PORCH OF BROKEN-DOWN SHACK AND TALKS ABOUT THE SOCIETY-COMMUNIY LOST.
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VIEW THROUGH OPEN DOOR OF SHACK. NEGLECTED WOOD SHACK LEFT IN DISREPAIR.
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CU OIL BURNING LANTERN LEFT BROKEN BY PORCH STEP.
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OLD BROKEN DOWN TRACTOR LEFT IN DISREPAIR.
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RURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE.
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RURAL AMERICAN FARMER TALKS ABOUT FARM DEMONSTRATIONS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
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RURAL FARMERS UNLOAD CANE CROP FROM BACK OF PICK UP TRUCK.
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MILL WORKER BOILS CANE IN LARGE VAT. STEAM FROM BOILER SURROUNDS WORKER AS HE STIRS VAT.
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WORKER READS THERMOMETER PLACED IN STEAMING VAT OF CANE.
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PAN LARGE FIELD DOTTED WITH TREES AND SHRUBS.
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RURAL AMERICAN FARMER TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER TO HIS SMALL FARMING COMMUNITY.
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SMALL WATER DAM MADE OF BRUSH AND MAN-MADE WATER DAM.
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RURAL FARM CHILDREN PLAY IN SCHOOL YARD. STAND IN CIRCLE AND PLAY GAMES. IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN GATHER FOR THE CAMERA.
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BLACK CHILDREN LINE UP IN CAFETERIA TO RECEIVE HOT LUNCH. SCHOOL CHILDREN EAT SOUP IN SCHOOL CAFETERIA.
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CU PROFESSIONAL QUESTIONS THE PLIGHT OF A POVERTY STRICKEN CHILD WITHOUT ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT, CLOTHES TO WEAR OR FAMILY SUPPORT. AUTHORITY ON THE ISSUES OF POVERTY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES.
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TEACHER AIDS SMALL CHILDREN IN CLASSROOM. DAYCARE CENTRE FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN.
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CU MAN AS HE DISCUSSES CRITICAL NEED FOR BASIC EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN.
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CU RURAL HOUSEWIFE SITS AT KITCHEN TABLE AND PEELS POTATOES WITH HER HAIR IN ROLLERS. TALKS ABOUT POVERTY AND EDUCATION FOR HER NINE CHILDREN.
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PRIOFESSIONAL WOMAN-CONSERVATIVE TEACHER TALKS ABOUT PROBLEMS THAT POOR RURAL FARM CHILDREN HAVE IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM TEACHER WRITES ON BLACKBOARD AT HEAD OF CLASS. PROVIDES ONE ON ONE ATTENTION TO SMALL ROOM OF STUDENTS.
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MONTAGE INDIVIDUALS STATING THAT THEY WANT JOBS.
POVERTY STRICKEN RURAL INDIVIDUALS TELL INTERVIEWER THAT THEY WANT TO WORK.
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INTERIOR INDUSTRIAL FACTORY COMPANY. WORKERS ON THE LINE AT FACTORY STATIONS. TEXTILE MANUFACTURING.
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INTERIOR TEXTILE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. FACTORY WORKERS WEAVE MATERIAL ON INDUSTRIAL SIZE MACHINE.
PLANT WORKERS IN CARPET FACTORY.
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SMALL RURAL COMMUNITY OF SMALL WOODEN HOMES AMONG FORESTED MOUNTAINS. OLDER MAN STANDS WITH HIS DOG AS YOUNG CHILD PLAYS AT HIS FEET. SPEAKS ABOUT THE NEED FOR PROPER HOUSING.
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DRIVE BY RURAL HOUSES IN DISREPAIR, SLUMS. WOODEN SHACKS ON SIDE OF ROAD. OUTHOUSE, LAUNDRY ON THE LINE BLOWS IN WIND. IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITY.
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OLD RUNDOWN WOODEN SHACK STANDS ON HILL. LAUNDRY ON LINE BLOWS IN THE WIND.
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POOR WOMAN HAULS BUCKET OF WATER INTO RUNDOWN HOME.
WALKS INTO DARK KITCHEN LIT ONLY BY SUNLIGHT. NO RUNNING WATER OR INDOOR TOILETS.
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CU YOUNG RURAL FARMER LOOKS STRAIGHT INTO CAMERA.
POVERTY STRICKEN YOUNG MAN.
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FATHER WORKS ON MINOR YARD REPAIRS AS CHILDREN LOOK ON. SMALL CHILDREN WITH DIRTY FACES.
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HUSBAND AND WIFE WORK TO REPAIR THEIR HOME. INTERIOR HOME RENOVATIONS. MAN PLASTERS CEILING AS WOMAN SCRAPES FLOOR. SMALL CHILDREN HELP PARENTS WITH HOME RENOVATIONS. FAMILY UNIT WORKS TOGETHER.
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IMPOVERISHED BUILDING IN COMMUNITY, BROKENDOWN CART SITS BY SIDE OF DIRT ROAD.
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CU AUTHORITY ON THE ISSUES OF POVERTY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES DISCUSSES CRITICAL NEED FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT IN IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES.
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IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHER IN SMALL ROOM.
SMALL GROUP OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS AND IMMIGRANT ADULTS AND CHILDREN MEET.
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1960s RURAL FARMLAND, MOUNTAINS IN THE BKGD. MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY.
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FARMERS GATHER IN LOCAL TOWN STORE TO TALK.
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COMMUNITY MEETING, TOWN HALL MEETING.
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CHILDREN ON SWINGS IN PLAYGROUND. COMMUNITY MEMBERS PLAY BASEBALL GAME.
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COMMUNITY MEMBERS LISTEN AT TOWN HALL MEETING.
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CAR PULLS UP TO CURB, YOUNG MAN IN SUIT SPEAKS TO TEENAGER LOITERING ON THE STREET.
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YOUNG MAN LEADS GROUP OF BOYS ON TOUR OF TECHNICAL SCHOOL.
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CU RADAR DETECTOR. TECHNICAL SCHOOL TRAINEE REPAIRS RADAR DEVICE.
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TEENAGERS LEARNING TO READ. ILLITERACY. YOUNG ADULTS LEARN BASIC RULES OF READING. TUTOR HELPS ILLITERATE TEENS TO READ.
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COMMUNITY LEADER, AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN VISITS HOMES OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DISCUSS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.
HOME VISITATION PROGRAM. BLACK COMMUNITY MEMBERS MEET TO DISCUSS ISSUES.
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PAN RURAL FARMLAND, MOUNTAINS IN THE BKGD.
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RUNDOWN RURAL COMMUNITY, IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITY.
MAIN STREET AMERICAN IN DISREPAIR.
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GROUP OF YOUNG BOYS SWING ON TIRE HANGING FROM TREE.
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