Former United States President Herbert Hoover returns to Washington DC from an international food security survey mission done at President Harry Truman’s request. Former President Herbert Hoover disembarks from an Air Transport Command (ATC) plane. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson shakes hands with former president Hoover as welcome to Washington DC. Former President Hoover and Secretary Anderson walk together from the tarmac, enter the White House together. Former President Hoover reports, showing documents to United States President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson inside the Oval Office of the White House.
Still photos of the NASA Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. Buzz Aldrin next to the Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSE) with the lunar module Eagle in the background. Buzz Aldrin stands next to the United States flag on the moon. Spacesuit and lander on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. Front pages of major United States newspapers, such as The Miami Herald and Chicago Daily News, report the historic moon landing. Headlines include, "Ohioan Walks on Moon!" "Man Walks on the Moon" and "Americans on Moon." Teenagers looking at Apollo display at the Smithsonian. Empty mission control years after Apollo.
Consoles in the Mission Operations Control Room 2, the flight control room of the first crewed moon landing (the Apollo 11), at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Closeups of console labels read “CAP COMM”, “Flight Director 02”, “Life Systems Officer”, “Flight Dynamics Officer”, and “Guidance Officer”. Craters on the lunar surface during Apollo 8. Famous "Blue Marble" view of the earth from space, as seen from the moon. Apollo 9 astronaut Dave Scott exiting hatch of capsule for his extravehicular activity. Apollo 9 lunar module “Spider” moving across moon surface. The Apollo 10 Command and Service Module in orbit around the moon. View of empty mission control, Houston. Boy Scouts carrying flags of the United States in a parade. Drum in marching band. A window displays a photo of Buzz Aldrin, under the words “Our Hero”. Buzz Aldrin waves to cheering spectators. Michael Collins smiles. An Indian bagpipe band marching. French dignitary awards Michael Collins. Asian Boy Scouts cheer and women dance during the three astronauts’ international “Giantstep Apollo 11 Presidential Goodwill Tour." A masked native dancing. Neil Armstrong waves at people as he sits with Amsterdam mayor Ivo Samkaldenfrom in a boat sailing in Amsterdam’s canals. Dutch people waving at Neil Armstrong from a bridge. Ticker tape parade in honor of Apollo 11. Balloons flying over parade. Apollo launch site. Emergency phone numbers sign posted at Cape Kennedy. View of the remains of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34, the site of the Apollo 1 cabin fire that killed Command Pilot Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee—and destroyed the command module (CM).
Astronauts Eugene “Gene” Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt enjoying zero gravity inside the spacecraft during Apollo 17 mission. They pass around various objects in capsule, including a flashlight, a mission book, and a shaver. Ronald Evans refuses the shaver with comical disgusted expression while another flips in his chair. . Harrison Schmitt playfully rotates his body in fetal position in zero gravity. Ronald Evans eats a sausage another grabs a floating pack of juice and drinks from it. Harrison Schmitt shaves using an electric razor, passing the razor to Ronald Evans.
Point of view from NASA Apollo 17 landing craft as it lands on the moon in 1972. Still image of astronaut Dr. Harrison Schmitt as his voice is heard explaining the landing, saying, "one's first feelings are a mixture, a very complex mixture of humility, excitement...." Apollo 17 astronaut climbs down the ladder of the lunar module. Still Image of Apollo 17 astronaut on the moon. Scenes of slopes and massifs of the moon, with craters and rocky cliff. Various still images of Apollo 17 Harrison Schmitt and Gene Cernan on the moon.
Point of view from front of NASA Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) as it drives on the moon. Moon buggy kicks up moon dust as it travels.
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