An emergency practice training of U.S. Army National Guardmen in the United States. A car drives through streets and arrives at a National Guard Armory. A National Guard soldier, not yet in uniform, gets out of a mid 1950s sedan car and runs into the building, where he and other uniformed National Guardsmen are issued rifles from a rack and depart on their mission. They run up a flight of stairs. They get in jeeps and advance through streets of New York City, near the United Nations building, during a practice training alert. An officer issues instructions and is saluted. A National Guard sentry guards an essential military site.
U.S. Army components in the United States. Aerial view of the Pentagon armed forces installation in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington DC, and ground level views of the Pentagon from nearby roads such as the Shirley Highway (Interstate 395) and possibly the George Washington Memorial Parkway. A sign board in the Pentagon reads ' Department of Defense'. View of Secretary of the Army Wilbur M. Brucker. Two newspaper headlines about the Cold War, space race, and the space satellite programs of the Soviet Union. U.S. Army soldiers at attention during inspection in their barracks. Men of U.S. Army National Guard and Reserve Units march across a field. A formation of many L-2 observation planes flies very low over the marching troops. Close up views of faces of U.S. Army soldiers. They perform calisthenics exercise drills during their physical training and stand in formation.
Operation Arkansas at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. African American students arrive at Central High School. U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards stand around. Newspapermen interview an official. Chief of U.S. Military District Major General Edwin G. Walker talks to 101st Airborne Division, 1st Airborne Battle Group Commanding-Officer Colonel William A Kuhn. Major General Walker get into jeep and leaves.
Operation Arkansas at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards arrive at Central High School. Soldier mounts bayonet on rifle. The guards march off. A few guards with rifle at port arms, double time up the street.
Operation Arkansas by U.S. army in Little Rock, Arkansas. Grounds of National Guard Armory in Little Rock where some soldiers of U.S. 101st Airborne Division are billeted. A few soldiers stand near tents. Cloth line near tents. Soldiers standing in chow line. Soldiers eating. Photographers take pictures of two soldiers as they walk along street. Two soldiers escort African American students to station wagon on leaving the Central High School.
Operation Arkansas by U.S. army in Little Rock, Arkansas. U.S. 101st Airborne Division soldiers at barricade at entrance to Central High School. White students enter the school. African Americans arrive in U.S. army station wagon escorted by troops in jeeps. Soldiers escort African American students toward school. Front of school.