Boxer Cassius Marcellus Clay Junior (later Muhammad Ali) undergoes training for his boxing title defense in Houston, Texas. Clay skips rope. He practices in the ring in the Astrodome. Clay fights with other boxer in ring in practice boxing match. Audience watches and claps. Cassius Clay speaks about his opponent Ernie Terrell, including line "He's going around claiming to be the real heavy weight champ. But after I'm finished he'll just be a tramp..."
World heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) is surrounded by fans and media after he refuses to take the oath of induction into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Photographers snapping photos. View of protesters holding up signs as they demonstrate. One sign reads, "Mohammed, your fight is in the ring."
People enter the Houston Astrodome building in Houston Texas for a college football game between North Carolina State University and University of Houston. View of Houston's mascot, a live Cougar named Shasta III, chained and lying in a wagon. Huge crowd cheers. Views of several plays in the football game. North Carolina State wins over Houston with a score of 16-6. Bobby Hall of North Carolina State scores twice for the winning team.
Apollo Moon craft during rugged landing tests at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, the NASA manned space flight center, in Houston, Texas. The Apollo Moon craft on a stand at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. The Moon craft makes a rugged landing when dropped from a rig while testing. (This shows impact tests of the Apollo space capsule, not the Lunar Exursion Module or LM or LEM.)