The annual award ceremony of the President committee on employment of the physically handicapped in the Washington DC. Vice President Richard Nixon presents an award to a school girl Gail Chadwell of Reno, Nevada. Mr Nixon with several people on stage. Vice President Nixon awards the 'Handicapped of the Year' award to the businessman Dwight Guilfoil. Mr Guilfoil sits on a wheelchair with a toddler on his lap.
Professional golf Tournament of Champions final round in Las Vegas, Nevada. A large crowd of people gathered to watch the golf tournament. Jay Hebert and Julius Boros battle for the second slot after the brilliant performance of front runner Jerry Barber.
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer visits U.S. Vice President Johnson's ranch in Stonewall, Texas. A helicopter lands. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer gets down. Crowds cheer. The German Chancellor during a barbeque at the Vice President's ranch, the Vice President presents a 10 gallon hat to the Chancellor.
Aerospace tests on monkeys and chimpanzees at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City. The U.S. Air Force demonstrates how aerospace monkeys respond to commands during simulated altitude changes as would occur in space travel. An airman near technical equipment and systems. A chimpanzee in a seat. An officer observes. Monkey in a cage. Airman at controls of a machine that reads 'A Performance Task for Maintaining Behavior'. The chimpanzee in a reclining chair. His image on a close circuit television. The chimpanzee seated in a chair explores the controls.
Highlights from two Boston Red Sox-Minnesota Twins games in 1967 that decided the American League pennant. The scoreboard at Boston's Fenway Park. U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey from Minnesota and and U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts stand in the Red Sox' dugout. The crowd cheers. Carl Yastrzemski hits 44th home run to win the first game for the Red Sox as the crowd goes wild. In game two, Fenway Park scoreboard shows game tied 2-2 in the sixth inning. Red Sox take the lead on infield hit, wild pitch and another infield hit. In ninth inning, the Sox get final out on a popup caught by shortstop Rico Petroceli. Fans celebrate Boston's first baseball title in two decades and storm field, where they mob winning pitcher Jim Lonborg (#16).
President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives, in an open car decorated with patriotic bunting, at a pier in San Diego, where the American cruiser, USS Houston (CA -30) is docked. Camera focuses on the superstructure of the Cruiser, which displays the American flag and a flag with the Presidential Seal. Next, the President is seen looking over the railing of the Houston as well-wishers wave from the dock below. Closeup of Roosevelt smiling broadly as he waves from the ship's railing. Glimpse of USS Houston underway in San Diego harbor. (Note: On this occasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt boarded the USS Houston for a fishing trip. His party included scientists from the Smithsonian Institute, who were to collect specimens from Central and South America while the President fished.)
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