Telephone conversation between U.S. President Richard Nixon and the astronauts of Apollo 11, while they are on the moon, July 20th, 1969. President Nixon seated at a desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC, United States. Technicians setting up video cameras. Nixon talks over a phone. Men setting up a monitor screen. Flickering moving images of the astronauts beside the Lunar Lander, on the surface of the moon. A camera focuses in on a document titled: DRAFT 'Talk to men on the moon' on the desk. The opening sentence reads: "This is an epic day in the history of man." A split image on the screen shows President Nixon talking and the astronauts on the moon. President Nixon talking to an astronaut on a phone at his desk in the Oval Office. Picture of "Earthrise" as seen from the moon, on wall in the Oval Office. NASA Astronaut, Frank Borman,who commanded the Apollo 8 mission,in 1968, comes before the cameras in the White House and makes speaks on behalf of NASA astronauts involved in the Apollo missions.
Astronauts on lunar surface during Apollo 11 mission, launched from Complex 39 at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. On July 19 Apollo 11 passes behind the Moon. View of the earth. On July 20 1969 the lunar module (LM) Eagle separated from the command module Columbia. The lunar module (LM) Eagle after separation from the command module Columbia. The lunar module (LM) Eagle descends toward the surface of moon and achieves the first successful manned moon landing.
The December 1, 1969 Draft Lottery for the year 1970 is held at the United States Selective Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. The draft lottery is led by General Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service Director. The ceremony begins with a benediction, and then an official pours slips of paper containing birth dates into a glass bowl. Congressman Alexander Pirnie of New York draws the first birth date. He declares the date, September 14, and another man pastes the birth date next to a number on a board. Members of the Selective Service Youth Advisory Committee draw additional birth dates and the board is filled out with the draft sequence.
Activity at an Oil Refinery in the United States. View of the Paraffin System Sweater buildings. Oil derricks. Workers dig a trench for pipe line. A pipe line being build from El Dorado, Arkansas to Homer, Louisiana. Blacksmiths pound metal on anvil. Group of men read a map sitting outside a store. Workers operate an oil drilling machine.
Walter A Harris, President of the National Association of Suggestion System presents plaque to Hugh M Milton III, Assistant Secretary of Army for 'Operation Arkansas'. Both shake hands and smile. Assistant Secretary of Army accepts the plaque on behalf of the United States Army. Honorable Harris Ellsworth, Chairman of the Civil Service Committee; General Booth; General Lyman L Lemnitzer, Vice Chief of Staff and other dignitaries are also present in the function.
Assistant Secretary of Army Hugh M Milton III shows the plaque received on behalf of the United States Army for 'Operation Arkansas'. General Lyman L Lemnitzer, Vice Chief of Staff looks at the plaque. Honorable Harris Ellsworth, Chairman of the Civil Service Committee; General Booth; Walter A Harris, President of the National Association of Suggestion System and other dignitaries are also present.
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