Shot of hallway in Montreal General Hospital at night, three, four men sitting along wall, hospital staff member reading newspaper, nurses moving about. Shots of nurses at reception desk. Shots of two staffers playing chess. CU of chessmen. Two shots of men cleaning hallway, orderlies trundling bed and patient down hall past camera. MSs, CUs of one black and one white doctors writing reports. Shot of laboratory technician looking into microscope, heating liquid in test tube over flame. Shot of two staff members and one nurse preparing coffee in small kitchenette.