Secretary Laird before Senate Committee in Washington DC. General Earl G Wheeler answers Committee's questions. Senate Foreign Relations Committee includes William J Fulbright. Chairman of the Senate sit and listen. Secretary of Defense, Melvin R Laird speaks. Court steno records minutes of the session.
Secretary of Defense, Melvin R Laird swears in new Assistants in Pentagon, Washington DC. Laird stands with Mr Carl S Wallace and his wife. The flag of United States in the background. Laird swears in Mr Wallace. Officers and friends applaud. Secretary stands with Mr William J Baroody Junior. Laird calls upon Baroody's children. Laird swears Baroody. Baroody addresses. Mr David Packard, Assistant Secretary of Defense, arrives and congratulates both men.
Office of Senator J. William Fulbright in Washington DC. Sign on office door reads '1215, W Fulbright, ARKANSAS'. Photographs on the wall inside Fulbright's office. Photographs signed by President Lyndon B Johnson, with humorous comments. Senator Fulbright is seen being interviewed on a television show with caption: "Fulbright Advise & Dissent."
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.
News reporter reports on the murder of Black Panther Party's Chairman Fred Hampton in his apartment in Chicago, Illinois. Investigations done at the crime scene. Attorney James Montgomery in a press interview speaks regarding Hampton's death. Police officer explains the events that took place on the day of Hampton's murder. Illinois State Attorney General Edward V Hanrahan speaks on what occurred at the raid of Fred Hampton's apartment in Chicago. View of bullets holes at the crime scene. Press officials ask various questions.
Illinois State Attorney General Edward V Hanrahan speaks on what occurred at the raid of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton's apartment in Chicago. African American eyewitness and Hampton's wife give interviews. Fred Junior with his mother. Police officers carry dead body of Hampton on a stretcher