Lights on launch pad structure. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Kennedy, Florida, at night. Pair of red blinking lights visible.
Five of the nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy, United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James, sail with their mother for England. Kennedy family members on dock at New York Harbor. Close up views of Kathleen Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy Jr, Robert Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, and their mother Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy. The family waves before boarding ship.
Gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery. Foreign, civilian and military dignitaries at the gravesite. Army officer lights torch and hands it to Jacqueline Kennedy who lights the eternal flame. Robert Kennedy receives torch from Jacqueline Kennedy, lights the flame and then hands it to his brother Edward Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert Kennedy talking to Catholic Prelates who had taken part in the funeral service. Jacqueline Kennedy kisses the cheek of General Maxwell D Taylor, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. She leaves the grave site with Robert Kennedy. Jet fighters fly over the cemetery.
Events following the assassination of President Kennedy. Close view of Brigadier General Clair L. Wood, Commander of 1001st AB Wing Headquarters Command, standing on the ramp of Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, with numerous airplanes behind him. He and a Lieutenant Colonel make statements (not heard). U.S. Army VH-3A helicopter taxiing to stop. Mrs. Eunice Shriver and Edward Kennedy alighting from VH-3A. They board a VC-140B jet transport, after which ramp is rolled away and the aircraft door closes. View of chocks pulled from VC-140B and aircraft taxiing. View of photographer with camera.
Cape Kennedy, Florida (later Cape Canaveral). Saturn Rocket, with Apollo 11 payload, on launch pad. Rocket is ignited. Flames of the burning rocket engine. Gantry arms disengage and move away from the sides of the rocket. On the side of the rocket is written 'USA'. Rocket rises in fire and smoke. Multiple slow-motion shots of the rocket from different angles during ignition and liftoff. Next scenes shows spectators and photographers miles away as they watch the rocket launch. View from ground of the climbing rocket as it heads towards space and the moon.
Apollo 204 review board at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in United States. View of launch pad at Kennedy Space Center with routine activities occurring on and around the pad.
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