Mike Wallace interviews Ayn Rand on her self-made philosophy, which Wallace calls Randism, but which Rand herself prefers to call Objectivism.

Wallace interviews Ethel Waters, who was then appearing in New York City at the Renata Theatre in "An Evening with Ethel Waters."

Rod Serling, was a pioneer of cutting edge TV famous for (later) creating The Twilight Zone. His reputation as a the angry young man of Hollywood is finely illustrated in this probing interview by Mike Wallace. He discusses censorship and his belief that the medium of television has the power to inspire and provoke.