Special Consultants, Counselors and assistants of U.S. President Richard Nixon speak about him as the President of United States. View of President Nixon on December 6, 1969 as he watches the college football "game of the century" between the University of Texas and the University of Arkansas, and then enjoys the victory among the triumphant Texas players, where he offers them congratulations on the win of Texas Longhorns over the Arkansas Razorbacks. White House assistant Harry S. Dent speaks about his own changes in perceptions after working for President Nixon.
Walter A Harris, President of the National Association of Suggestion System presents plaque to Hugh M Milton III, Assistant Secretary of Army for 'Operation Arkansas'. Both shake hands and smile. Assistant Secretary of Army accepts the plaque on behalf of the United States Army. Honorable Harris Ellsworth, Chairman of the Civil Service Committee; General Booth; General Lyman L Lemnitzer, Vice Chief of Staff and other dignitaries are also present in the function.
Assistant Secretary of Army Hugh M Milton III shows the plaque received on behalf of the United States Army for 'Operation Arkansas'. General Lyman L Lemnitzer, Vice Chief of Staff looks at the plaque. Honorable Harris Ellsworth, Chairman of the Civil Service Committee; General Booth; Walter A Harris, President of the National Association of Suggestion System and other dignitaries are also present.
Activity at an Oil Refinery in the United States. View of the Paraffin System Sweater buildings. Oil derricks. Workers dig a trench for pipe line. A pipe line being build from El Dorado, Arkansas to Homer, Louisiana. Blacksmiths pound metal on anvil. Group of men read a map sitting outside a store. Workers operate an oil drilling machine.
Opening scene shows soldiers standing near a searchlight and others by an array of sound direction finders for use in detecting movements of aircraft over the United States during World War 2. A large formation of single engine fighter aircraft is seen in flight. A formation of Navy PT boats speeds through the water. A trained volunteer airplane spotter looks through binoculars. A tall observation tower in a wooded area. Other volunteer airplane spotters, including two women, are shown in various cities. One spotter is in an agricultural area. Scene changes to students at a United Services Organization (USO) benefit dance in their high school. Camera pans upward to an airplane spotter on duty, above the school. He hears the sound of an airplane and looks through his binoculars. He annotates a Flash Message report with his observations, and picks up a telephone announcing "Army Flash" to the operator. A woman at a telephone switchboard takes his call and relays it to a woman at an Information Center. Film shows volunteer airplane spotters being trained by the U.S. Army to identify enemy aircraft using charts of their Silhouettes. Closeups of civilians ostensibly reporting their observations using "Army Flash" calls. Closeups of telephone operators giving priority to such calls. View of volunteers inside an information center, where aircraft movement are plotted on a large table map and their flight number, number of aircraft, number of engines they have and whether they are at high, medium, or low altitudes. Officers from Army Air Forces interceptor units observe from a balcony. In a drill, alerted pilots are seen scrambling and taking off in interceptor aircraft. A P-38 fighter plane takes off directly toward a camera. A formation of Curtis P-36 Hawk fighter aircraft are seen in flight. A large "V" formation of U.S. Army single engine airplanes is shown.
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.
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