A rescue crew explores a mine. Rescue team with Oxygen Breathing Apparatus use elevator to enter the mine. Rescue team explore mine tunnel to search for trapped workers. Rescue team tests a lamp for presence of methane gas. Flame rises inside lamp due to methane gas in mine. Flame goes out in lamp due to lack of oxygen.
Canary in a coal mine and carbon monoxide detector use for rescue operations inside mines. Rescue team uses a carbon monoxide detector and a caged canary bird to detect presence of carbon monoxide. Canary bird in cage expires due to high carbon monoxide.
United States President John F. Kennedy addresses the United States Congress, appealing to increase the budget for defense and support for the space program. Congressmen clap upon the arrival of President Kennedy in the United States Capitol. Cameramen capturing videos of President Kennedy’s address using very long lenses. “These are extraordinary times. And we face an extraordinary challenge. Our strength as well as our convictions have imposed upon this nation the role of leader in freedom's cause.”, President Kennedy begins his speech. “I have not asked for a single program which did not cause one or all Americans some inconvenience, or some hardship, or some sacrifice. But they have responded and you in the Congress have responded to your duty--and I feel confident in asking today for a similar response to these new and larger demands. It is heartening to know, as I journey abroad, that our country is united in its commitment to freedom and is ready to do its duty” said President Kennedy, concluding his speech to the United States Congress.
Return of United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson from a two-week official tour of Southeast Asia (Vietnam) and reports to President John F. Kennedy on his trip. A helicopter carrying Vice President Johnson lands on the White House lawn. The Washington Monument can be seen in the background upon the helicopter’s landing. Row of cameramen with The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) in background. Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson shakes hands with President Kennedy. Vice President Johnson’s daughter, Lynda Bird, can be seen disembarking from the helicopter behind her parents. President Kennedy speaks with Vice President Johnson and Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson as they walk on the White House lawn.
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.
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