# Poverty in Rural America

Shows Americans living in mountain hollows, at the end of rutted dirt roads, and in bypassed communities as they tell about their problems, privations, and hopes. 16:00:57:18 MS poor young boy about 4 years old in deep sleep lying on his back, arms spread out, wearing a very dirty shirt perhaps even blood stained; audio track guitar and female vocals “Hush little baby now don’t you cry you know your papa was going to die”; MS frightened little boy 3 to 4 years old clinging to man’s leg; CU African-American boy with pensive look biting fingernails; CU sad face of boy hiding behind metal bedpost; CU poor rural Black boy with sad face leans against wood post and looks into camera; CU young woman with thick dark hair looks off into space with look of sad contemplation; CU cute baby boy about 1 year old gives strained smile; small Black baby on hands and knees looking off into distance as though in deep contemplation; CU two poor children, siblings, boy and girl, about 4 years old with dirty faces; VS poor rural children. 16:02:01:22 CU man chopping wood. 16:02:18:24 VS CU poor rural men each identified by race then trade; audio track “Whites, Negroes, American Indians, Spanish Americans, farmers, ex-farmers, handymen, former coal miners.” 16:02:26:15 Poor rural Black child about 8 years old wearing overalls leaning against porch of rundown log cabin. 16:02:42:23 VS inside poor rural schoolhouse; student about 16 writes at desk; high-angle boy about 10 reads in book. 16:02:51:24…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1965
- By: U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/0223PovertyInRuralAmerica)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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