Thousands of children crowd the White House lawn for the annual Easter- egg rolling competition. Children wave at the camera. Faces of several children.
Shows Senator Joseph T Robinson of Arkansas making a speech. American flag lowered to half mast in Washington DC on the death of Senator Robinson. The Capitol Building can be seen in the background.
Horatio Casterbuilt of Coyote Canyon, Oregon displays a hat in which he fitted an electric fan to ward off the heat. Casterbuilt poses for the camera wearing his battery powered hat.
Scenes from America's annual harness racing event, the Hambletonian being held at Goshen in New York. Shows trotters racing and spectators cheering for their favorites from the stands.
Riots, looting, and arson during an outbreak of urban racial violence in Detroit, Michigan. Entire blocks of homes on fire as seen at night. 36 are dead, over a thousand injured during period of unrest in the civil rights movement. A fire truck arrives at the scene. A house on fire. Firemen put out fire. A building engulfed in flames. Sniper groups keep watch outside shops to prevent looting. A looted and trashed shop. Storefront window glass is shattered. People walk on the trashed streets of Detroit. Firemen use jets of water to put out fire. President Lyndon B. Johnson denounces the riots and urges national law and order. “Pillage, looting, murder, and arson have nothing to do with civil rights” President Johnson said.
Shows a Greyhound bus traveling to Little Rock Arkansas, moving on streets in the city. Exterior view of the bus in motion as seen from another vehicle. German Press crew inside the bus, along with passengers. Point of view shots from inside the moving bus of Little Rock Arkansas area as seen through the bus window. Scenes of a gas station, used cars shop, government building. A German reporter exits from the bus in front of Central High School and mentions having been there 6 years ago during civil rights confrontations surrounding the "Little Rock Nine" in 1957, when National Guard troops were dispatched to maintain order.
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