Description: A drama documentary about how public libraries can assist commercial companies with their information needs. A woman interviews a senior librarian and staff at some companies with requirements for specific data. It includes film of an industrial scale laundry (the Manor Laundry in Camberwell), an oil drilling platform, a hat manufacturers, a John Lewis store selling hats, a pipe and steel benders (Messrs. Kirk & Co and Messrs. Lucas of Brixton Hill), an ICI laboratory, the library of the ICI Paints Division the research division of the Metal Box Company in Bermondsey, and public libraries in Westminster and Lambeth. The film stresses the professional expertise of the public librarian, their respect for commercial confidence, and states that 'libraries can tell industry'.

A woman interviews the director of a laundry company to find out about the new process he is using. He tells her it’s a great improvement on other methods and that he had a great deal of help from the library in making it work. The company director’s enthusiasm for the service makes the reporter determined to found out what libraries can do for business and commerce. She meets a librarian who shows her a file of letters from firms in the community seeking information to help them with their production problems. One such company is a milliner who wanted some information on hat textiles. Large companies like ICI have their own internal libraries but smaller firms need a similar service. The reporter is impressed, and when interviewing another company director she suggests he uses the library to help him with his query about paint. The man is dubious but the library is able to help.