U.S. President and Mrs. Nixon are welcomed by crowd of well wishers after arriving at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, to witness the launch of the Apollo 12 moon mission. The weather is rainy and many in the crowd hold umbrellas. The Nixons mingle with the crowd and the President signs a number of autographs.
Welcome and honor of American astronaut John Herschel Glenn Junior in Cape Canaveral. John Glenn disembarks from an aircraft at Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral. Glenn is greeted and welcomed by his wife, children, mother and father. They arrive at Cape Canaveral town from the air base. Civilians greet and welcome Glenn. The President of the United States John F. Kennedy presents the Space Distinguished Service Medal praising his courage.
Space achievements in the United States in the year 1962. Atlas Missile is launched for the Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying NASA astronaut Glenn in Friendship 7. Smoke column rises. Crowd of people take photographers and watch the rocket launch. Colonel John Herschel Glenn arrives after orbiting the Earth. His wife greets and receives him. Astronauts John Herschel Glenn and Malcolm Scott Carpenter move in a motorcade followed by a ticker tape parade. Civilians gather to greet them. View of the White House. Astronaut Walter Marty Schirra being successful in making 6 orbits around the Earth. Schirra and his family visit White House to meet the U.S. President John F Kennedy.
President John F Kennedy and party arrive at George C Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. President Kennedy and party watch the test firing of Saturn Rocket booster. Presidential motorcade leaves test area.
Distant view of President John F. Kennedy's convoy of cars and buses traveling along the Vandenberg Air Force Base roads in California, United States. Lush green mountains in the backdrop. The convoy enters a missile launch facility. Guards at gate salute as the convoy enters. President Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara inspect a minuteman missile transporter. Air Force officials converse with them as they inspect. Presidential convoy departs from the facility. A saluting guard poses for the camera. A guard wearing spectacles and driver in a minuteman missile transporter. Shows a minuteman missile transporter at the facility. The erector reads U.S. Air Force.
Reporter interviews U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who speaks about the steps the Federal government took in the field of Civil Rights after the racial segregation strife of 1957. He discusses actions under the administration of his brother, President John F. Kennedy.
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