THAILAND: THREE USA APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUTS VISIT BANGKOK

Record ID: 505300

  • Title: THAILAND: THREE USA APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUTS VISIT BANGKOK
  • Date: 30th October 1969
  • Summary: GV FLAGS AND WELCOME SIGN AT AIRPORT LV US PLANE ARRIVES SV SCHOOL CHILDREN WAVE LV ASTRO'S LEAVE PLANE ZOOM IN. WITH WIVES. SV DITTO LV ASTRO'S AND WIVES ARE MET BY US AMBASSADOR (Mr UNGER) ALSO MAYOR. 2 SHOTS. SCU ASTRO'S MET FELLOW AMERICANS LV CHILDREN WAVE LV PAN FROM ASTRO'S TO CROWD LV ZOOM DANCERS ENTERTAINING ASTRO'S ZOOM TO SAME SV INDIANS DANCING 2 SHOTS SCU THREE ASTRO'S LOOK ON SV ASTRO'S LEAVE DAIS CROWD PUSH FORWARD TO SHAKE HANDS LV ASTRO'S LEAVE SITTING ATOP CAR WAVING 2 SHOTS Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th November 1969 13:00
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  • Location: BANGKOK
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: Space
  • Reuters ID: LVAB1U6NYVEB9KL4FX6T389YXR4R
  • Story Text: THREE USA APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUTS ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR WIVES VISITED BANGKOK, CAPITAL OF THAILAND AS A PART OF GOODWILL VISIT TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD ON OCTOBER 28TH. THEY WERE WELCOMED AT BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY THAILAND HIGH OFFICIALS, MAYOR AND USA AMBASSADOR TO BANGKOK MR. AND MRS. UNGER. THEY WERE GREETED BY THAI ROYAL HOUSEHOLD OFFICIALS AS THEY WILL SEE THEIR ROYAL KING AND QUEEN ON THE AFTERNOON AFTER THE MOTORCADE IN BANGKOK CITY.

    CAPTAIN NEIL A. ARMSTRONG, EDWIN E. ALDRIN JR AND MICHAEL COLLINS ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR WIVES GET ON THE SEPARATE MOTORCARS AND MOTORCADED THROUGH THE STREETS OF BANGKOK. THOUSANDS OF BANGKOK CITIZENS WELCOMED THEM AS HEROES WHO WALKED ON THE MOON.

    LATER AT THE ROYAL PALACE, THREE ASTRONAUTS AND WIVES WERE IN AUDIENCE BY HIS ROYAL AND QUEEN ON THE AFTERNOON. THEY SHALL STAY IN BANGKOK FOR TWO DAYS ON OCTOBER 29 AND 30TH AND WILL LEAVE THERE ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 31ST. EARLIER THEY WERE MELORD MAYOR OF BANGKOK AT ROYAL PLAZA WHERE SHORT SPEECH OF WELCOME AND PRESENTATION OF GOLD KEYS TO THE CITY WERE GIVEN BY LORD MAYOR OF CITY.

    ASTRONAUTS THEN PASS IN FRONT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ASSEMBLED IN FRONT OF PLATFORM AND ONE ASTRONAUTS MAKES A FEW REMARKS TO THEM, NOTING THAT SURIN SCHOOL CHILDREN (INCLUDED GROUP) HAD WRITTEN, INVITING THEM TO VISIT BANGKOK. ASTRONAUTS THEN PASS IN FRONT OF BOY SCOUTS ASSEMBLED IN FRONT OF THE PLATFORM, THIS WAS SCHEDULED THEIR EVENT.
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