| 01:30:15 0.5 |
LS VIEW GANTRY PULLING AWAY FROM ROCKET BEFORE BLAST-OFF.
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| 01:30:19 4.5 |
CU MONTAGE - VARIOUS SHOTS PHOTOGRAPHS PERTAINING TO "PROJECT" MERCURY", BEING DEVELOPED IN LIQUID PANS IN DARK ROOM..
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| 01:30:34 19.5 |
LEGION OF PRESS NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON (FEB. 1959), CONCERNING START UP OF MERCURY PROJECT.
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| 01:30:42 27.5 |
MONTAGE ASTRONAUT CLIMBING INTO SPACE VEHICLE, HELICOPTER PICKING UP ASTRONAUT FROM CAPSULE AS IT BOBS IN OCEAN AFTER RETURNING TO EARTH , ETC.
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| 01:31:02 47.5 |
ASTRONAUT DANGLING OVER WATER AS HI IS PICKED UP FROM CAPSULE AS IT FLOATS ON OCEAN.
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| 01:31:37 82.5 |
ROCKET WITH ALAN SHEPPARD ABOARD, BLASTS OF FROM PAD AT CAPE CANAVERAL. CU SHOT SHEPPARD IN SPACE CRAFT COMMUNICATES WITH CONTROL AS HE RISES INTO SPACE.
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| 01:32:08 113.5 |
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY CONGRATULATES AND PRESENTS ALAN SHEPPARD WITH AWARD. ALL APPLAUD.
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| 01:32:47 152.5 |
CU WOMAN TYPING TICKER TAPE MESSAGE AS VOICE OVER ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH WITH GUS GRISSOM ABOARD.
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| 01:32:50 155.5 |
HELICOPTER LANDS ON WARSHIP DECK WITH GRISSOM ABOARD AFTER PICK-UP IN OCEAN. CU GRISSOM TALKE TO FAMILY OM PHONE.
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| 01:33:16 181.5 |
HELICOPTER HOVERS OVER CAPSULE AS IT BOBS IN WATER. GRISSOM IS LIFTED OFF CRAFT VIA CABLE.
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| 01:33:24 189.5 |
LS HELICOPTER RECOVERS SPACE CRAFT FROM OCEAN, AS ANOTHER HELICOPTER LIFTS SPACE CRAFT OUT OF WATER.
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| 01:33:54 219.5 |
CU TICKER TAPE MACHINE TICKING OUT MESSAGE. MESSAGE IN LIGHTS IN TIMES SQUARE, PRINTS OUT STORY..
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| 01:34:19 244.5 |
JOHN GLEN CLIMBS OUT OF CAPSULE AFTER HIS FLIGHT WAS POSTPONED DUE TO EQUIPMENT PROBLEM, TO LATER SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT.
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| 01:34:36 261.5 |
NUMEROUS NEWSMEN TYPING OUT STORY., CU GLEN PUTS ON HELMET, WALKS TO PAD FOR ANOTHER TRY. LS ATLAS MISSILE PULLS AWAY FROM GANTRY
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| 01:35:25 310.5 |
GOOD SHOT WARSHIP BOW SPLASHING DOWN ON OCEAN WATER, SENDING UP HUGE SPRAY OF WATER. CU RADAR ANTENNA SEARCHING SKY. "NOW AROUND THE WORLD, ALL MERCURY STATIONS REPORTED "GO"
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| 01:35:42 327.5 |
LONG LINE OF REPORTERS WITH THEIR CAMERAS OM TRIPODS, FOCUS ON LAUNCH PAD AS COUNTDOWN BEGINS. LS MISSILE BLASTS OF IN ENORMOUS SMOKE CLOUD. SLOWLY LIFTS SKYWARD.
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| 01:36:04 349.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS CROWDS REJOICING AS THEY WATCH BLAST-OFF. CAMERAS ROLL, NEWSMEN WATCH THROUGH BINOCULARS.
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| 01:36:23 368.5 |
TV NEWSMAN WITH LARGE TV CAMERA, FOLLOWS BLAST-OFF. CU RADAR ANTENNA POINTED SKYWARDS,
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| 01:36:26 371.5 |
WARSHIP SPEEDS THROUGH OCEAN TO LOCATION OF SPLASH DOWN.
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| 01:36:41 386.5 |
LARGE GROUP OF SAILORS LOOK DOWN FROM DEC AT SPACECRAFT AS IT FLOATS ON WATER ALONGSIDE SHIP. SPACECRAFT IS LOFTED ABOARD.
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| 01:37:02 407.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS JOHN ON DECK OF SHIP AFTER EXITING SPACE CRAFT.
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| 01:37:19 424.5 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, "WASHINGTON WELCOMES JOHN GLEN". CROWD WITH UMBRELLAS OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE WAIT TO SEE JOHN GLEN WITH PRESIDENT JFK AND VPLBJ.
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| 01:37:28 433.5 |
2 WOMEN SIP COFFEE AS THEY WAIT IN RAIN.
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| 01:37:34 439.5 |
LS JOHN GLEN WITH JFK AND VP LBJ AND OTHERS ON WHITE HOUSE PORTICO. NEWS CAMERAMAN WITH HUGE TV CAMERA, TAKES SHOTS..
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| 01:37:45 450.5 |
HUGE CROWD WITH UMBRELLAS WATCH AS JOHN GLEN WITH VP LBJ, ROLLS OUT OF WHITE HOUSE DRIVE IN OPEN CONVERTIBLE
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| 01:37:57 462.5 |
GLEN SITS UP IN CONVERTIBLE, WAVING TO HUGE CROWD WITH UMBRELLAS, LINING STREET FOR MILES.
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| 01:38:04 469.5 |
CU GOOD SHOT MILITARY MAN PLAYING LARGE TUBA. MONTAGE MORE SHOTS OF HUGE CROWD, UMBRELLAS, LINING STREETS AND FOLLOWING MOTORCADE.
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| 01:38:26 491.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS JOHN GLEN ADDRESSING JOINT HOUSES OF CONGRESS. VP JOHNSON (LBJ) AND HOUSE SPEAKER? SEATED IN B/G. GLEN MAKES INSPIRING SPEECH.
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| 01:39:33 558.5 |
NEWSMAN, PIPE DANGLING FROM MOUTH, TYPES HIS STORY.
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| 01:39:35 560.5 |
WASHINGTON POST NEWS HEADLINE, "CARPENTER'S SPACECRAFT READY TO GO". PHOTO OF ASTRONAUT CARPENTER IN SPACE SUIT.
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| 01:39:48 573.5 |
CU FACE SHOT SCOT CARPENTER INSIDE CAPSULE, AWAITS TAKE-OFF. MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS BLAST OFF, MISSILE SHOOYING SKYWARD..
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| 01:40:06 591.5 |
LS RESCUE SHIP AT SEA. SEARCHES FOR CAPSULE AS CAPSULE OVERSHOT THE LANDING AREA, COMMUNICATIONS FAILED. NO WORD FOR 35 MINUTES.
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| 01:40:16 601.5 |
AERIAL SHOT SPACE CAPSULE AND SCOT CARPENTER ON LARGE RUBBER RAFT AFTER BEING LOCATED AND RESCUE STARTED. ABOVE VIEW HELICOPTER HOVERING OVER THE RAFT.
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| 01:40:24 609.5 |
AERIAL SHOT, ASTRONAUT CARPENTER BEING LIFTED ABOARD HELICOPTER VIA RESCUE LINE.
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| 01:40:39 624.5 |
SCOTT CARPENTER AND WIFE EMBRACE AS ASTRONAUT IS RETURNED TO THE CAPE, THEIR KIDS LOOK ON..
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| 01:40:55 640.5 |
LS GANTRY PULLS AWAY FROM ATLAS MISSILE AS 3RD MERCURY ORBITAL FLIGHT WITH ASTRONAUT GORDON (GORDY) COOPER PREPARES FOR FLIGHT.
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| 01:41:08 653.5 |
MONTAGE - NEWSMAN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD PREPARE THEIR CAMERAS TO WATCH AMERICA'S 5TH SPACE FLIGHT, THE 3RD ORBITAL FLIGHT. COUNTDOWN PROCEEDS AS HUGE CROWD WATCHES. "....3, 2, 1, LIFTOFF !"
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| 01:41:55 700.5 |
NEWSMEN AT THEIR DESKS TYPING THE STORY. ANCHOR MAN IS GIVEN CUE TO REPORT, AS TV CAMERA ROLLS CU ASTRONAUT COOPER IN CAPSULE.
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| 01:42:53 758.5 |
MONTAGE - VARIOUS SHOTS ACTIVITIES AT THE "MERCURY" NEWS CENTER, :STAFFED AROUND THE CLOCK BY NASA INFORMATION OFFICERS.
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| 01:43:35 800.5 |
ASTRONAUT GORDON COOPER BEING HELPED INTO HIS SPACE SUIT BY TECHNICIAN . FACE SHOT COOPER. RADAR DISH SCANNING SKY.
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| 01:43:56 821.5 |
ABOVE VIEW COOPER WALKING TO VAN THAT WILL TRANSPORT HIM TO ATLAS MISSILE. CU NEWSMAN ON PHONE REPORTING "ALL SYSTEMS ARE A.O.K" AS GANTRY IS PULLED BACK. MONTAGE OF NEWSMEN ACTIVITIES.
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| 01:45:42 927.5 |
CU OLD VIDEO TAPE TO TAPE IN ACTION. "15 SECONDS AND COUNTING... 9, 8, .......".7. CU MISSILE LIFTS OF IN GIANT EXPLOSION, FOLLOWED BY SMOKE AND FLAME AS IT RISES. ALL LOOKING SKYWARD.
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| 01:47:17 1022.5 |
CU RADAR DISK. VOICE OVER, "OH, IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL TAKE-OFF AT CAPE CANAVERAL".
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| 01:47:53 1058.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS NEWS PRESSES AT WORK. NEWSBOY HANDS WOMAN NEWSPAPER WITH SPACE FLIGHT HEADLINES.
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| 01:48:02 1067.5 |
NAVAL SHIPS AT SEA , SAILOR COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER SHIPS VIA LIGHT SIGNALS.. NYC SKYLINE AT NIGHT AS VOICE OVER NEWSMAN REPORTING THE SPACE SHOT. TV ANTENNA ATOP HOME.
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| 01:48:25 1090.5 |
CU WOMAN IN SLIPPERS PICKS UP HER NEWSPAPER OUTSIDE HER FRONT DOOR ALONG WITH HER MILK DELIVERY.
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| 01:49:19 1144.5 |
MERCURY CONTROL WORKERS AT THEIR POSTS COMMUNICATE WITH ASTRONAUT, WHO TELLS OF PROBLEMS WHICH WILL NECESSITATE HIM RE-ENTERING EARTH VIA MANUAL CONTROL.
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| 01:49:54 1179.5 |
LS PARACHUTE WITH CAPSULE AND ASTRONAUT ABOARD FLOATS DOWN TO OCEAN, LANDS ON OCEAN AS NAVAL SHIPS RUSH TO PICK IT UP. SHOT OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER, 700 YARDS AWAY FROM SPACE CRAFT.
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| 01:50:18 1203.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS HELICOPTERS DROPPING SCUBA DIVERS IN WATER, TO ASSIST IN RECOVERY.
SAILORS WATCH SPACE CRAFT BEING LIFTED ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER. |
| 01:50:45 1230.5 |
ASTRONAUT COOPER IS HELPED OUT OF SPACE CRAFT BY NAVAL PERSONNEL. HE SALUTES CAMERA AS HE WALKS TOWARDS IT.
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| 01:51:11 1256.5 |
ASTRONAUT , LEI FLORAL AROUND HIS NECK IS REUNITED WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS IN HAWAII) AS HULA DANCERS DANCE, CROWD WATCHING..
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| 01:51:29 1274.5 |
VARIOUS SHOTS AASTRONAUT COOPER SEATED ATOP SEAT IN OPEN CONVERTIBLE AS MOTORCADE PARADES DOWN AVENUE. MORE OF HULA DANCERS, HUGE CROWDS.
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| 01:52:21 1326.5 |
ASTRONAUT AT PODIUM, ADDRESSES CROWD AT OUTDOOR PODIUM.
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| 01:52:25 1330.5 |
HUGE AI R FORCE JET LINER WITH ASTRONAUT COOPER ABOARD, LANDS AT PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE. CROWD OF PEOPLE WATCH, NEWSMEN TAKE SHOTS. ALL APPLAUD AS COOPER AND FAMILY EXIT PLANE.
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| 01:53:30 1395.5 |
CU SMILING GORDON COOPER WITH FLORAL LEI AROUND NECK SITS IN OPEN CONVERTIBLE, WAVES TO PEOPLE AS MOTORCADE ROLLS DOWN AVENUE..
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| 01:54:01 1426.5 |
PAN FROM MOTORCADE TO LARGE SIGN,"WELCOME HOME "GORDY". MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS COOPER SPEAKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE AS CAMERAS ROLL.. CU WIFE WATCHES.
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| 01:55:33 1518.5 |
ASTRONAUT GORDON COOPER ADDRESS CONGRESS, GIVES 3 REASONS WHY HE DID IT. VP LBJ IN B/G.
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| 01:56:23 1568.5 |
LS GANTRIES FOR "GEMINI" FLIGHTS STAND READY. NEWSPAPER HEADLINE, "GEMINI FLYS TODAY!".
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| 01:56:46 1591.5 |
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Year: 1962
Color: Color
Genre: SPACE EXPLORATION
Specialty CollectionGenre: SPACE EXPLORATION
Description: TICKER TAPE PARADE FOR JOHN GLENN ASTRONAUT. TV CAMERAS & TECHNICIANS FILMING INTERVIEW. DEVELOPING PHOTOGRAPH. PRESS CONFERENCE. ROCKET BLASTING OFF. ASTRONAUT IN SPACESUIT. GORDON COOPER. JFK DECORATING ALAN SHEPARD. SPACEMAN ON TELEPHONE. REPORTERS ON TYPEWRITER. MERCURY MISSIONS. PEOPLE WATCHING ROCKET TAKING OFF. VERY EXCITED. TV CAMERAS. MAPS. RADAR DISHES. RAIN. CROWDS WITH UMBRELLAS. JFK WITH GLENN. LBJ. GLENN SPEAKING TO CONGRESS. NEWSPAPER HEADLINES. EARTH LIKE A MARBLE. FLYING AIRPLANE. SCOTT CARPENTER LOOKING AT NEGATIVES. PRINTING NEWSPAPER PICTURES. MERCURY NEWS CENTER. PEOPLE WITH BINOCULARS. SYNC-SOUND AT MERCURY NEWS CENTER. PARIS SHOT. NEWSPAPERS BEING PRINTED. NEW YORK SKYLINE. HULA DANCERS. ASTRONAUTS BEING REUNITED WITH WIVES & CHILDREN. MORE PARADES. COMING OFF AIRPLANE. REPORTER TAKING NOTES. GORDON COOPER SPEAKS ON CONGRESS. NEWSMAN SELLING NEWSPAPERS ON STREET CORNER.
