Operation Arkansas by U.S. army in Little Rock, Arkansas. 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. Sign on jeep reads 'Above the rest 1st ABN BAT GP CO 327th Infantry'. General Walker leaves in jeep. Colonel Kuhn gets into another vehicle, talks to an officer at the curb. His vehicle leaves followed by several others.
Operation Arkansas by U.S. Army in Little Rock, Arkansas, during time of forced school desegregation in the American Civil Rights Movement. U.S. Army station wagon with African American students accompanied by U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards in jeeps leaves Central High School.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards in Little Rock, Arkansas during Operation Arkansas. Change of the guards in front of Little Rock Central High School. A car pulls away in front of school. Guards march in front of school.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards in Little Rock, Arkansas during Operation Arkansas. Reflection of Little Rock Central High School building in water. Front facade of building. Guards march in front of building.
Major General Edwin Walker; Major General Sherman I Clinger, State Adjutant General for State of Arkansas and Lieutenant Colonel Ernest B Bowden, Commander of the 1st Battalion 153rd Infantry Regiment, Arkansas National Guard, stand and chat in front of the Central High School. United States Army Soldiers escort African American students up to the steps of Central High School. Other students line up along the stairs and watch.
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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