| 00:44:25 0.4 |
ROCKET TAKING OFF. VIEW OF EARTH LEAVING AS ROCKET
SHOOTS INTO THE AIR. CU: JOHN GLENN IN ASTRONAUTS HELMET |
| 00:45:10 45.4 |
TICKER TAPE PARADE, FEBRUARY 1962. CELEBRATION IN
PARADE. A HERO'S WELCOME |
| 00:45:35 70.4 |
LANDSCAPE, COUNTRYSIDE OF NEW CONCORD, OHIO.
GLENN'S HOMETOWN |
| 00:45:50 85.4 |
MODEL AIRPLANE CRAZE. 1930s. PLANE DOES FLIPS
IN THE SKY. LITTLE BOYS WITH PLANES. |
| 00:46:12 107.4 |
PILOTS IN PLANES. CIRCA LATE 1930s
|
| 00:46:30 125.4 |
WWII WORLD WAR TWO. AIR CRAFT CARRIER.
|
| 00:46:50 145.4 |
KOREAN WAR, MARINE PILOTS. PUTTING ON FACE MASK.
COMBAT. EXPLOSIONS IN THE OCEAN. SHOOTING DOWN PLANES. TEST PILOT. WAVES FROM COCKPIT. |
| 00:47:47 202.4 |
FLOYD BENNETT FIELD. WIFE AND KIDS AS HE RETURNS
FROM RECORD. BREAKING TRANSCONTINENTAL HIGH. |
| 00:47:58 213.4 |
CU LOOKING THROUGH FILES IN FILING CABINET.
PULLING FILE |
| 00:48:04 219.4 |
GLENN IN CENTRIFUGE. ASTRONAUT TRAINING. BEING
CHECKED BY DOCTORS. |
| 00:48:52 267.4 |
1959 COMPUTER. CARDS BEING SORTED. EARLY COMPUTER.
|
| 00:49:00 275.4 |
PROJECT MERCURY, MEN IN SPACE PROGRAM. ASTRONAUT
TRAINING MEN IN TRAINING. DOING ALL SORTS OF TESTS. SCREENING PILOTS |
| 00:49:22 297.4 |
MILITARY MEETING. DECIDING ON WHO WILL BE THE
FIRST ASTRONAUTS. |
| 00:49:39 314.4 |
NASA SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCES THE MEN THAT ARE PICKED.
MERCURY ASTRONAUTS. SCOTT CARPENTER, GORDON COOPER, JOHN GLENN, GUS GRISSOM, WALTER SCHIRRA, ALAN SHEPARD, DONALD "DEKE" SLAYTON STAND AS THEIR NAMES ARE CALLED. NASA PRESS CONFERENCE. |
| 00:50:30 365.4 |
CONTROL ROOM. MISSILE. ROCKETS EXPLODE IN MID AIR.
EARLY MISSILE AGE. TEST ROCKETS. ASTRONAUTS WATCH THE PROGRESSION OF TECHNOLOGY. MAPS AND CHARTS. |
| 00:51:50 445.4 |
GLENN IN SCUBA GEAR IN POOL. ASTRONAUTS LEARN
ABOUT WEIGHTLESSNESS. GIANT SIMULATORS. SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL. MEETING AND TRAINING. GAUGES. DIALS. |
| 00:53:12 527.4 |
JOHN COMES HOME FROM WORK. GREETS WIFE AND FAMILY.
MODEST ONE STORY HOME. WIFE AT PIANO. FAMILY MAN. |
| 00:53:51 566.4 |
HEADLINE OF RUSSIA PUTTING MAN IN SPACE. 1961
|
| 00:54:00 575.4 |
ALAN SHEPARD IN TRAINING FOR FIRST AMERICAN
SPACEMAN. CU SHEPARD IN SPACE SUIT |
| 00:54:09 584.4 |
CAPE CANAVERAL BLOCK HOUSE. GLENN LOOKS ON.
|
| 00:54:14 589.4 |
CU CLOCKS AND TV MONITORS. CU MAN LOOKS INTO
MACHINE |
| 00:54:24 599.4 |
COMPUTER PRINT OUT. RADAR BLIP. MAN IN HEAD SET.
|
| 00:54:30 605.4 |
ROCKET TAKE OFF. FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE. CAPE
CANAVERAL. |
| 00:55:19 654.4 |
KLIEG LIGHTS ARE LIT UP. SPOTLIGHTS GO
ON. |
| 00:55:31 666.4 |
CONTROL ROOM, FEBRUARY, 1962 CU ALAN SHEPARD
WEARING HEADSET. CU CLOCKS, COUNTDOWN STATUS. MONITORS. CONTROLS. |
| 00:56:05 700.4 |
GLENN PUTS ON SPACE HELMET. ZIPPERING SUIT.
PUTTING ON HIS GLOVES. CU PUTTING SPACE SUIT ON. |
| 00:56:32 727.4 |
WALKS OUT TO LAUNCH PAD.
|
| 00:56:40 735.4 |
ECU GLENN IN SPACE HELMET, SPACE SUIT
|
| 00:56:53 748.4 |
CU CLOCK COUNTS THE SECONDS.
|
| 00:57:12 767.4 |
MEN IN HARD HATS WATCH ON.
|
| 00:57:14 769.4 |
GLENN GETS INTO CAPSULE. DOOR PUT ON.
|
| 00:58:07 822.4 |
CONTROL CENTER. ROOM FILLED WITH COMPUTER. FINAL
CHECK LIST. CU TECHNICAL STATIONS. LIGHTS. BUTTONS. COUNTDOWN. RADAR DISH. |
| 00:59:32 907.4 |
MERCURY ROCKET LAUNCHED
|
| 00:59:46 921.4 |
RADAR DISH
|
| 01:00:00 935.4 |
EARTH FROM SPACE
|
| 01:00:11 946.4 |
CONTROL CENTER, CU HAND ADJUSTING CONTROLS.
MEN SMILE, SHAKES FISTS IN VICTORY. LIGHTS CIGAR. |
| 01:00:25 960.4 |
MONTAGE DIFFERENT RADAR STATIONS.
|
| 01:00:30 965.4 |
EARTH FROM SPACE
|
| 01:00:42 977.4 |
RADAR DISHES
|
| 01:00:48 983.4 |
GLENN COMMUNICATING WITH CONTROL CENTER.
|
| 01:01:02 997.4 |
FULL MOON
|
| 01:01:05 1000.4 |
SUNRISE, GLENN'S VOICE HEARD DESCRIBING WHAT HE
SEES FROM SPACE |
| 01:01:23 1018.4 |
RADAR STATIONS
|
| 01:01:38 1033.4 |
CONTROL CENTER. MEN AT COMPUTER, CU FINGER PUSHING
BUTTONS. |
| 01:02:09 1064.4 |
MERCURY TRACKING STATIONS. MEN ON CAMELS. USAF
SHIP ROSE KNOT. |
| 01:02:13 1068.4 |
MEN WEARING HEADSETS. RE-ENTRY PERIOD. GLENN OUT
OF RANGE. |
| 01:02:56 1111.4 |
PARACHUTE DEPLOYS. CUTS TO GLENN IN MERCURY
|
| 01:03:22 1137.4 |
HELICOPTER FLIES OFF, RETURNS TO SHIP. WITH JOHN
GLENN. |
| 01:04:07 1182.4 |
GLENN HUGS HIS WIFE AS HE GETS OFF PLANE AT CAPE
CANAVERAL. CRYING. REUNION |
| 01:04:32 1207.4 |
PEOPLE LINE THE STREET. CHEERING HIM. WASHINGTON
DC. HERO'S WELCOME. |
| 01:05:05 1240.4 |
AT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JOHN GLENN MAKES
SPEECH TO CONGRESS. |
| 01:06:34 1329.4 |
TAPE ENDS
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Year: 1930-1962
Color: Black & White
Genre: SPACE EXPLORATION
Specialty CollectionGenre: SPACE EXPLORATION
Description: TRACES THE CAREER OF JOHN GLENN FROM HIS DAYS AS A MARINE COMBAT PILOT IN WWII TO HIS HISTORY MAKING FLIGHT IN THE SPACE CAPSULE. FRIENDSHIP SEVEN, FEBRUARY 20, 1962. WHEN HE BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN ASTRONAUT TO ORBIT THE EARTH. HELPED TO GET AMERICA'S SPACE PROGRAM OFF OF THE GROUND.
