Original color 8mm film documenting the ticker-tape parades and President Richard Nixon's state dinner given to honor the Apollo 11 astronauts on August 13, 1969, presented to the widow of Apollo 1 astronaut Gus Grissom, housed in its original 7.5˝ x 7.5˝ x .5˝ box, labeled: "For: Mrs. Betty Grissom, 'The President's Dinner…for the Apollo 11 Men,' Side 2: Parades NY/Chicago, Speed 3 3/4", Compliments: Tony Janak." In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Grissom's son.
On August 13, 1969, New York City welcomed heroic Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins with an exuberant ticker-tape reception to applaud their successful moon landing. The crew had emerged from quarantine in Houston only three days earlier, and the parade through the United States' greatest metropolis was their first major public act. It was a busy day: after the three-and-a-half hour tour through the streets of NYC, the astronauts were hosted at parades in Chicago and Los Angeles. Their day ended with a state dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, where President Richard Nixon presented them with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
