A film about tourism in Colorado, United States. People enjoy skiing, river rafting, fishing, motor sport, rodeo, and rock climbing in Colorado. A couple in the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado. People milling about on the street. A herd of sheep in the countryside. A Tudor-style mansion with sprawling green lawn. An African American couple walks together. A man rides a bicycle. Cars on a highway. A man near a pond. A view of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
Boulder Dam under construction over the Colorado River in the United States. The Colorado River and work under way in the Black Canyon. Rocks on both sides of the river. Men in a boat bring supplies to the site. The site of work. Men cross the river on a bridge. Rocks of the canyon being blasted for providing foothold for roads and rail lines to the dam site.
Areas near the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The Pioneer Monument in downtown Denver, Colorado, with equestrian statue of Kit Carson on the top (sculpted by Frederick William MacMonnies in 1911). Old automobiles drive by in the background behind the monument. A man walks down a snow-covered slope of the Rockies among evergreen trees. Snow covered the mountain in the background. A view of Longs Peak and the Rockies surrounding the area. Aerial view of the Colorado Capitol Building (200 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203, United States) in Denver, Colorado. The skyline of Denver and buildings and landmarks in the downtown Denver area. A small locomotive engine on a railroad track beside rock rubble. Two people walk past the steam locomotive. A waterfall in the Rockies. Water comes down the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Jefferson Thomas, of the "Little Rock Nine," in a hallway, revisiting Central High School, in Little Rock Arkansas. He looks through a classroom window at a former teacher, Miss Dunn, speaking to a class from a lab table next to an anatomical model. View of Ernest Green sitting with other students in a lab filled with electronic equipment. Much later, as President of the NAACP chapter on campus of Michigan State University, he is seen handing out pamphlets to other students. Views of students congregating on the grounds of the university. One girl holds a poster reading "Give, NAACP Fund Drive." Professor David Gottlieb introduces Ernest Green who steps to a classroom podium to speak to Michigan State students in a lecture room. Green carrying books is seen entering and sitting down in the Michigan State library. In another scene, he enters sociological data into Hollerith punch cards for processing by computer. He walks in the university computer room where tape decks are seen spinning and computer operators are at work. One of the tapes mounted on a drive is labeled: "Ernest Green, Aspirations." Results from his work are seen coming out of a line printer. Green sits in a library and opens the 1960 yearbook of Central High School containing his and Carlotta Walls 'entries. View of Carlotta, in dorm at Denver University, Colorado, where she is a student. Gloria Ray is seen at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where she is a senior majoring in chemistry. Terrence Roberts is seen at the City College of Los Angeles, where he is studying Business Administration. Melba Pattillo, who left college to marry, is seen in two views.Scene shifts back to Central High and Jefferson Thomas, looking at the athletic trophies on display. He (who is narrating this film) states that he will take an exam in Spring to become a Certified Public Accountant. He walks down steps of Central High and camera pans over neighborhood to the State Capitol dome in distance.
Diversion tunnels made for the construction of Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in the United States. The dam site in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. Rocks on either side of the river. A bridge on the river. A small tunnel on one side of the river. Several workmen at the mouth of the tunnel. Men operate drilling jumbos mounted on a motor truck. A man on a ladder. Workmen drill holes into rocks with drifter drills. Equipment for drilling. Trucks and power shovels in a bore to remove shattered material. A truck comes out of the tunnel. Workmen watch the truck. Trucks move in a line on a road along the canyon walls. The trucks dispose off wastes in gulches. Men at work in the tunnel. A man operates a concrete machine. A gantry crane is operated by workmen to lay lining of concrete on sidewalls of the tunnel. Men near movable steel forms. A man operates a machine.
Excavation of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) combat operation center (COC) on Cheyenne Mountain, in Colorado, United States. Ore car comes out of tunnel. It moves on track. Trees on either side of the track. Engineers talk. Bulldozer loads dirt in trailer during the mucking out operation. Man marks drilling locations with spray paint. Workmen insert dynamite into a hole during rock drilling. Arc marked blasting pattern on wall. Men make wire connections. Scaling operation. Dynamite blasts. Bulldozer clears the dirt after blast and unloads it in trailer. Electric ore car dumps rock over side of mountain.
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