Welcome of the astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard Junior after his space victory in the United States. The Redstone missile on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral. NASA astronaut Alan Shepard disembarks from a transfer van and boards a gantry elevator. The crew help Shepard to board the Mercury capsule atop the Redstone missile. View as the missile is launched. The missile separates and the astronaut feels weightlessness in space. He contacts the ground base via communications systems and speaks to mission control. The capsule is released at sea. Helicopters take off from Essex class aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain CV-39 to pick up the astronaut and the capsule. A helicopter rescues astronaut Shepard and the Mercury capsule. Astronaut Shepard climbs into the helicopter. The cheering crew welcomes astronaut Shepard on the carrier U.S. Navy ship USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) after his successful trip. Following a medical checkup, Shepard and his family is received by the President of the United States John F Kennedy at the White House. Shepard addresses the dignitaries present on the White House grounds, and the assembled clap when he finishes speaking. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy can be seen saying and then repeating to the President, "Pin the medal on him" (perhaps the President had forgotten but was reminded by Mrs. Kennedy). President Kennedy then pins the NASA Distinguished Service Medal on the jacket of astronaut Shepard. Civilians greet astronaut Shepard as he passes in a parade to the Pennsylvania Avenue.
A documentary titled 'He Has Seen War' depicts life of U.S. armed forces soldiers under very difficult conditions during World War 2. Massive large columns of U.S. Army soldiers marching in formation. Wounded and dead soldiers during the World War II. A number of corpses kept under the open sky during the war. Soldiers march in dense wooded areas, in muddy roads and paths, and in dry deserts during various missions carrying their weapons. Tanks and armored vehicles march on roads of ruined villages. U.S. Army soldiers relax, smoke, and eat meal rations during the war. Soldiers stepping up to a pot with steaming drink or soup. African American soldiers wash their feet in a stream. Soldier sits on ground in a rainstorm, smoking a cigarette and reading a wet letter or map.
President Nixon walks with U.S. civilians on a city street and listens to their problems. Food items at checkout area of a grocery store and view of cashier and cash register. Civilians including women and children outside shop or grocery store holding signs in protest of inflation and high prices. Used cars for sale in a car lot. Cashier at grocery checkout ringing up items on cash register. Close-up view of manual cash register. President Nixon discusses with Cost of Living Council to bring down the inflation rate in the United States. Industrial development and export business improves. Workers work in factories and farmers in farms. Farmer driving tractor on field. Car assembly line workers work on an automobile production line. President Nixon addresses the U.S. Congress and urging Congress to make reforms. Vice President Spiro Agnew confers with President Nixon in his office. Nixon travels through land, sea and air and works for controlling air pollution and water pollution. A farm crop duster airplane dusting crops. Heavy traffic on a highway filled with cars. Workers in an automobile emissions testing laboratory. From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "The Nixon Years: Change Without Chaos" covering President Richard Nixon's first four years in office. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign.
U.S. First Lady Patricia Nixon (Pat) as a public figure and a companion of President Richard Nixon. She stands with her husband during various public ceremonies. She boards the U.S. Air Force One aircraft and talks to President Nixon. Pat Nixon stands on a platform by side of President Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew at a public meeting. Pat with Vice President Richard Nixon and with her daughters and family. Pat and Richard Nixon wave hands towards a crowd of Republican National Convention standing by President Eisenhower and First Lady. She stands by her husband after his defeat in the Presidential elections. She stands by her husband as he takes oath as the President of the United States.
United States Vice President Spiro Agnew addresses a meeting of Republican governors and leaders. His remarks support the words and actions of the President of United States, Richard Nixon. He cites examples from John F Kennedy and Winston Churchill. He expresses his opinion about United States President Richard Nixon. Members of the assembly applaud. He talks about role of satellite news networks like NBC news, CBS news and other media networks, creating doubts in the minds of the American people. He calls for the press networks to be more responsible to people and government.
The Northwestern United States. Cars driven on a road. Trading centers in the United States. Grain elevators on farms near a road. Cattle and livestock shipping yards. 1930s and 1940s Automobile traffic on a main street in a small town of the western United States. Farmers do weekly shopping, going in various stores and shops. Sign "Barnard's" seen on one shop. Children in front of a school building. Students in a university. The clock tower with the "M" on it is Main Hall at the University of Montana in Missoula. Mount Sentinel is seen behind it. Fruits, vegetables and other articles on ships. Cattle and sheep in a field. Wheat fields. A harvester in operation on a field. Wheat is separated by a thresher.
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