Charles Kuralt: "This is the road, if you can call it that, that leads . . ."

Following the trail of federal dollars into Appalachia were the national media.

Charles Kuralt: "There are thousands of roads like this winding back along the creeks and hollows of 11 states. And beside these roads, the shacks of tarpaper and pine which are the homes of a million permanently poor. Up on the hill is the Pert Creek School, and up there on this one day is the only sign anywhere in this hollow that it is Christmas in Appalachia." [Children singing "Silent Night"] "CBS News Special Report: Christmas in Appalachia: a CBS News special report"