United States Army school retains former German soldiers captured during World War II at Fort Getty in the United States. A United States official teaches a group of German soldiers. Former Congressman Colonel Smith takes a class. They read a book titled 'History of the United States'. German prisoners of war are given certificates upon their graduation. A soldier holds the 'Certificate of Achievement' in hand.
Larry McKibben, Iowa representative for the Selective Service Youth Advisory Committee, interrupts the December 1969 draft lottery to read a statement. He claims his statement is written by 14 youth members protesting the removal of the Michigan and Alaska youth delegates after their refusal to draw birth dates for the lottery. The draft lottery continues after the statement is read.
A 1989 production containing 1969 footage of the Apollo 11 mission. 20th Anniversary of NASA Apollo 11 moon landing mission. Closeup aerial view of a Bell XV-15 tiltrotor VTOL aircraft (predecessor of V-22 Osprey) in flight. A NASA astronaut conducting a spacewalk doing maintenance on a space vehicle. Saturn V rocket of NASA Apollo 11 mission on launch pad. The Apollo 11 astronauts exit building on foot and enter a waiting vehicle for transport to rocket for mission. Close-up views of civilians and press with cameras preparing to take pictures. Ignition and liftoff or launch of Saturn V rocket, with smoke and fire. The rocket lifts off. View of rocket stages separating away in flight. U.S. astronaut Mitchell Collins in the command module during mission. The Apollo 11 Lunar lander module Eagle in lunar orbit. U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong talks about landing of Lunar Module on moon. People watching the live pictures of Neil Armstrong in descent from the Lunar Lander on television, including a family watching television at home. View of a television screen being viewed by a crowd of people with on screen text saying "First Live Pictures From Moon." A family seated in a dark living room on couch and floor watching the moon landing event on their television screen. Descent to moon surface by Neil Armstrong with his famous "one small step" words. A boot print on the moon. Neil Armstrong recalls when he decided on those historic words. Collins in the command Module. Collins in Columbia speaks about his major concern when he was in Lunar Module. The moon surface. Armstrong and U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin on moon surface. Technicians at various controls at Mission Control. Armstrong and Aldrin on moon surface. Aldrin speaks about his experience. People welcome the astronauts back with ticker tape parades and crowds. They crowd on either side of the street. Astronauts working on lunar surface in future missions after Apollo 11, including driving a rover vehicle on the moon surface. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins at the Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. A poster of an astronaut holding a U.S. flag while in orbit.
Office of Senator J. William Fulbright in Washington DC. Sign on office door reads '1215, W Fulbright, ARKANSAS'. Photographs on the wall inside Fulbright's office. Photographs signed by President Lyndon B Johnson, with humorous comments. Senator Fulbright is seen being interviewed on a television show with caption: "Fulbright Advise & Dissent."
Film opens showing a U.S. Army soldier of the 3rd Infantry Regiment (the old Guard) leading a riderless horse along an avenue in Washington, DC, during the funeral of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Crowds line the sidewalks. Closeup of people watching from the sidelines. Members of the Old Guard, escorting a horse drawn Army caisson bearing the coffin of the former General and President. Voice of President Richard Nixon, is heard, delivering eulogy at the funeral, as the caisson is escorted toward the Capitol building. More closeups of people watching. The Caisson and escorts stop at the Capitol steps where members of the Old Guard form two lines defining a center path. Glimpse of military honor guard with the colors. An Army band assembled in the background. View from behind a group of U.S. Navy sailors standing near the casket. President Nixon with family and friends saluting. Pallbearers from all U.S. military services lower the casket from the caisson. Closeup of solemn observers at sidelines. The pallbearers slowly carry the casket toward the capitol steps, past President Nixon and his group, and begin to ascend the Capitol steps.
Narrator Lee Marvin standing on a seashore. U.S. astronauts heading to their capsule for launch on mission to first man on the moon. Launch service structures falling away, as rocket launch is completing countdown in launch of Saturn V rocket carrying Apollo 11 mission to the moon. View of Mission Control operations center during Apollo 11. Glimpse of the earth from the moon and sound of Neil Armstrong on radio to Houston Control Center, "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." View shifts to Houston Control Center. View of the Lunar Module, Eagle, descending and landing on the moon surface, July 20, 1969. Next, a view of Neil Armstrong descending ladder from the Lunar lander and taking the first step onto the moon by a human, and then moving about on the lunar surface, on July 21, 1969. View of seashore, again, where birds are walking on the wet sand. Flock of birds flying above breaking surf. Aerial view of Hoover Dam. A road being built in rugged wilderness. View of the Panama Canal. Aerial view from helicopter flying very close to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
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