Shot of Edmund Muskie in a blue suit waving to a camera and entering a building with others. Closeup of Muskie smiling in front of a blue curtain. Narrator explains that Jimmy Carter chose him to be the new Secretary of State. Shot from behind of a Presidential motorcade. Pan across Iowa residents on the side of the street, mostly elderly. Shot of an earnest Jimmy Carter in a gray suit shaking hands and interacting with Iowans. Shot of a crowd awaiting a speech.Shot of Jimmy Carter saying that farmers and consumers need decent wages. He says that the cost of production was high. Shot of him interacting with a little girl in a pink dress carried by her mother. Shot of Carter and others descending a plane ramp. Shot of traffic.