A trolley car passes through the town of Arkhangelsk, Russia (also known as Archangel). U.S. sailors and soldiers are hanging out partially from the front and rear doors of the streetcar. A group of local people watch the trolley as it passes. [Footage from the United States Army 85th Division, 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force North Russia, participating as part of the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1. Two thirds of the soldiers were from Michigan.] (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A documentary titled "League of Nations at Work," gives an overview of League's inception. Montage shows World War I artillery firing and explosions on World War 1 battlefield. Some French soldiers standing in a tall, armored car or armored vehicle during a battle. View of war graves at a cemetery. Outlines of formation are United States President Woodrow Wilson's principles for a League of Nations. Dignitaries seen arriving for Versailles conference at the Palace of Versailles. A map showing League of Nations members in 1935.
United States Congress passes the Civil Rights Bill. After the House votes on the measure, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law before an audience of Legislators and Civil Rights Leaders at the White House in Washington DC. He calls it 'a turning point in history' and uses one hundred pens to affix his signature. Many civil rights and government leaders seen behind the President, including Everett Dirksen and Hubert Humphrey, Marting Luther King Jr., and J. Edgar Hoover, all of who receive signing pens. President Johnson hands several signing pens to Attorney General Robert Kennedy, for members of the Kennedy family.
Standing in the gymnasium of Little Rock Central High school in Arkansas, a school official talks about operating under a "Pupil Assignment Law" under which school officials assign students so that there are some black among mostly white students and some white among mostly black students in Arkansas schools (during period of civil rights focus and the "Little Rock Nine" in the United States). Integrated students, including whites and some African Americans, play basketball in background.
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.
A service at the AME Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. Pastor addresses the African American congregation that includes several of the original "Little Rock Nine." They receive life membership in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Bombing damage done to the First Baptist Church (347 N Ripley St, Montgomery, AL 36104, United States) in Montgomery, Alabama is shown. African American women leave the Little Rock AME church after the service. (During Civil rights movement.)
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