U.S. Airborne Division guards in Little Rock, Arkansas during Operation Arkansas. Changing of U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards in front of Central High School, Little Rock. Guards march along sidewalk.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards in Little Rock, Arkansas during Operation Arkansas. Change of the guard in front of Little Rock Central High School. Guards march in front of school building.
American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States. Flashback to 1940 of British citizens gathered in London underground tube shelters during a blitz air raid by Germany over London. A woman distributes snacks to families. Some people at a microphone provide entertainment to the waiting crowd underground during the Battle of Britain. View of aircraft drop bombs over targets on ground. Explosions due to bombing. Back in the United States, Air Raid Warden in his uniform with civil defense armband shows families how to black out basement windows with blankets. Family makes room for basement shelter. Electric gas burners used. Adequate food supplies kept in the basement. One of the room windows sealed to avoid gas entering the room. The curtain dropped quickly over the window when the alarm is raised.
Special Consultants, Counselors and assistants of U.S. President Richard Nixon speak about him as the President of United States. View of President Nixon on December 6, 1969 as he watches the college football "game of the century" between the University of Texas and the University of Arkansas, and then enjoys the victory among the triumphant Texas players, where he offers them congratulations on the win of Texas Longhorns over the Arkansas Razorbacks. White House assistant Harry S. Dent speaks about his own changes in perceptions after working for President Nixon.
A film named 'Dictionary of Indian Sign Language' starts. General Hugh L. Scott seated on a chair demonstrates Native American Indian sign language. General demonstrates sign Water that is to drink, apple creek and Arkansas river that is flint arrowhead. Specifically: Apple Creek signs: WATER TREE BERRY/FRUIT SPINY, which translates to Spiny-fruit-tree-river (River of the spiny-fruit tree). Arkansas River signs: WATER FLINT (ARROW) TIP, which translates to Flint-arrowhead-river. ARROW is left out for abbreviation.
Jefferson Thomas standing against the wall in hallway of Central High School, Little Rock Arkansas, four years after graduating. Bell rings and the hall fills with students changing classes, including African American and white students. Scene shifts to Elizabeth Eckford, while a student at Central High, and then to her at Central State College, in Ohio, where she is seen moving about the campus buildings and grounds. Scene flashes back to 1957 where she is seen with others entering Central High, Little Rock, Arkansas, under U.S. Army protection. Scene returns to Central State College, where students stand in a circle and sing their Alma Mater song.
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