Scenes from Washington DC riots following death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Military and civilian vehicles on a street with a building in the background. Soldiers around military trucks. Two soldiers look at a paper. Smoke rises from a building. A store on fire.
Elephants are seen drinking water trough fed by a large water tank, at the start of the film. They are in the vacant lot of a town in the United States. A circus worker is seated on a wagon in their midst. A circus worker tends to a pack of dogs inside a fenced enclosure. A circus wagon is seen behind him. Teams of horses are being watered from a large tank, with Barnum & Bailey Shows painted on the side of the water tank. A circus worker watches over them. Two men and a boy walk past during the scene. Circus attendants parade a herd of elephants into a town, followed by others escorting camels. Local people watch from the sidelines. View from the rear of the parade of animals along a street in the town. A zebra and two horned animals also take up the end of the procession. Another view of the parade with circus hands riding along with teams of horses and others riding atop elephants.
As film begins, attendants riding atop elephants are seen from the rear as they parade along a the street of an American town. Front view of a circus wagon pulled by a team of horses and followed by numerous camels tethered behind it. A circus hand escorts a zebra and two other animals. Behind them are two automobiles. Next, local people are seen lined up to enter the fairgrounds where the circus tents are set up.
The first scene of the film shows a circus hand washing a dog outdoors in a metal wash tub. local people watch him. The next scene shows a worker hanging wash on lines set behind the circus tents where they are camping.
As film begins, camera focuses on a wooden octagonal house (possibly a small lighthouse) perched on a rock near a lake. Camera then pans across the rocky shore and continues across the lake without revealing a shoreline opposite the house.
A film titled 'The African American soldier' about the role of African American soldiers during World War II. A dramatization : Exteriors of various cathedrals and churches in the United States. African American children enter a church. A service being conducted in a church. African American soldier sings music song at the service, with gospel choir behind him. African American minister addresses the congregation after the service. A service flag in the church. Various African American Army officers and a WAC (Women's Army Corps) at the church. Past events (actual footage) show African American boxer Joe Louis during boxing rematch bout against German boxer Max Schemling at Yankee Stadium June 22, 1938. Shows Schmeling being knocked out by Louis. African American paratroopers train as they climb up a ladder and jump to the ground. African American soldiers undergo training and drills as they cross obstacles and run across a forest readying for service in World War II. A copy of the Constitution of the United States. African American pastor reads out a portion related to African Americans from Hitler's Mein Kampf.
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