Immediately after the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of U.S. President John F Kennedy. The basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters in Dallas after the shooting of Oswald by Jack Ruby. Detectives and police officers try to control the media. Newsmen, reporters and photographers speak to Dallas Police detectives and officers. Guards cordon off the area of the shooting. Photographers click pictures and record the event. An armored truck at the basement entrance. Reporters report on the event for various television channels. They interview police officers. An unconscious Oswald is brought into the basement on a stretcher and taken towards the entrance. An ambulance takes the armored truck's place. Oswald is placed in the ambulance as it leaves for Parkland Memorial Hospital.
A mountainous region in the Western United States. A man wearing a hard hat as he looks skyward. A photographer leaning out of the door of a parked small plane, preparing to take a photograph. Snow covered mountains of a Western U.S. ski area. Two ski patrol members moving an unoccupied stretcher sled beside a wooden ski lodge. View of chair lift arrival area at top of mountain. Skiers on the slopes. Men ski down a snow covered slope.
A film about President John F. Kennedy's last Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States, just 11 days before his assassination. The President's Own United States Marine Corps Band plays at the Amphitheater. Honor Guard and Color Guard march amidst spectators towards the podium. Band plays as Honor Guards hand over six freedom torches to representatives of six different nations at the ceremony. Chairman of the Veterans Day National Committee addresses the gathering. He talks about the importance of Veterans Day. U.S. Army General David M. Shoe addresses the audiences. View of graves and scenes at the Arlington National Cemetery. The United States Marine Band plays. Various views of the musicians as they play, and of band director Albert F. Schoepper. People applaud. A man amongst the audiences clicks pictures. People stand as President John F. Kennedy leaves. People pay respect to the war veterans. Marine Corps War Memorial. A guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier.
Doctor Kenneth Clark, Professor of Psychology at the City College of New York; Director of Fallen Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Research Director, North Pride Center for Interpretation sits in a chair. He interviews Martin Luther King Jr., the famed civil rights leader. Martin Luther King Jr. expresses his views on love, the non-violence movement, and America's promise. King reacts to reported comments from Malcolm X about King's non-violent movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks about the demonstrations in Birmingham, and the teaching of the philosophy of non-violence that was effective in Birmingham in the face of violence from others.
Doctor Kenneth Clark, Professor of Psychology at the City College of New York; Director of Fallen Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Research Director, North Pride Center for Interpretation, interviews Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks about coordination of various committees working during civil rights movement of African Americans. He comments on the cooperation between the NAACP, CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), and others, citing efforts in Birmingham and in voter registration drives.
A poster advertising an event featuring Malcolm X and black muslims. Malcolm X exits a car. Flashback scene to African American civil rights demonstrators being repelled with water from fire hoses and police arresting some. Malcolm X addresses a gathering. Doctor Kenneth Clark, Professor of Psychology at the City College of New York; Director of Fallen Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Research Director, North Pride Center for Interpretation, interviews Malcolm X on civil right movement of African Americans. Malcolm X speaks about condition of black people in America and the Supremacy of God. Topics also include comparisons of Malcolm X positions to White Supremacy, and discussions of anti-semitism, guilt of white people, muslim faith, immorality of western society and separation from western society, and self-defense by African Americans in the face of violence.