Federal troops arrive in Little Rock,Arkansas to restore law and order follow court rulings on desegregation in schools. Troops march through residential areas. Shows soldiers of the 101st US-Airborne Division of United States escorting the Little Rock Nine (African American/African-American students) to Little Rock Central High school under civil rights integration orders.
Shows street fights between groups demonstrating for and protesting against racial integration in Little Rock, Arkansas, during Civil Rights movement. Several cameramen and photographers at the scene. White and African American citizens fighting. Troops of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division arrive to restore order and escort trouble making demonstrators away from the scene. Follows court orders in United States for desegregation of schools.
Atomic bomb testing in Nevada, United States. High altitude view of the testing ground. A bomb explodes. Formation of a mushroom cloud due to the explosion.
A square-rigged Norwegian sailing ship arrives in New York, United States. The ship in a harbor. Several cadets on board. A large crowd gathers at the harbor and greets the cadets. Officers shake hands.
The Third Annual Fire Chief Steel Conference in Long Island, New York. Simulation of a jet crash in a residential area. Emphasis on latest methods of coping with blazing jet fuel. Heavy columns of smoke rise up from the wrecked aircraft. The firemen douse the fire with fire hoses.
Project Vanguard being undertaken in Maryland, United States. The project will set an artificial satellite in space which would circle the earth and will send scientific data to the earth. Models of the moon and a Vanguard rocket. Men holding the model and discussing. Men working on the rocket for its completion.