U.S. President Nixon visits staff at the Launch Contol in Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, following the launch of the Apollo 12 moon mission. Large crowd at Launch Control welcomes Nixon and First Lady. Secret Service agents walk close to them. Nixon shakes hands and chats with Launch Control personnel. People in the crowd cheer.
President Nixon addresses NASA engineers and technicians in the Launch Control Firing Room at Cape Kennedy Space Center, after the Apollo 12 moon mission is launched. Badges of various scientists. Interiors of the control room with monitoring screens everywhere. The NASA personnel are at their control stations. Some wear headsets.
A welcoming crowd gathered outside in a light rain, awaiting arrival of President and Mrs. Nixon to witness the launch of the Apollo-12 moon mission. Hazy view of the Saturn V, SA-507, on launch pad LC 39 A. A helicopter lands carrying advance party of White House staff and others, who quickly exit and walk along a roped corridor through the waiting crowd. Secret Service agents in tan rain coats patrol the pathway. Moments later, Marine One, the helicopter carrying the Presidential party, lands. The crowd stands close to the helicopter as Pat Nixon steps from it, followed by President Nixon and their daughter, Patricia. The President and First Lady immediately begin mingling with people lined up against the ropes, under watchful eyes of Secret Service agents.
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.
People take pictures of President Nixon as he joins a crowd in viewing stand to witness the Apollo 12 moon mission launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The President chats with others in the stands. A light rain is falling. The President converses with an Army Sergeant. Mrs. Pat Nixon and daughter Patricia join the President in the stands. Many umbrellas are held aloft to shield the Nixons. Attention of the crowd is focused as the Saturn V rocket ignites and the Apollo 12 mission is launched. The rocket soon disappears in the clouds. But the crowd remains attentive (presumably as the roar of the rocket continues to reverberate). In a short while, the crowd begins to disperse.
Joint Board of Investigation at the Subic Bay in Luzon, Philippines regarding the collision of destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) with Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21). Australian and American officers on the board include RAN (Royal Australian Navy) Captain John Davidson, USN (United States Navy) Captain Stemhen L. Rusk, RAN Rear Admiral Hugh D. Stevenson, USN Rear Admiral Jerome J. King, Jr., USN Captain Clyde B Anderson, RAN Captain Kenneth W. Shands, USN Board Counsel JAGC (Judge Advocate General's Corps) Captain Horace B. Robertson and RANVR (Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve) Board Counsel Harold H. Glass. The members get seated. The investigation in progress. Cameramen record the event. The Board members seated and standing. USN Rear Admiral Jerome J. King is seated. The Board members talk. Officers have a small conference at the back of the room.
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