The program has five segments: (1) "While the Tide Was Rising" (showing of a 1914 film classic about a daring young aviator), (2) "Jazz Stylings" (featuring the Benny Goodman Trio), (3) "McQuade of the Traffic Squad" (showing of a 1915 film short about the life of the New York police), (4) "The Bentons at Home" (artist Thomas Hart Benton, his family and friends discuss his life and read from their favorite literature), and (5) "Ginepro and the Tyrant" (showing of an excerpt from a 1950 Roberto Rossellini film, 'The Flowers of Saint Francis', featuring Franciscan monks).