United States President John F. Kennedy's speech regarding racism and racial tensions in Alabama, delivered from Washington DC, the White House. United States President Kennedy seated at a desk and speaks over a microphone. The President speaks about racial discrimination against blacks in the United States. He talks about the University of Alabama not giving admission to two clearly qualified young Alabama residents who happened to have been born African Americans, due to segregation and discrimination practices. View of people crowded outside the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, United States). Men take pictures as officials escort entering students Vivian Malone and James Hood into Foster Auditorium of the university. The President says that the nation is founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. President Kennedy says that it is right for American consumers of any color to receive equal service in places of public accommodation, to register and to vote in a free election without interference or fear of reprisal. Additional views of Vivian Malone and James Hood walking with crowds and unaccompanied on the University of Alabama campus. A policeman rides a motorcycle on a road at the University. President Kennedy talks about respecting African American citizens and importance of civil rights and equality. The President says that no city or State or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore the rights of any of its citizens. The press record his speech and take pictures.
Second part of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's speech in Washington DC following events at the University of Alabama when two African American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, attempted to enroll. United States President Kennedy seated at desk and speaks over a microphone. The President speaks about ending racial discrimination and importance of equality and civil rights in the United States. He says that it's time for the Congress to act. President Kennedy says that he will ask the Congress of the United States to act, to make a commitment it has not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in the American life or law. The President talks about the necessary measures that Congress can provide. President Kennedy, in his speech, asks the Congress to enact legislation giving all Americans the right to be served the facilities which are open to the public. He talks about, and scenes are shown from his recent meeting with business leaders in the white house, together with Vice President Lyndon Johnson, as Kennedy urged them to take voluntary action to end workplace discrimination. The business leaders in a large room of the White House. The President says that he has also asked the Congress to authorize the Federal Government to participate more fully in lawsuits designed to end segregation in public education. He also speaks about giving employment to African Americans. President Kennedy, in his speech, pays tribute to those citizens of the North and South who have been working in their communities to make life better for all. The President asks for support of all the citizens so that discrimination can be removed. Many television cameras and cameramen. The President gets up from the desk and leaves.
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Aeronautics and Space report on tornadoes in the United States. Still images of various activities at NASA. A missile at a launch pad. Apollo crew in space suits. A NASA aircraft in flight. A rocket lifts off. NASA moonwalk by Neil Armstrong. Scene shifts to footage of actual tornadoes in the United States. View as the thin tube of a tornado reaches from cloud to ground. Cars parked in the foreground. The formation of tornado in the background. Damage of homes due to tornado. Men near a police van. Men enter a house in the aftermath of a tornado.
NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Aeronautics and Space Report on tornadoes. A NASA scientist, sitting next to a tornado simulation device in a laboratory, speaks (not heard) about tornado formation. Another official takes printouts of meteorological charts. A NASA official operates a radar. A NASA official takes picture of cloud formations from an aircraft. NASA officials look into the pictures taken from the aircraft . NASA scientist actuates a tornado simulating device that demonstrates the formation of tornadoes in the laboratory. Views of actual tornadoes counterpoised with laboratory simulations. Several more views of actual tornadoes. Animation of NASA logo symbol forming on screen as narrator concludes the program.
Scenes of actual tornadoes photographed in the United States. View inside the U.S.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Center at Norman Oklahoma. Meteorologists at desks and monitoring radar screens. A radar dome and view of antenna rotating inside. A U.S. Air Force RF-4c aircraft in flight providing observations to the Weather Center, where meteorologists are tracking severe weather returns on radar.
View of the buildings and grounds of the U.S. National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Oklahoma. A U.S. Air Force technician working with NSSL meteorologists at computers and radar monitoring stations. Several outdoor radar domes on towers. A horse grazing on the NSSL grounds. A sign identifying the NSSL with NOAA logo and words: "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration" and "U.S. Department of Commerce." Radar images of the continental United States showing severe weather areas. Meteorologists tracking the severe weather by radar and typing real-time reports of observations.
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