African American reverend speaking in a church. Sign board of Granary Burial ground, where the victims of Boston massacre are buried. The Boston Massacre Monument, also known as the Crispus Attucks Monument and Victory is seen. Series of drawings, artwork, still images, and reenactment footage of prominent events in American history, including Boston massacre, Revolutionary War. Gun of Peter Balem, who shot Major Pitcairn is displayed. Biography book pages about George Washington are shown. Reenactment footage of revolutionary soldiers marching without shoes in snow. Flag of United States. Bell of church rings. A man cuts logs. View of ship building and a tall masted ship at sea. Reenactment footage of start of civil war in America; statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
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 during civil rights movement. Scene returns to Central State College, where students stand in a circle and sing their Alma Mater song.
Liberty Hall in Philadelphia. The cracked Liberty Bell. Reenactment of First Continental Congress and signing of Declaration of Independence. Paintings of George Washington crossing the Delaware River; and with his officers; and at prayer; Photos of Colonial cannons. Paintings of George Washington, on horseback.reviewing his troops; and on front porch of Mount Vernon. Copy of the Constitution of the United States.
A man smiles. An Afro-Cuban woman dances to the beat of drums in front of a thatched roof building. Villagers and visitors, including children,watch. Several Afro-Cuban young men pose with a variety of drums. One holds a metal device with two blades ( home made clavés?) They play and a man joins the woman in dancing. A boy in background, watching, puts on a hat and holds a lunch pail over his arm. (Note: Reportedly this is rare footage showing Yuka dancing, the precursor to modern Rhumba styles, and one of the many prototype couple dances in the Americas, similar to batuque, for example, in Brazil). It features the 3-part yuka drum ensemble, and an African-derived double bell.)
Dress rehearsal for XI Olympiad. Spectators gather at the Reich Sports Field, to watch dress rehearsal of ceremonies for the 1936 Summer Olympic games to be held in Berlin, Germany. German Nazi flags at the stadium. People arrive from railway stations to the Olympic stadium by crossing over a bridge. A large crowd at the stadium. German soldiers march and the military band performs. The advance preparations by the Olympic committee include the manufacture of various Olympic souvenirs including bells and booklets. Illustrating the means of public transport available are views of: an ocean liner ship, several views of approaching locomotive trains coming toward camera view, an airship or dirigible, and a German airplane. A succession of faces representing athletes of various countries are shown along with foreign flags and Olympic medals.
Japan as the land of tradition, culture and mannerisms. Views: Japanese uses large suspended log to strike large bell in Shinto temple. Japanese in traditional dress as Samuri, demonstrate use of bow and arrow while galloping on horseback. Two Japanese men practice bayonet dueling with wooden rifles. American occupation troops marching into Japan, as population watches apprehensively. Scenes of postwar devastation.
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