Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound in Valdez, Alaska. Vice Admiral of U.S. Coast Guard Clyde E Robbins greeted by another officer. Vessels carrying equipment in Prince William Sound. Fishing boats with other vessels and oil containment booms deployed. A fishing boat transports oil containment boom to another area. Ship for communication and logistics activities for oil clean up. A tug boat carry equipment. A vessel in the water. The mast of the vessel. Oil containment boom of the vessel deployed. Oil being poured into the vessel by skimmer system. Hoses kept to be transported. A man stacks oil absorbing pads. Pressurized water sprayers on a trailer. A vehicle driven out of an aircraft. A helicopter in flight.
Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound in Valdez, Alaska. Fish in the water. Aerial view of the fish hatcheries. Deflection and barriers booms set up around the fish hatcheries. Skimmer systems are deployed on the bay. Tug boats drag oil containment boom. Oil trapped between the containment boom is transfered over a conveyor assembly on boat. Oil being separated from water on boat. Oil is soaked on a soaking bed. The viscous oil is being vacuum sucked and transfered into a storage tank. Coast guard vessel on the bay. Oil containment boom and mooring systems deployed. Coast guard work on the Oil containment boom and put them in water. A tug boat pulls the oil containment booms. United States Coast guard Cutter USCGC Rush (WHEC-723) as a air traffic control center in the Prince William Sound. Men work inside the ship.
The recovery of the Apollo 11 Columbia Command Module and astronauts welcomed after in Houston Texas. Radar equipment on USS Hornet (CVS-12). A helicopter in flight. The Columbia Command Module of Apollo 11 seen as a white light streaking through the sky as it reenters earth's atmosphere. The Columbia module seen floating in the ocean near the USS Hornet. President of the United States Richard Nixon on the USS Hornet. A helicopter recovers the astronatus from the Columbia Command module in the Pacific Ocean. A man clicks pictures. The astronauts being pulled up to the helicopter from the command module floating in the ocean. The helicopter lands on the carrier. The ramp being pushed to the helicopter. Richard Nixon waving at the astronauts. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins disembark in special air-tight suits to applause of the crew, and then immediately enter a Mobile Quarantine Van. The crew of Apollo 11 in quarantine after returning to Earth. People welcome the astronatus in the quarantine van after it has arrived in Houston Texas. The astronauts talk over a red telephone to family and friends gathered in Houston. They wave from the quarantine van where they must remain for 3 weeks. Views of the astronauts on the moon are shown periodically. A scientist opens a collected rock and dust sample from moon using special equipment in a closed chamber. Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package placed on the surface. Laser ranging retro reflector placed on the surface of moon. The lunar module (LM) Eagle on moon surface.
Dedication ceremonies for the new American Red Cross Headquarters building in Washington DC. The President of United States Woodrow Wilson and the former President William Howard Taft with other officials, including Jean Jules Jusserand (French Ambassador to the United States during World War I) dedicate the new Red Cross Headquarters building. Scenes from a parade of uniformed Red Cross women and vehicles. Officials stand and greet each other at the end of cermonies at 17th and D Street, NW, Washington DC.
Second inauguration of President Thomas Woodrow Wilson at the United States Capitol in Washington DC. President Wilson with First Lady of the United States Edith Bolling Galt Wilson in carriage. Carriages carrying the President and party leaving the White House on their way to the Capitol for the inauguration. Views of the crowd gathered at the United States Capitol. Officials arriving and being seated for the ceremony. Intermittent views of the Inaugural parade. President Wilson taking the oath of office for his second term, during World War I.
A construction work in the United States. Magnet of the crane lowered. The magnet attracts the metal slabs. The slabs being dropped. Men work on a machine. Hot molten material being poured into a bucket. A machine in operation.
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