Equipment being installed to track NASA Mercury spacecraft during earth orbits. A 60 foot dish being positioned on a pedestal by a crane at Eglin Auxiliary Field no.5 at Eglin air force base in Florida,United States. MPQ-31 antenna rotates.
In Miami, Florida, relatives of Cuban invaders gather at the Revolutionary Democratic Front Headquarters to seek news of their husbands, sons and brothers who were captured in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba. Women weep as they await news of their relatives who may face death in Cuba. Fidel Castro, a Cuban revolutionary leader, threatens a firing squad for all the captured insurgents. Fidel Castro makes his first public appearance on television since invasion, and speaks for four and a half hours denouncing the United States.
Troops in line. Navy cadets salute as British Prime Minister Harold McMillan steps down from a plane to discuss the explosive Laotian Crisis in Key West, Florida. He meets United States President John F Kennedy. They walk away from there with navy and army officers. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko steps out from a car in Washington. He goes to a building with others and meets President Kennedy. Gromyko address press reporters in Russian. Translator translates into English. Press people take notes.
A film about an amphibious training of United States troops at Camp Gordon Johnston in Florida. An explosion occurs during a practice invasion. The troops crawl through mud as live ammunition is fired during simulated combat conditions. Soldiers crawl across a field under heavy firing. The soldiers in landing crafts approach the Florida beach and unload from the craft. (World War II period).
Flashback on preparation for the launch of NASA Apollo 11 Mission in Kennedy Space Center. Early 1970s cars driving on highway near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Cars pass by Kennedy Space Center Campground sign saying “Space Center Campground 2 MI ahead on 1”. Cars passing by the Satellite Motel along the Florida State Road A1A (South of the 520 Causeway, Ocean Highway A1A, Cocoa Beach, FL). Cars driving on the Florida State Road A1A pass by two billboards saying, “Welcome to Cape Kennedy Resort Area” and “In the beginning God… Apollo 8 Six Cents United States Gateway to the Stars”. View of a launch complex inside the Kennedy Space Center. Monitors inside a mission control center. Speaker in a stadium near the launch site. The prime crew members- Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. and Commander Neil A. Armstrong, in ready room before entering the Saturn V SA-506. Buzz Aldrin yawns before the launch. Cars parked on the beach near the launch site. View of the Saturn V SA-506 in the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins depart for the launch pad. Astronauts going up on elevator in launch complex. The Saturn V SA-506 before launching. Launch controllers in the firing room of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the Apollo 11 mission.
The 1961 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club (2604 Washington Rd, Augusta, GA 30904, United States) in Augusta, Georgia. At the Augusta National Golf Club a large crowd gathers to watch the golf tournament between Arnold Palmer and Gary Player. Arnold Palmer misses one hole. South African golfer, Gary Player, wins the Masters Crown with a total score of 280.
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