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U.S. President Kennedy asks for support of citizens and business leaders to end racial discrimination in the United States

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.

Date: 1963, June 11
Duration: 5 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069276
President John F Kennedy delivers his Civil Rights Address on racial integration at the White House, Washington DC.

President John F Kennedy delivers speech about racial integration at the White House, Washington DC. In his Civil Rights Address, the President talks about civil rights and discrimination on the basis of color, in the wake of unrest and events in Alabama. Kennedy notes that, "in a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics." He also says, "this nation, for all its hopes, and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free."

Date: 1963, June 11
Duration: 5 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034314
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.

Date: 1963
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029497
War industries lead to overcrowded cities and lead to problems of housing, education and congestion in Mobile, Alabama (WW2)

"War Town" shows how War industry leads to problems in Mobile, Alabama during World War II. A large number of war workers at a shipyard in Mobile as they go to work building ships for the war effort in World War 2. Cranes at the shipyard. Men work at the shipyard as they fit Allied torpedoes. The men weld and rivet ship parts. Men work in various other factory and manufacturing industries like paper, aluminum, gypsum, steel, and machine shops supporting need for war material. Many men move out walking through the gates of the "Alabama Dry Dock and Ship Building Company" in Pinto Island, Mobile, Alabama. Many people in war materiel industry leads to congestion on roads and traffic on streets of Mobile. Crowd of workers on foot leaving manufacturing areas. Crowd of workers tries to board a city bus. Woman bus driver puts full bus in gear and drives away. Bus, car, and pedestrian traffic in Mobile on street corner with W.T. Grant Company in background. Long queues outside liquor stores, restaurants, and pay windows. Overcrowded schools as children exit the Barton Academy (Barton Academy Foundation P. O. Box 571 Mobile, Alabama 36601-0571) and are seen playing on playgrounds. Men drink in a crowded bar and men and women dance in a makeshift tented dance hall. Various rides including a Ferris wheel at an amusement park.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059206
Kennedy and Johnson speak about peaceful aims of the United States in 1963 during the Cold War.

"To keep the peace" about need for peace, during Cold War. Expansive farm field of wheat waving in breeze under a sunny to partly cloudy sky in the United States. Wide shot of ocean waters and sun breaking through low clouds near dawn or dusk. President John F Kennedy delivering a speech on peace and nuclear testing, on July 2, 1963, in Naples Italy at NATO headquarters. Kennedy says, "The purpose of our military strength is peace. The purpose of our partnership is peace. So our negotiations for an end to nuclear tests and our opposition to nuclear dispersal are fully consistent with our attention to defense--these are all complementary parts of a single strategy for peace." Shortly after President Kennedy's death, President Lyndon B Johnson addresses a joint session of Congress on November 27, 1963. Shows segment of speech where President Johnson says, "We have proved that we are a good and reliable friend to those who seek peace and freedom. We have shown that we can also be a formidable foe to those who reject the path of peace and those who seek to impose upon us or our allies the yoke of tyranny."

Date: 1963
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034061
USS Alabama is hit by bombs during demonstration by Army Air Service DH4 bomber airplanes in the Chesapeake Bay.

Bombing demonstration by U.S. Army Air Service DH4 aircraft under command of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell. The target is Battleship USS Alabama, in September, 1921 in the Chesapeake Bay, United States. Army flier is seen checking security of a bomb under wing of aircraft. USS Alabama underway in the Chesapeake Bay. Aerial views from United States Army Air Service planes in flight over the battleship. USS Alabama is hit by a bomb. Later it is hit by a phosphorus poison gas bomb. Finally it is hit by 2000 pound bombs. The USS Alabama rolls over halfway, in shallow waters.

Date: 1921, September
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044883