American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States. Flashback to 1940 of British citizens gathered in London underground tube shelters during a blitz air raid by Germany over London. A woman distributes snacks to families. Some people at a microphone provide entertainment to the waiting crowd underground during the Battle of Britain. View of aircraft drop bombs over targets on ground. Explosions due to bombing. Back in the United States, Air Raid Warden in his uniform with civil defense armband shows families how to black out basement windows with blankets. Family makes room for basement shelter. Electric gas burners used. Adequate food supplies kept in the basement. One of the room windows sealed to avoid gas entering the room. The curtain dropped quickly over the window when the alarm is raised.
Excerpt from a film based on the 1970 Lamar High School Bus Attack. African-American students chatting inside a school bus. School bus passing on a road. A gathering of militant white American parents in front of Lamar High School in Lamar, South Carolina (216 N Darlington Ave, Lamar, SC 29069). One African-American student looking agitated inside the school bus. The crowd angrily talk about how letting African-Americans study in the school impedes their rights. “not here, not now, not ever!” said a woman with disgust. A sign saying “Welcome to Lamar” prompts boy to say, "do you think they mean welcome?" “He ain’t gonna be in my grandson’s class!” a man says, pertaining to the possibility of African-American students studying alongside White students. African-American students become agitated as they approach Lamar. Woman wearing a headscarf and sunglasses talks about the arrival of the African-American students with indignation. Man menacingly holds a bat and say “They’ll gonna wish they was never born”. Lamar High School with state troopers guarding the front of the school. The school bus approach. Angry mob member holding baton behind his back, another mob member holding a brick. Angry mob crowd the school bus. African American students, scared, get down on the floor to avoid being hit with projectiles and broken glass from angry mob. The angry mob breaks the school bus windows. Image of state troopers outside Lamar High School. Title sequence of “The Color of Justice” with the overturned school bus in Lamar as the background.
Park roads in the Rocky Mountain National Park (Rocky Mountain National Park 1000 Highway 36 Estes Park, CO 80517-8397) in Colorado, United States. A wooden bridge on the Big Thompson Canyon. Water flowing from the Big Thompson River, a tributary of the South Platte River. Car passes by on the road beside the river. Cars driving along the winding Federal Aid Highway of the Rocky Mountain National Park.
Park roads in the Rocky Mountain National Park (Rocky Mountain National Park 1000 Highway 36 Estes Park, CO 80517-8397) in Colorado, United States. National Park Service constructs a new scenic highway inside the Rocky Mountain National Park. The Bureau of Public Roads supervises the construction of the highway within the national park. A ditch digger unloads soil into a horse drawn cart. Ditch digger moves and unload more soil. A scenic view of a lake on the road leading to the Fall River Pass.
Park roads in the Rocky Mountain National Park (Rocky Mountain National Park 1000 Highway 36 Estes Park, CO 80517-8397) in Colorado, United States. A car drives on the zig-zag mountain road leading up to Fall River Canyon within the national park built by the State of Colorado. Conifer trees grow in the mountainside. A car moves up the snowy mountainside in July. A car driving down a road. The United States flag waves on a flagpole on the summit of Fall River Pass. Men and women having a snowball fight on the summit of Fall River Pass.
Film begins showing small children, receiving gifts. Babies in and around around a play pen. One sitting in a high chair with apron around his neck. View of flooded town in Holland. A stack of Care packages containing food and blankets. A man writes on a bundles of supplies: "Holland Relief." A DC 6 aircraft takes off to deliver supplies. Damaged buildings from an earth quake in Greece. Injured person being carried on a litter past a pile of Care stockpiles. Greek officers and sailors examine many boxes of Care supplies. People being evacuated from flood swept areas of Japan. Children lining up to receive drinks in Korea when the Korean War broke out. A child being fitted with shoes. Women and children in a shelter. Women and children suffering poverty in India. Care executives in a planning meeting at the U.S. headquarters (151 Ellis Street NE Atlanta, GA 30303). They obtain reports about crops and types of soil to design plows for use in various areas of the world. Pictures of farmers using plows in different countries. Care executives inspect sample of plows with technical assistance from Department of Agriculture experts. Closeup of the so-called CARE plow. Next, Care workers assemble collections of tools that might be sent abroad. Closeup of a box full of carpenter tools. Camera focuses on a simple high quality carpenter's plane. Outdoor tools for farm work are mounted on a display board. With advice from The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Men sort technical books for shipment to libraries abroad. Closeup of books being placed in CARE-labeled box. With advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Medical Association, Care planners design medical supply and equipment packages for shipment abroad. Closeup of a cart containing oxygen bottles and various medical instruments. A meeting of persons from agencies that make up CARE. Harold Minor, Treasurer of CARE, expresses support for new initiatives. CARE President, Murray Lincoln stands and receives from Paul French, a paper in which he writes the name: "Self Help." Mr. Lincoln writes it in chalk atop a list of items comprising the "package." Two planners review an advertisement for the program. A man and his wife and baby discuss making a contribution to CARE to fund a kit for midwives in India.
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