Development of transportation in Europe after World War 2. An ocean-going ship is seen plying the waters of an estuary. A white tower is seen with moving radar antenna on top. A radar operator works in front of radar screens in the control room. He wears headset and microphone. Narrator notes how radar helps navigation in crowded estuaries like the Scheldt. Captain onboard ship ostensibly speaking to the radar operator. Another radar antenna rotating rapidly. A British European Airways (BEA) Vickers VC. 1 Viking airplane at Schiphol Airport (Evert van de Beekstraat 202, 1118 CP Schiphol, Netherlands) in Amsterdam. Glimpses of European airlines using the Douglas DC-3 aircraft such as the Belgian SABENA, Polish LOT and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). A TAP Air Portugal (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) DC-6 parked, and a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) DC-6, named the “Vliegende Hollander”, taxiing. An Air France Sud-Est SE-161 Languedoc 4-engine aircraft, taxiing. View of control tower and related buildings at the airport. A person marking a carton for air delivery. A man loads parcels from his automobile trunk, into a Scandinavian Airlines DC-3 aircraft. Venue shifts to Orly airport (94390 Orly, France) in Paris, France, where a DC-6 airplane sits in front of a terminal building. Airport staff prepare to welcome a dignitary, including uniformed brass band seated at an awninged pavilion, and a military honor guard. A DC-4 aircraft parked in nearby background. A party welcomes the President of France, Vincent Jules Auriol, arriving on an Air France Lockheed Constellation airliner. A large contingent of Army troops are assembled in formation to honor the arriving President. He strolls across the ramp, accompanied by a French general and an admiral, among others. He climbs stairs of the pavilion as the band plays La Marseillaise (National Anthem).
A big crowd of people standing on a bridge near the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam. A policemen walks across a riot struck area, following actions by anti-communist protestors in sympathy with the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 . Broken glass pieces and other losses to the property can be seen. A street packed with a crowd of people, in the night hours. Police breaking up the crowds. A group of marchers including women and clergy walking together along a road.
Floods in Holland by a breach in the North Sea Canal. Man looks at houses and cars in flood waters in Amstersdam. Flood damaged material inside a shop. People on roof of their house. Submerged cars and buses in flood. Huge pump stations pump out the flood waters back into sea.
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 moon surface during Apollo 8. Famous "Blue Marble" view of the earth 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).
Flag at sidewalk stall flown at half-mast in wake of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. Flags on buildings flying at half-mast. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in The Hague. Building sign as "Ministerie van Buttenlandse zaken". The Dutch flag flying half-mast behind stone sculpture of the Amsterdam coat of arms. Flags of different countries including United States and England flying at half-mast.
American former war correspondents in the Netherlands and Belgium to mark the 25th anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe during World War 2. A sign on a building reads 'Esso Motor Hotel.' American correspondents leave the hotel. Road sign for "Maastricht". Airport hangar with lettering "Airport Luchthaven Zuid Limburg." A bus driven past a civilian band parading down a street. The correspondents seated in the bus. The bus driven past fields in the countryside. A road sign for "Centrum / Belgie". The correspondents get off the bus and enter a government building likely in Antwerp Belgium. Views from inside a bus as the correspondents arrive at NATO headquarters in Brussels. They get off the bus. The correspondents seated around a table during a meeting.