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MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS ROCKET WITH MERCURY SATELLITE ON LAUNCH PAD #14, AT CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. MAY 15, 1963.
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SHIRTLESS TEEN BOY WITH BINOCULARS AND OTHERS SHADING THEIR EYES, WATCH THE EVENT FROM AFAR, AS WELL AS CBS TV CAMERA, AND PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, WITNESS THE EVENT.
00:55:14 33.67
AERIAL VIEW OF LAUNCH FROM HIGH ABOVE THE PAD. TITLE: "THE FLIGHT OF FAITH 7".
00:55:30 49.67
MS VIEW OF THICK SMOKE AND FLAME FROM ROCKET AS IT RISES.
00:55:47 66.67
VARIOUS SHOTS AF MAJOR AND NASA ASTRONAUT LEROY GARDEN COOPER, JR. IN SPACE SUIT, BEING PREPPED FOR SPACE FLIGHT. HE ALSO NAMED THE SPACE CRAFT FOR HIS FAITH AND FOR HIS FRIENDS.
00:56:17 96.67
LS VINTAGE BI-PLANE TAKING OFF FROM FIELD. "COOPER BEGAN FLYING AT EARLY AGE"., HE SOLOED AT 16". JET PLANE TAKING OFF. "HE (COOPER) BECAME JET PILOT AT 22". "HE WENT ON TO BECOME A TEST PILOT".
00:56:38 117.67
COOPER IN COCKPIT AS A TEST PILOT. "BY THE TIME HE BECAME AN ASTRONAUT HE WAS A ACCOMPLISHED TEST PILOT OF SUPER-SONIC JETS".
00:57:07 146.67
GORDON COOPER AND OTHERS EXPERIENCE WEIGHTLESSNESS AS THEY FLOAT AROUND IN TEST CHAMBER.
00:57:10 149.67
MONTAGE VARIETY SPACE TESTS INCLUDE SUBTERFUGES SPINNING AROUND IN TEST COMPARTMENT. OTHER TESTS BEING TAKEN BY ASTRONAUT INCLUDE TUMBLING SPACE CRAFT, BREATHING TECHNIQUES AND OTHER SPACE CRAFT SIMULATORS..
00:57:59 198.67
CU 2 ASTRONAUTS INCLUDING COOPER WEAR CLOTH OVER HEADS TO PROTECT THEM FROM DESERT SUN IN CASE THEY WERE FORCED TO LAND IN DESERT.
00:58:03 202.67
CU ASTRONAUT GORDON COOPER IN SPACE WEAR , SMILES AT CAMERA AS SCIENTISTS TAKE VARIETY OF TESTS BEFORE MISSION STARTS ( MAY 16, 1963).
00:58:45 244.67
CU SPECIAL THERMOMETER IS PLACED INSIDE COOPER'S HELMET, AS WELL AS OTHER DELICATE SENSORS, PLACED ON THE TORSO FOR OTHER BODY MEASURING MEDICAL DEVICES WHICH TRANSMIT BODY MEASUREMENTS TO DOCTORS ON EARTH.
01:00:22 341.67
ASTRONAUT IN FULL GEAR CARRIES VALISE WITH EQUIPMENT AS HE LEAVES PREPARATION FACILITY ON WAY TO VEHICLE WHICH WILL TAKE HIM TO SPACE PAD.
01:00:35 355.67
MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, WORKING ON SPACE CRAFT DAYS BEFORE MISSION. OVER 100 CHANGES WERE MADE DAYS BEFORE MISSION.
01:01:25 404.67
VARIOUS SHOTS 99 FOOT SPACE VEHICLE ON ITS PAD. ASTRONAUT IS HELPED INTO VEHICLE.
01:02:51 491.67
LS SPACE CRAFT WITH COOPER ABOARD SITS ON PAD READY FOR TAKE OFF. MAY 16, 1963COUNTDOWN PROCEEDS. VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE WATCHING FROM AFAR WITH BINOCULARS.
01:04:13 572.67
LS WITH ALL SYSTEMS AGO, ROCKET FIRES, , TAKES OFF FROM PAD VARIOUS SHOTS ROCKET IN FLIGHT TRAILING HUGE SMOKE STREAM. COOPER IN CAPSULE, ACKNOWLEDGES ALL IS GOING WELL.
01:05:05 624.67
MS SPECTATORS SHEILDING EYES FROM SUN, LOOK UPWARD.
01:05:19 638.67
WORKERS AT DESKS TRACKING VEHICLE ON INSTRUMENTS.
01:05:52 671.67
ANIMATED SHOTS OF ROCKET AS FRONT END WITH SPACE VEHICLE, SEPARATES FROM ROCKET, AT 100 MILES UP, "FAITH 7" IS INSERTED INTO ORBIT. VARIOUS SHOTS CRAFT TURNING AND POSITIONING ITSELF IN SPACE.
01:06:46 725.67
ASTRONAUT COOPER TURNS SPACE CRAFT SO THAT RETRO-ROCKET AND SPACE SHIELD FACES FORWARD FOR REASONS AS DESCRIBED..
01:07:14 753.67
CU SHOT ASTRONAUT COOPER INSIDE "FAITH 7" SPEAKS TO ON-BOARD TAPE RECORDER. AERIAL VIEW OF AFRICA AND CANARY ISLAND AS ASTRONAUT MAKES CONTACT WITH THEM.
01:07:28 767.67
HELICOPTER LANDING ON CARRIER DECK OF ONE OF THE 28 SHIPS AND 172 AIRCRAFT STATIONED AROUND THE WORLD IN PRESELECTED RECOVERY AREAS. MS U. S. DESTROYER AT SEA.
01:08:52 851.67
AERIAL VIEW OF U. S AND MEXICO AND LINE INDICATING PATH OF SPACE CRAFT.
01:09:13 872.67
MONTAGE VARIOUS SPECIAL EXPERIMENTS BEING MADE BY ASTRONAUT ARE SHOWN AND EXPLAINED. MORE SHOTS OF SPACE CRAFT "FAITH 7" AND ASTRONAUT IN SPACE.
01:09:39 898.67
ASTRONAUT EJECTS SPECIAL BEACON INTO SPACE TO SHOW HOW WELL MAN CAN SEE FLASHING LIGHTS IN SPACE, TO HELP IN FUTURE PROGRAMS.
01:10:48 968.67
OTHER TESTS TO MEASURE RADIATION IN SPACE AS WELL AS IN SPACE CRAFT, ARE SHOWN AND EXPLAINED.
01:12:27 1066.67
CU PACKAGES OF DE-HYDRATED FREEZE DRIED FOOD FOR ASTRONAUT ARE SHOWN. COOPER HAD TROUBLE ADDING WATER TO THIS FOOD. OTHER BITE-SIZE FOOD WAS EASILY EATEN.
01:12:43 1082.67
MONTAGE VARIETY OF OTHER EXPERIMENTS BY ASTRONAUT, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHIC OF EARTH AS SEEN FROM OUTER SPACE.
01:13:14 1113.67
SHOT OF ASTRONAUT AS HE PERFORMS EXPERIMENTS. SHOTS OF "DIM LIGHT" PHENOMENON AS TAKEN BY COOPER. INFRA-RED PHOTOGRAPHY OF EARTH ON BLACK AND WHITE FILM WAS ALSO PERFORMED FOR THE WEATHER BUREAU.
01:14:12 1171.67
VIEW OF ATLAS MOUNTAIN OF AFRICA AS WELL OF THE HIMALAYAS AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AS SEEN FROM OUTER SPACE.
01:15:22 1241.67
ASTRONAUT COOPER RECORDS A PERSONAL PRAYER AS THE TEXT BOOK FLIGHT CONTINUES, ALL SYSTEMS GO, ALL PERFECT.
01:15:58 1277.67
ON 16TH ORBIT COOPER SENDS GREETINGS TO THE SUMMIT MEETING OF AFRICAN STATESMEN. SHOT OF AFRICA AS COOPER SPEAKS.
01:17:45 1384.67
BY THE TIME COOPER PASSED OVER CAPE CANAVERAL, BEGINNING HIS 20TH ORBIT, COOPER DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE SYSTEMS FAILE, AND ASTRONAUT HAD TO CONTROL RE-ENTRY BY HAND..
01:19:04 1463.67
AERIAL VIEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER " KEARSARGE"AND OTHER NAVAL SHIPS IN POSITION NEAR MIDWAY ISLAND, AT SELECTED RECOVERY AREA. MS HELICOPTER HOVERS OVER CARRIER.
01:19:26 1485.67
AT THE 30TH SECOND, 56TH MINUTE OF THE 33RD HOUR OF FLIGHT, COOPER CONTACTED ASTRONAUT JOHN GLEN TO ASSIST HIM IN COUNTDOWN JOHN GLENN BEGINS THE FINAL COUNT DOEN.
01:19:58 1517.67
SPACE CAPSULE TURNS ON ITS JETS AS SHIP STARTS ITS RETURN TO EARTH. SHOT OF COOPER IN SPACE CAPSULE.
01:20:49 1569.67
LS RADAR ON SHIP SPINS AS IT TRIES TO LOCATE CAPSULE AS IT HEADS DOWN TO SEA. LS PARACHUTE WITH CAPSULE IS SIGHTED AS IT DROPS TO SEA.
01:21:28 1607.67
HELICOPTER HOVERS OVER THE CAPSULE AS IT BOBS ON THE SEA. CAPSULE IS TAKEN ABOARD THE CARRIER "KEARSARGE".
01:22:08 1647.67
VARIOUS SHOTS ASTRONAUT COOPER BEING HELPED OUT OF CAPSULE.HE SALUTES CAMERA AS HE WALKS AWEAY FROM CAPSULE.
01:22:40 1679.67
VOICE OVER PRESIDENT KENNEDY COMMENTING
01:22:51 1691.67
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Year: 1960-1969  Color: Color
Genre: SPACE EXPLORATION

Description: MAY 15, 1963. PROJECT MERCURY GORDON COOPER.LAUNCH AND FLIGHT OF "FAITH 7" IN ORBIT AROUND EARTH. VALUABLE EXPERIMENTS, INCLUDING MEASUREMENT OF RADIATION IN AND OUT OF THE SPACE CRAFT, ARE ALSO PART OF THE PROJECT.

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