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Racial segregation and unrest of 1957 in Arkansas; Reporter interviews the Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus.
Reporter interviews the Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus about racial segregation of 1957 during his term. The Governor says that he is always ready to accept changes, but he conveys support for segregation by equating it to an "old building" or a "fine painting" and saying that it is "not good to tear down such a building or destroy such a painting simply because it is old." He continues saying, "These things are not good because they are old; many of them have grown old because they are good. And the experiences of many people have proved them to be good." Montage shows buildings, courthouse and justice statues, and public protests, with police arrests of African American marchers and demonstrators during the civil rights movement. Police beat some protestors. Jim Crow era signs segregating whites only versus colored waiting room facilities. Signs read "Colored Waiting Room" and "White Waiting Room." Local Arkansas officials and police beating back protestors with clubs and batons, and police seizing African American protestors and making arrests. US troops in jeeps and trucks arriving and deploying in Arkansas. Included are scenes with signs of Jim Crow segregation practices, with separate entrances for white versus colored patrons at an Intra-state bus depot.
AME church service in Little rock, Arkansas; recognition for Little Rock Nine; scenes after 1957 church bombing in Montgomery
A service at the AME Church in Little rock, Arkansas. Pastor addresses the African American congregation that includes several of the original "Little Rock Nine." They receive life membership in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) . Starting at 1:20 into clip, bombing damage done to the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama is shown. The First Baptist Church was bombed in 1957. African American women leave the Little Rock AME church after the service.
Elizabeth Eckford of the "Little Rock Nine," at Central State College; also scenes from 1957 integration of Central High School
Jefferson Thomas standing against the wall in hallway of Central High School, Little Rock Arkansas, four years after graduating. Bell rings and the hall fills with students changing classes, including African American and white students. Scene shifts to Elizabeth Eckford, while a student at Central High, and then to her at Central State College, in Ohio, where she is seen moving about the campus buildings and grounds. Scene flashes back to 1957 where she is seen with others entering Central High, Little Rock, Arkansas, under U.S. Army protection. Scene returns to Central State College, where students stand in a circle and sing their Alma Mater song.
Animation of generation of electricity by atomic and other modes in United States,1957.
Men playing chess and billiards. They are discussing the use of electricity generated by atomic power plant. A player hits the billiard ball and cleans the ferrule of the cue stick. Animation of a table spoon full of uranium atoms and comparison of that potential energy to the work of millions of people or hundreds of thousands of tons of coal. Cartoon animation showing a boy scout making fire, that makes steam to turn a pinwheel (turbine), then a magnet is attached to the pinwheel, and invisible lines of magnetic force cut across the lines in a coil, generating electricity (shown as a lit lightbulb)o. Animation of a moving train and lighted buildings. Animation to compare the generation of power by steam, boilers and atomic reactors. Electric supply lines reaching a house.
Various power plants and different uses of isotopes in United States,1957.
Men discussing design of Model of 275000KW Indian Point Nuclear power plant to be built in New York. Nuclear power plants in Detroit,Chicago and New England planned in next 10 years. Animation of a map of U.S. shows new nuclear power plants to be built. Narrator indicates that by 1975 atomic plants (nuclear power) may provide a substantial portion of the U.S. electricity. Views of electric power supply lines and towers. Cans of isotopes in a factory. A reaction studied by scientist. Exterior of White Plains Hospital building; inside doctors at a radio lab. Iodine isotopes are mixed in water and a patient drinks it. Doctor analyzes the isotopes by a tracer placed near the Thyroid gland of the patient. The doctor looks at the scale. Doctor examines another patient. The patient is given radiation therapy to control malignant tumors of cancer, via a cobalt therapy machine, at New York Memorial Center.
Totem poles of Alaska with diffent figures representing different people and events.
Totem poles and large carvings made from trunks of trees by indigenous native Indians in Alaska. Different figures on poles represent different people or events. View of different totem poles in Alaska. Children listen to the story of totem poles from a carver. Many views of children looking at totem poles. A Tlingit Indian tribe totem house at the Totem Bight State Park near Ketchikan, Alaska. A man enters the community house. Scene changes to exterior of Tlingit Community House on Shakes Island in Wrangell, Alaska (now Chief Shakes Historic Site). Native people wearing chilkat blankets enter the house. View of a potlach ceremony with native instruments and dance outside the Chief Shakes Community House.
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