A newsreel titled 'Natives Welcome Royalty' shows, Basotho tribesmen dance with joy as they prepare to welcome the British Royal family in Basutoland, South Africa. Native South African tribe members ride on horse backs in a procession to welcome the King. In a military parade they escort the Rolls Royce Phantom car of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. A large crowd comprising of Basothos gather to welcome the royal family including Princess Elizabeth.
U.S. Navy carrier planes hit oil fields in the China Sea. A storm in the China Sea. U.S. Navy 3rd fleet carriers on a ship. A diagram shows an arrow on the South China Sea. The fleet moves forward towards Japanese bases. U.S. airplanes bomb Japanese targets. Carrier planes return back to the ship. A plane crash lands on the ship. The pilot of ship is hurt and stuck in the cockpit. The crew runs toward the plane and gets him down. A diagram shows an arrow from the South China sea to IndoChina, Saigon. A tanker is torpedoed by U.S. planes. Bombing on Saigon. An oil reserve on fire. (World War II period).
African American soldiers of U.S. army in South Pacific island during World War II. African American troops of U.S. army perform calisthenics and bayonet practice. African American soldier Joe Louis (famous boxer) goes over obstacle course with other African American soldiers, over ditches and ladders. U.S. landing crafts off the coast of island in the South Pacific. African American soldiers unload supplies from a ship.
1st Marine Division advance into Seoul Korea during fall of 1950 in Korean War. Traffic on a road in Seoul, Korea. People carry their belongings on a vehicle. Korean children stand by and watch as American forces drive in military vehicles in the city. A bulldozer is driven on a road. A group of new South Korean soldier recruits march wearing simple pants and no shirt. Next scene shows South Korean soldiers after training, in full uniform and marching in formation.
55 persons killed in a Korean airplane crash near Seoul, South Korea. A South Korean Air Force C-46 transport plane crashed in a slum area. Smoldering rubble at the crash site. A girl cries. Smoking rubble. Firemen, police and air force personnel search for people.
Clip from a study of educational inequalities between the white and African American populations in South Carolina. A church of African American parishioners. People emerge from their cars and move towards the church. Parishioners entering the church for a church service, and later exiting the church. Views of an African American cemetery. (Charles Hamilton Houston, Dean of the Howard University School of Law, is seen crouched low near a grave beside a young boy. Houston was working together with Thurgood Marshall to film this footage). View of the Crawford Rosenwald School (4009 Saluda Road York County South Carolina) for African American children at Ogden, South Carolina. African American children play and dance at the Ogden School, which was built largely through their efforts due to limited state funding.
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