Opening scene: man crossing with the US Capitol building in the back. Crosses the street and approaches the Library of Congress. Series of interior shots of the Library, including one where the camera looks down onto the main reading room. Several camera shots of customers reading and browsing the General Reference stacks. Scene of man walking down stack rooms. Woman working in map room, CU of woman looking at different prints on display. Several CUs of displayed prints in the print and photograph division. CU of a man working on boxes in the Asian Reading Room.