Civil Rights leader Roy Wilkins talks and reflects on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom . View of marchers carrying banners advocating equal rights. Clarence Mitchell talks about Roy Wilkins.
African American men and women picket the premises protesting against Jim Crow racial segregation practices in the United States Army, at the 59th Street Haaren High School in New York City. Young white woman seen with the civil rights demonstrators passing out handbills protesting the draft.
Black market activities between Japanese civilians and members of the United States occupation force in Kyoto, Japan. An American driver of a jeep deals with Japanese civilians and does some illegal transaction. Two guards of the military police arrive and grab the trio. Military police checks the documents of the American. Japanese Civil Police arrests Japanese Nationals.
German dirigible Graf Zeppelin greeted welcome when it reaches Berlin after its visit to United States. The dirigible lowers near a statue for landing at a ground. A crowd near the airfield to see the dirigible landing. German aircrafts fly in a formation over the dirigible landing on ground. Crew on a specially prepared mast inspect the dirigible. Doctor Hugo Eckener, commander of the flight of Graf Zeppelin moves out of the cabin and greeted by German military and civil officials.
Newsreel, "African Americans enrolled as Governor Yields." Tight security at the registrar office of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Governor George Wallace confronts a deputy United States attorney and doesn't allow admission to the University for two African American students- James Hood and Vivian Malone Jones. An officer arrives and talks to Governor Wallace about President Kennedy's integration orders. Governor Wallace bows to Presidential authority and walks out. Students James Hood and Vivian Malone enter the registrar office for registration at the University. United States President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation from White House in Washington DC, regarding civil rights, saying the country is facing moral crisis.
Newly appointed President of United States Lyndon Johnson in a file television interview as the then Vice President at his ranch in Texas. He talks about his achievements in public life over the years. He speaks about how as a Senator he worked for the many causes including construction of a dam over the Colorado River, Civil Rights Bills, and his role in the Johnson-McCormack act in 1958. He also talks about his contribution to various ongoing projects like equal employment,man on moon program.
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