Recovery of USAAC Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft in Bluefields, Nicaragua. U.S. Army Major William A Blackburn and recovery team members load the debris of United States Army Air Corps (UASSC) Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft onto United States Air Force CH-3C Sikorsky helicopter. The helicopter in flight. The framework of the LB-7 aircraft on the ground.
Exterior view of the Konzerthaus building in Vienna, Austria. Flags of different nations flutter in wind in front of the building. Several trams are parked in front of the building. They move away. The United Nation flag flutters in wind atop the building. Representatives from different nations seated in chairs. Plaques with the names of their countries placed on their tables. Representatives stand as an official arrives. Photographers take photographs. The official walks towards a podium and addresses the gathering. Other officers on a platform in the background.
A splashdown point for Apollo 11 Command/Service Module (CSM) in the Pacific Ocean. Aerial views of a base with trailers and people gathered. The President's aircraft can be seen parked. USS Arlington (AGMR-2) underway. It is bristling with countless antennas and posts erected on the flight deck, and is providing communications support for the Apollo 11 recovery. Navy officers on the deck of USS Arlington. Sailors are lined up in a square formation surrounding center of deck. Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded the Apollo 8 mission, is seen on deck. A U.S. Navy Sikorsky Sea King SH-3D helicopter hovering over USS Arlington. Aboard prime recovery ship USS Hornet (CVS-12), U.S. President Richard Nixon awaits the arrival of astronauts. The President stands in front of a Mobile Quarantine Unit, where NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Programs, George Mueller, explains the Biological Isolation Garment being modeled. Nixon feels the texture of the suit.
Recovery of the Apollo 11 astronauts from the spacecraft Columbia floating in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy Sikorsky Sea King SH-3D helicopter #66 airlifts the astronauts back to the USS Hornet (CV-12). A navy band plays on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. The Sea King SH-3D helicopter lands on the deck of USS Hornet with the 3 Apollo 11 astronauts inside. The helicopter is moved from the flight deck to the hangar deck by elevator. U.S. President Richard Nixon watches the activities in the company of George Mueller, NASA chief of Manned Space Flight.
Recovery of Apollo 11 Command/Service Module (CSM) from the Pacific Ocean. An MQF (Mobile Quarantine Facility) aboard USS Hornet (CV-12). Welcoming contingent of officers and officials is gathered in front of the MQF. Presidential Assistant, H.R. Haldeman, joins a group of several Admirals, and Henry Kissinger. An honor guard stands by the MQF. The officers and officials as President Nixon arrives. Nixon smiles at two Astronauts who can be seen in the MQF window. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is seen and President Nixon converses with him. Apollo 8 Astronaut, Frank Borman, joins President Nixon in conversing with the Apollo 11 Astronauts. President Nixon, the astronauts, and all assembled, bow their heads, as a Navy Chaplain offers a prayer. President Nixon mingles with crew members on the USS Hornet.
U.S. President Richard Nixon visits Guam and Manila in the Philippines. President Nixon travels in an army jeep along a road. President Nixon and Guam officials walk past troops lined up at an airport. The First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon descends from Presidential aircraft and walks with President Nixon. A crowd gathered to welcome President Nixon. President Nixon delivers a speech. Filipino officials, troops and crowd at Manila International Airport to welcome President Nixon. Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos greets President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon. President Nixon and Filipino officials walk past troops.
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