Ceremony at the Pentagon for the Secretary of Defense Melvin R Laird in Virginia. The interior of the Pentagon building. Defense Secretary Laird along with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Gilmore Wheeler, riding the escalator to the office of the Secretary of Defense. Secretary Laird seated at a desk. Defense Secretary Laird and General Wheeler discuss. The Secretary and General and their wives pose for pictures. Secretary Laird seated at a desk.
Ceremony at the Pentagon for the Secretary of Defense Melvin R Laird in Virginia. Honor guard and Color guard standing in formation on the ground. Officials standing outside the building and watching the ceremony. Band playing music. Cars parked outside the building. United States Army General William C Westmoreland arrives at the ceremony. General Westmoreland is greeted by officers and Secretary of the Army Stanley R Resor. Officers talking amongst themselves.
Ceremony at the Pentagon for the U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin R Laird in Virginia. Honor guard and Color guard standing in formation on the ground. Officials standing outside the Pentagon building and watching the ceremony. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Gilmore Wheeler and Defense Secretary Laird walk to the review stand and take the salute. Secretary Laird meets his staff, and then proceeds to the Pentagon.
United States President Richard Nixon and officials at the White House in Washington DC, United States. The interior of the White House. U.S. President Richard Nixon and cabinet members seated around a conference table. The officials discuss amongst themselves.
Rooms containing memorabilia related to President Eisenhower. Photographs of the Eisenhowers' son, John, in Army uniform, and his wife Barbara Jean. Photograph of Mamie Eisenhower with son John and his wife Barbara Jean and their children (Mamie' s grandchildren) Dwight David, Barbara Anne, and Susan. World globe on table. Books on shelf. Three paintings on wall. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Flags and medals on shelf. Inscription under painting reads: Summer, By Charles H Davis. Numerous official gifts and awards presented to President Eisenhower over the years.
The work of African American civil rights leaders in the United States. Ernest Green, one of the "Little Rock Nine" students, encourages black apprenticeships in building trades. Through his work at the Recruitment and Training Program, or RTP, Inc., in Brooklyn, New York City, Ernie Green reaches out and speaks to young black men in need of jobs. Young black workers without jobs stands outside a fenced area and look in at white men working at a construction site. Young black men unemployed on street corners and in front of shops. African American children on a city street, bundled in coats and walking to school. Ernest Green reflecting on the difficulty for black young men in getting jobs and in feeling welcome in the work force. Two young black men talking on a city sidewalk, looking in store windows, and then talking and doing a multiple step hand shake. Blacks in a classroom coaching young minority men in preparation for a sheet metal or other building trade union qualification test. African American men with construction jobs are seen laying bricks for a new building, working with steel beams, pouring cement, and constructing a building. Black workers install building windows and work with a torch on steel girders.