Documentary: On the development of American public libraries. R.1: Shows Columbia University Library, New York Public Library and Peterboro Library, New Hampshire. Patrons use library materials, including phonograph records and braille readers. Librarian conducts children's story hour. R.2: Shows school, local, apartment house libraries, and Chinese patrons at the Chatham Square Library, New York. Montifiore Hospital volunteer, in New York, moves book cart to patients' rooms; bookmobile serves rural areas in Rutland, Vt. Researchers in the Library of Congress reading room, Washington, D.C.

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