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Nine black students enter Central High School, Little Rock Arkansas, following desegregation, under protection of the U.S. Army

View of Central High School, Little Rock Arkansas. Former student, Jefferson Thomas, one of the nine African American students who integrated the school in 1957, is revisiting the school. View of integrated student track and field team practicing.View of the front of the school. Flashback scenes of the "Little Rock Nine," black students trying to enter Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. Police officer keeping back jeering local students. Racial fighting breaks out among people watching the event, and police try to maintain order. African American students unable to enter school while white students enter and police stand by despite federal school integration orders. Scene returns to 1964 briefly and then back to September 27, 1957, when on orders from President Eisenhower, a company of U.S. Army soldiers marches up takes up positions at the school. They set up barricades, maintain order, and provide armed escort for the nine black students entering school. The nine students enter army station wagons and drive to school accompanied by soldiers in an army jeep.Views of people mingling around the school as U.S. Army soldiers stand amongst them.

Location: Little Rock Arkansas United States USA
Date: 1957
Duration: 5 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024010
African American tennis star, Althea Gibson, wins Wimbledon, defeating Darlene Hard, 6-3, 6-2, on July 6, 1957.

Tennis star Althea Gibson, from New York City, USA, is seen in the final seconds of her contest with Darlene Hard, in the Ladies' singles final at Wimbledon, England,on July 6, 1957. She is the first African American to win at Wimbleton. After shaking hands with Hard, she is seen receiving the ladies' Wimbledon tropy "Rosewater Dish," from Queen Elizabeth, II. Althea Gibson displays the sterling silver salver, as she poses next to Darlene Hard.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1957, July 6
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069555
President Dwight D Eisenhower and Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery tour the Gettysburg National Military Park, United States

People wave as President Dwight D Eisenhower and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower arrive to attend Sunday services at Gettysburg Presbyterian Church (208 Baltimore St, Gettysburg, PA 17325, United States). Crowds cheer and wave from behind a fence. Three young girls stand behind a metal fence. President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower descend from the car in front of the church. Sign reads “National Park Service Gettysburg National Military Park Union Battle Line High Water Mark Round Tops US Dept of the Interior”. A large artillery piece. People view the Virginia Monument (a monument with a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee on his horse Traveller and a "bronze group of figures representing the Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry of the Confederate Army"). President Eisenhower and Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery tour the Gettysburg National Military Park (1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA 17325, United States). President Eisenhower and Marshall Montgomery, in uniform, descend from the plane together. Photographers taking pictures. Later, Marshall Montgomery, in civilian suit, and the President tour the park and visit the Gettysburg National Museum. Sign on building reads 'Battle of Gettysburg on Electrical Map.' View of Gen George Meade's statue in the park. President Eisenhower and the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein view the Virginia Monument together.

Location: Gettysburg Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1957, May 1
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022151
Britain's Queen Elizabeth along with Prince Philip on their first State visit to the United States.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth along with Prince Philip arrives in Williamsburg, Virginia, for a ceremony to mark the 350th Anniversary of the first British settlement in the New World. Queen Elizabeth is escorted by the Governor of Virginia, Thomas Bahnson Stanley. She addresses the United States people. Queen Elizabeth takes a look at copy of the Magna Carta and signs the guest register. United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower welcomes the Royal couple in Washington D.C. Photographers take pictures. The honor guard stands with rifles in hand. Mamie Doud Eisenhower welcomes Queen Elizabeth at the White House.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1957, October 16
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063705
Use of artificial lightning equipment in Project Thunderstorm, and radar operations supporting project and its aircraft

Tug tows Northrop F-15 Reporter into hangar in Minneapolis, Minnesota to be instrumented for Project Thunderstorm. Various scenes of electrical equipment used in making man-made lightning, including a generator made up of hundreds of transformers, and a connected massive generator for producing high voltage. A large oscillograph is shown along with a smaller oscillograph designed for airborne use. A scientist is seen inside the giant generator. Artificial lightning tests are made on canopy of the F-15 occupied by a scientist, and the canopy remains intact following lightning strike. Lightning rods are attached to lightning-vulnerable nose, tail fin, and wing tip locations of the Project Thunderstorm aircraft. Pilot climbs into canopy of F-15. Airborne F-15 project aircraft seen in flight headed toward area of dark clouds. In Ohio at Clinton County Army Air Field, a project officer (AAF Captain) describes how search procedures of the pilot, weather observer, and radar observer are coordinated and key locations of radar and cooperating facilities at Jamestown and the Clinton County Army Airfield. Large radar antenna revolving on top of large tower, scanning for signs of thunderstorms. Radar antenna scanning vertically, near Quonset huts. Command center inside a quonset hut with project personnel at radar scopes and thunderstorm and aircraft positions plotted on large plexiglass screens. Technician adjust motion picture camera that photographs radar scopes every four seconds. Operator at vertical measuring instrument, showing reflected returns from targets, on July 18, 1947. View of operator at plan position indicator radar scope showing weather returns on June 6, 1947. Ground Control Approach (GCA) truck located near end of airfield to guide landings of Thunderstorm aircraft. Radio operators sitting at radar scopes inside the GCA unit. P-61 makes GCA approach and landing in good weather, to maintain skills needed when weather is bad. Briefing officer at blackboard cites radio channels to be used for various purposes. View of AAF aircrews in audience.

Location: Ohio United States USA
Date: 1947
Duration: 8 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034362
United States Army engineers display a new mechanized mine layer at fort Belvoir, Virginia.

A new mechanized mine layer being used at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, United States. United States Army engineers display an automatic mine layer which digs the divot. Man works on a mine and mine being planted automatically. Earth being replaced over the mine by a bulldozer.

Location: Virginia United States USA
Date: 1957, October 7
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042903
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