Box 4

Shows what better roads and road improvement can do for West Virginia. Film used in conjunction with Road Bond Amendment in the 1968 election.

Film to encourage youth participation in 4-H Auto Safety Program

Describes the stark poverty and hopelessness of one million people living in the desolation of Appalachia as exemplified by the abandoned coal-mining community of white
sburg, KY. Pictures the worn faces and discouragement of the adults, the children who have scant prospects of gaining any education, and the broken remnants of buildings that serve as homes, pointing out that for these people Christmas is a barren experience in a country of affluence.

The film follows the parents of Coon Branch, a mountain community in McDowell County, WV, in their first community meeting concerning poor school systems and bad roads, to their pressures on the school board, the road commission and finally to the governor.

Portrays the abuses of the mining industry and their influence on the health and well being of the miners in West Virginia; reveals that mining is virtually the only employment opportunity in the area.

Outs of the Mountainlair E Moore Hall, Coliseum, and Grumbein's Island.

Aleander Scourby narrates the story of the first hundred years at WVU. Academic accomplishments, athletic events, and other aspects of university life, historical photos and mountaineer singers