Narrator Lee Marvin standing on a seashore. U.S. astronauts heading to their capsule for launch on mission to first man on the moon. Launch service structures falling away, as rocket launch is completing countdown in launch of Saturn V rocket carrying Apollo 11 mission to the moon. View of Mission Control operations center during Apollo 11. Glimpse of the earth from the moon and sound of Neil Armstrong on radio to Houston Control Center, "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." View shifts to Houston Control Center. View of the Lunar Module, Eagle, descending and landing on the moon surface, July 20, 1969. Next, a view of Neil Armstrong descending ladder from the Lunar lander and taking the first step onto the moon by a human, and then moving about on the lunar surface, on July 21, 1969. View of seashore, again, where birds are walking on the wet sand. Flock of birds flying above breaking surf. Aerial view of Hoover Dam. A road being built in rugged wilderness. View of the Panama Canal. Aerial view from helicopter flying very close to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Last few seconds of countdown for launch of NASA Apollo 11 mission from Cape Kennedy in Florida. Saturn Rocket ignites and liftoff commences carrying Apollo 11 on the first manned mission to moon. The crew includes Neil A Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E Aldrin.
Aerial views from slow-moving aircraft of the sea shore and Cape Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The NASA Apollo 12 Saturn V rocket (SA-507) is visible in distance, on launch pad LC 39A.
President Nixon's daughter, Patricia, greets members of crowd welcoming the Nixons at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, on the occasion of the Apollo-12 moon mission launch. Secret Service agent holds large black and red golf umbrella over Patricia Nixon. President Nixon shakes hands with people and gives autographs. Mrs. Nixon also greets persons in the crowd. Photographers take photos. Nixon chats with a man among the crowd. First Lady Pat Nixon along with President. The Presidential party makes its way through the crowd.
U.S. President and Mrs. Nixon are welcomed by crowd of well wishers after arriving at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, to witness the launch of the Apollo 12 moon mission. The weather is rainy and many in the crowd hold umbrellas. The Nixons mingle with the crowd and the President signs a number of autographs.
People take pictures of President Nixon as he joins a crowd in viewing stand to witness the Apollo 12 moon mission launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The President chats with others in the stands. A light rain is falling. The President converses with an Army Sergeant. Mrs. Pat Nixon and daughter Patricia join the President in the stands. Many umbrellas are held aloft to shield the Nixons. Attention of the crowd is focused as the Saturn V rocket ignites and the Apollo 12 mission is launched. The rocket soon disappears in the clouds. But the crowd remains attentive (presumably as the roar of the rocket continues to reverberate). In a short while, the crowd begins to disperse.
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