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Little Rock, Arkansas High School Integration, 06Oct57

Reel Number: 221300-11

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1957

Country: USA

Location: Arkansas,Little Rock

TC Begins: 10:23:26

TC Ends: 10:30:00

Duration: 00:06:34

Little Rock, Arkansas High School Integration, 06Oct57 CU of officer of 153rd Inf. Regt., 39th Division talking (MOS), salutes. Troops march to camera along sidewalk past camera, Central High School behind. Two soldiers practice hitting volleyball ; others reading newspaper lying beneath stacked rifles w/ gear nearby. Four soldiers patrolling in twos, meet & turn. Others marching on sidewalk. 10:26:00 NBC cameraman filing interview w/ white girl who claimes she was denied entry to school, others around listening. Major Robert A. Jones on phone at operations center, taking several calls. 10:26:47 Soldiers in shorts & boots playing volley ball. Various shots of Central High School & troops patrolling & marching. Civil Rights; Integration; Eisenhower Era; 1950s; Segregation;

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