U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy officers in Palomares, Spain after a United States Air Forces Strategic Air Command B-52 bomber crash incident and during aircraft salvage operations of 1966. Civilians stand around outside a command tent at Camp Wilson. U.S. RADM (Rear Admiral) William A. Guest, USAF Major General Delmar E. Wilson, U.S. Ambassador to Spain Angier Biddle Duke, Spanish Minister of Health and Spanish Minister of Air come out of the command tent and get into cars. A car pulls away. A group of officers approaches a helicopter pad area. A civilian with a Spanish high ranking officer. A civilian photographer photographs the group. A Spanish helicopter in the helicopter area. Several dignitaries alongside the helicopter. Women guests get off the helicopter assisted by the Spanish officer. A group of Spanish teenagers looks on. A large group at the helicopter area. Dignitaries including RADM Guest, Major General Wilson and many civilians depart from tent. They walk down a road at the USAF Command Post.
ewsreel clip on the Atlanta Braves bringing major league baseball to the South. View of the downtown Atlanta skyline in 1966, followed by view of Atlanta Stadium. Thousands of people line the streets to welcome the Braves in a pre-game parade that proceeds South along Peachtree Street towards Five Corners, in the heart of the city. View of road sign at Peachtree and Houston streets. Banners reading "Welcome Braves." One car carries coach Ken Silvestri, Ken Johnson (#30), and Hank Fischer (#34). Closeup of them waving to the crowd. An intrepid boy watching from atop a traffic light. Boys and girls standing in front of adults on the sidewalk. One small boy sits on the sidewalk curb. The Players ride in wide 1960s-style open convertible cars and wave to the crowd. Other players seen include #19 Dennis Menke, #43 Rico Carty, and #35 Phil Niekro. Views inside Atlanta Stadium, filled with 50,000 spectators for the first game. Tony Cloninger delivers a pitch for the Braves, who would go onto to lose this game and the next.
Significant events and happenings in the year 1966. Seven nation summit conference on Vietnam in Manila. Pope Paul VI meets with the Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey in Rome, Italy. Wedding of the year in which President Lyndon Johnson's daughter, Luci Baines Johnson weds Patrick Nugent. Rescue workers take out victims of floods and landslides in various parts of world. American people cast their votes in the elections.
Scenes from Funeral with full military honors, and burial at sea, for Lt. Commander Omar R. Ford, aboard the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) in the Philippine Sea. A Navy Commander (Chaplain) at podium on deck. Ship's officers and company with bowed heads. Navy officers as pallbearers around flag-draped body. They commit the body to the deep. U.S. Destroyer, USS Chevalier (DD-805) and another Destroyer are seen in water nearby. Bugler plays taps. Marine honor guards fire three-volley rifle salute. Officer pallbearers ceremoniously fold the American flag and present it to Ship's Captain, John H. Iarrobino who carries it as he leaves the deck. A Commander announces the end of the ceremony.
View of hangar deck aboard the USS Oriskany (CVA-34). Sailors place flag-draped coffins on a pallet. A Catholic Chaplain (Fr. Conall Richard Coughlin, who is stationed at Subic Bay) shares duties with the Ship's chaplain (a Lt. Commander) as they officiate during the solemn activity. Sailors secure the coffins and roll the pallet across the deck where they fasten it to a crane. On the pier below, a Marine honor guard salutes with rifles as sailors accompanied by clergymen carry the coffins aboard a waiting C-130 aircraft.
Men speaking about a planned new nuclear power plant from Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company. They talk about safety and security of environment and other issues related to the plant. Model of the power plant is shown and color scheme of buildings in the Haddam Neck project is discussed. Map of United States showing location of power plant at Haddam Neck, Connecticut. Next segment shows various potential uses of electric power that will be generated by the power plant: Skiers ride a chairlift at a Vermont ski area. Skiers at top of mountain put on skis and prepare to ski on the snow covered mountain. A farmer milking a cow with an electric milking machine. Students in a school classroom in New Hampshire, with a male teacher seen assisting a young student. A man seated in a red leather chair in front of a stone fireplace in a hunting lodge somewhere in New England. View of stadium lights and elevated wide view of Fenway Park baseball stadium in Massachusetts, home of the Boston Red Sox. View of colored stage lights at Jazz festival in Rhode Island and view of jazz musicians playing together at the festival (presumably Newport Jazz Festival), including Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet. A trio plays bass, trumpet, and saxophone. Aerial view of lights illuminating runway and approach at an airport in Connecticut. View of workers in heavy industry and machine parts in factories. Exterior view of Sikorsky Aircraft headquarters building, with sign" Sikorsky Aircraft, Division of United Aircraft Corporation." A Sikorsky S-62 helicopter is seen lifting off from a landing site in front of the building.