View of the Olympic Park in Munich Germany, prior to the International Military Games, and the 1972 Summer Olympics. Many visitors line the wide walkways leading up a hill where a huge tent is erected and the entire scene dominated by the Olympiaturm (Olympic tower). Visitors lean over a railing looking at a pond on the site, as others walk past. One of the visitors carries a large camera tripod. A playing field with symbolic signs pointing the way to planned events in the Summer Olympic Games. Scenes of the park and stadium from various places. Visitors walking on various walkways. Interesting view of visitors clustered on the crown of a hill in the park.
An artist seated on a canvas chair, on a hillside overlooking the Olympic Park in Munich, Germany, just before the start of the International Military Games that will be followed by the 1972 Summer Olympics. The artist is working with water colors. Closeup of his hand moving a brush over the painting. Longer view of the scene from his perspective. Closeup of visitors to the park stopping to admire his work in progress. Closeup of the artist wearing a beret and eyeglasses. A woman visitor pausing on a walk to look at a detailed map of the Olympic Park. Fleeting glimpse of a clown with a mock TV camera, moving past on roller skates. More people "clowning around." Two wear costumes. Others pull a wagon loaded with what appears to be broadcasting gear. A man rides atop the equipment. A group of young men and women all dressed in bright yellow outfits. Visitors strolling with the Olympic Tower and tents in background. Large group of visitors on a wide esplanade and gathering in front of a tent.
The Olympic Stadium in the Olympiapark in Munich, Germany prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics. Many visitors stroll about in the park, including families. People walk outside the Olympic Stadium. Sign on a building reads: "Eissportstadion, Oberwiesenfeld"(Ice sports stadium, upper meadow, field). Many views of people enjoying the weather, walking about the site. view of the Olympic tower surrounded by empty flag poles, as the sun begins to set.
View of forward compartment in President Nixon's C-137C, Boeing 707 aircraft, named The Spirit of 76, (Air Force One) as it is flying him and his party to Moscow, Soviet Union, for a visit on May 22, 1972. Pilot, copilot, Navigator, and Flight Engineer are at their respective stations. The pilot, U.S. Air Force Colonel Ralph Albertazzie, is looking at an aeronautical chart and talking with his navigator.
Views from the motorcade of President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon as they make their way from the airport to the city of Moscow, Soviet Union, on May 22, 1972. The motorcade proceeds along a very wide divided boulevard. American and Soviet flags adorn the lamp posts. Many Moscovites line the sidewalks to watch the motorcade. A large hammer and Sickle display and a large poster of Vladimir Lenin are seen in the center strip of the boulevard. Security guards all along the route of the motorcade. The motorcade enters the Kremlin walls and proceeds to the Armory Palace, where it enters through the iron gates into the courtyard.
The First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon in the White House Library in Washington DC, United States. Mrs. Nixon greets Ross Mosier, 1972 National Cystic Fibrosis Poster Child, in the library of the White House. Mrs. Nixon greets the father of the child and poses for pictures with the family. Mrs. Nixon picks a flower and tries to give it to Ross who won't accept it.