The president's dinner for the Apollo 11 crew, September 13, 1969
- Date
1969-09-13
- Summary
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This is a recording of a broadcast of the events at "The President's Dinner" held in honor of the Apollo 11 flight crew Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins. During the event commentators narrate the menu, and name some of the guests as music plays. The navy choir sings "One Small Step For Man. " Governor Ronald Reagan gives a speech welcoming guests to California and toasts President Richard Nixon. President Nixon then introduces diplomatic guests, and presents Distinguished Service Medals, with the help of NASA director Dr. Thomas Paine, to deceased astronauts Virgil Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee from Apollo 1. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew presents the crew of Apollo 11 with citations. Then Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong give speeches in place of President Nixon.
- Subject
Government, Law, Politics
- Collection
Politics and Civic Life
- Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
- Physical Description
7 in; 00:55:57 hh:mm:ss; 1/4" open reel tape
- Notes
Spiro T. Agnew papers
Series 5: Audiovisual Materials, 1945-1980, Subseries 2, Box 3, Item 5
A guide to the full collection of Spiro T. Agnew papers is available in our archival collections: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1744.
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
- Other Identifiers
Fedora 2 PID: umd:735002; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/45854; Catalog Key: 0216-1; Filename: histmss-076285
Access Restrictions
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