Shows crowd gathered outside the Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas, in 1957, protesting admission of African American students during civil rights movement. Shows "Little Rock Nine" in station wagon being escorted to the school by armed Federal troops. Ernie Green reflects on the experience of the troop escort. Views of Ernest Greene at Michigan State University in a library and Professor Greene teaching in a classroom. Green is seen on a building site working to encourage black apprenticeships in the building trades. Ernest Green seated in an office.
San Quentin State Prison in California. A guard looking through binoculars from tower. Signboard of 'Department of Corrections' and civilians passing by. Guard opening the main gate and people moving in to see the paintings made by prisoners. People at the exhibition. Close of view of various paintings exhibited and people looking at the paintings.
A freight train moves on a railway track. Trainmen are seen on top of the box cars, and one on the caboose, who waves a flag. Police officers inspect vehicles on a nearby road in California. A sign reads 'California Inspection Station, Department of Agriculture'. California police officer speaks to car drivers and inspects vehicles before they drive past. Occasionally, the officer directs a car to pull off the road. A sign reads 'Stop State Officers'.
A woman answers a phone call in an office. A man puts equipment in a van with an owl insignia on its door and a sign reads ' Mobile Mechanics' He drives the van along an Interstate Highway in California. Highway signs along the road point the way toward Interstate route 5 and Bakersfield via the Golden State Freeway. Scene of mechanic at the wheel of the repair truck on the Interstate. He arrives to assist the troubled car owner. Mechanic uses an engine system analyzer to diagnose the problem.
Vehicle Ambush Counter-attack techniques. Dramatization: A Corvair stops in the middle of a road. Two men get out. They take out hand guns and semi-automatic guns and wait in ambush for a Cadillac limousine. A woman sits on a motorbike she signals kidnappers using her walkie talkie handheld radio device. The men with guns come in front of the Cadillac limousine and stop the other car. Close up view of hands holding and firing a semi-automatic assault rifle. They shoot the driver and kidnap the passenger, putting a blindfold over his head as they put him into a van. Newspaper headlines about kidnappings, including the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. California State Police logo. View of cars weaving through traffic cones in parking lot, learning evasive maneuvers. POV through front seat of police patrol car being driven at high speed. Shot of chauffeur polishing a Mercedes Benz. View of damaged cars in a junkyard, including a Trans Am and a Buick Riviera. Even though the Riviera has considerable front end damage, it is started easily by technicians. The narrator explains that cars can be used as weapons to get out of an ambush.
Presidential candidate Richard Nixon's answers to a panel during a special television program in Michigan. A panelist speaks about necessity of the Soviet-US cooperation as stated by Richard Nixon in his earlier campaign speeches. Nixon replies insisting on meaningful talks with the Soviet Union. Nixon's daughters Tricia and Julie, look carefully at their father speaking at the studio.
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