A press conference at the White House in Washington DC. Television and press photographers set their cameras. View of Lincoln statue. The seal of the President of the United States. Picture of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower takes his seat at a desk and begins to speak.
A press conference at the White House in Washington DC. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower seated at a desk in the President's Office at the White House. He addresses reporters about the Little Rock Crisis. He states the duties of the local authorities. He speaks about the functions of the Supreme Court and federal courts and individuals rights and duties. He lays stress on the need to maintain peace and order in the nation.
A military ceremony in Washington DC. Flags of various nations flutter in wind atop flagpoles. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, of the United Kingdom, seated in a car, arrive to attend a ceremony at the U.S. Army Military District of Washington. A large crowd of spectators gathered during the ceremony. Soldiers of the "Old Guard" stand in formation. Queen Elizabeth II places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
An emergency practice training of U.S. Army National Guardmen in the United States. A car drives through streets and arrives at a National Guard Armory. A National Guard soldier, not yet in uniform, gets out of a mid 1950s sedan car and runs into the building, where he and other uniformed National Guardsmen are issued rifles from a rack and depart on their mission. They run up a flight of stairs. They get in jeeps and advance through streets of New York City, near the United Nations building, during a practice training alert. An officer issues instructions and is saluted. A National Guard sentry guards an essential military site.
U.S. Army components in the United States. Aerial view of the Pentagon armed forces installation in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington DC, and ground level views of the Pentagon from nearby roads such as the Shirley Highway (Interstate 395) and possibly the George Washington Memorial Parkway. A sign board in the Pentagon reads ' Department of Defense'. View of Secretary of the Army Wilbur M. Brucker. Two newspaper headlines about the Cold War, space race, and the space satellite programs of the Soviet Union. U.S. Army soldiers at attention during inspection in their barracks. Men of U.S. Army National Guard and Reserve Units march across a field. A formation of many L-2 observation planes flies very low over the marching troops. Close up views of faces of U.S. Army soldiers. They perform calisthenics exercise drills during their physical training and stand in formation.
Operation Arkansas at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. African American students arrive at Central High School. U.S. 101st Airborne Division guards stand around. Newspapermen interview an official. Chief of U.S. Military District Major General Edwin G. Walker talks to 101st Airborne Division, 1st Airborne Battle Group Commanding-Officer Colonel William A Kuhn. Major General Walker get into jeep and leaves.