1962SPACE EXPLORATION
MAY 5, 1961 ALAN B. SHEPARD. JULY 1961 GUS GRISSOM, MISSION CONTROL. TICKER TAPE. THE VOICE OF AMERICA. JOHN GLENN. ORBITING THE EARTH., SUN RISING OVER THE EARTH. OCEAN. CAPSULE IN WATER. SAILORS ON SHIP. MAN BEING LIFTED INTO HELICOPTER. MERCURY MISSIONS.
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ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN CLIMBING INTO MERCURY SPACE CRAFT
"FRIENDSHIP 7", N JANUARY 27, 1962. (SHOT WAS DELAYED UNTIL FEB. 20, 1962) |
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SHOT OF CAPITOL DOME , WASH. D.C.,LONG BEFORE TAKE OFF OF "FRIENDSHIP 7". ABOVE SHOT DOZENS LEADERS SEATED AROUND LONG TABLE, PLANNING"PROJECT MERCURY".
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| 01:00:27 65.7 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS POOL OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERING AND TECHNICIANS, START WORK ON PROJECT MERCURY. (OCTOBER 1958).
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MS ENGINEERS WORKING ON ATLAS MISSILE, WHICH WOULD BE THE ROCKET TO BE USED FOR MERCURY.. VARIOUS SHOTS ATLIS MISSILE BLASTING OFF FROM PAD.
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| 01:01:31 129.7 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF SOME OF THE 4000 CONTRACTORS WORKING ON THE PROJECT.
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| 01:02:46 204.7 |
ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOW SPACE CRAFT MANEUVERING N SPACE. ROCKETS FIRING TO SEND IT BACK TO EARTH AND THE RTED HOT HEAT SHIELD ON NOSE OF SHIP AS IT RE-ENTERS.
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| 01:03:26 244.7 |
VARIOUS SHOTS CENTRIFUGE SPINNING DURING TEST. MEN INSIDE CENTRIFUGE FLOATING AROUND IN ZERO GRAVITY AS THEY EXPERIENCE WEIGHTLESSNESS.
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| 01:04:21 299.7 |
MONTAGE FUTURE ASTRONAUTS IN CLASSROOM, LEARNING A NEW SCIENCE, "ASTRONOMICS"
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS MISSILES BLASTING OFF. IN FLIGHT TESTS, INCLUDE ONE BLOWING UP IN GIANT EXPLOSION.
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| 01:05:34 372.7 |
LS (MAY 5, 1961) MISSILE ON LAUNCH PAD BLASTS OFF WITH ASTRONAUT ALAN SHEPPARD ABOARD. HE BECAME THE FREE WORLDS 1ST SPACE PILOT. CU SHEPPARD IN SPACE SUIT, INSIDE "FREEDOM 7" SPACE CRAFT.
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| 01:05:56 394.7 |
JULY 25, 1961, ASTRONAUT GUS GRISSOM LIMBS INTO "LIBERTY BELL 7" SHOT INTO SPACE. THESE FLIGHTS PAVED THE WAY FOR JOHN GLEN FRIENDSHIP 7" SPACE ORBITS.
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| 01:06:20 418.7 |
NOV. 29, 1961. A CHIMPANZEE NAMED "UNO" IS SHOT INTO SPACE AND RECOVERED AT SEA. IT CONFIRMED THAT MERCURY SPACE CRAFT CAN SUCCESSFULLY SUSTAIN LIFE IN OUTER SPACE.
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| 01:07:44 502.7 |
LS JOHN GLEN ARRIVES AT MEETING AND NAMED "FIRST MAN TO ORBIT SPACE".
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| 01:08:15 533.7 |
ON LAUNCH PAD #14, ATLAS ROCKET #109B, IS RAISED INTO POSITION AN SPACE CRAFT IS PLACED ATOP THE ROCKET. MAN PAINTS THE NAME "FRIENDSHIP 7" ON CRAFT".
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| 01:09:26 604.7 |
LS ATLAS MISSILE ON LAUNCH PAD (JAN. 27, 1952 )WITH FRIENDSHIP 7 ATOP AS COUNTDOWN IS UNDER WAY. THE FLIGHT DID NOT GO BECAUSE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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| 01:09:46 624.7 |
CU JOHN GLEN CLIMBS OUT OF SPACE CRAFT FOR ANOTHER DAY.
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| 01:11:48 746.7 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS JOHN GLEN BEING ASSISTED INTO SPACECRAFT "FRIENDSHIP 7" ON FEBRUARY 20, 1962.
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| 01:12:35 793.7 |
LS VIEW ROCKET ON LAUNCH PAD AT CAPE CANAVERAL. THOUSANDS OF VISITORS WATCH FROM VARIETY OF VIEWPOINTS PREEE WITH TV AND MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS.
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LS HUGE CLOUDS OF SMOKE ENGULF THE ROCKET AS IT FIRESAND SLOWLY RISES FROM PAD.
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MONTAGE CU SHOTS JOHN GLEN IN SPACE SUIT COMMUNICATING WITH HOME BASE AS ROCKET RAISES FROM PAD. LS ROCKET TRAILS STREAM OF SMOKE AS IT HEADS TO SPACE. "EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.....".
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EARLY COMPUTER 1960s
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CU MONTAGE GLEN IN CAPSULE, "EVERYTHING IS GOOD, AND I AM IN GOOD SHAPE..........". VOICE OVER, "ASTRONAUT JOHN GLEN IS IN ORBIT, 100 MILLS ABOVE THE ATLANTIC, 17,525 MPH ......"..
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CU AFRICAN NATIVE TOILING THE EARTH IN NIGERIA, FISH BOATS ON LAKE IN ZANZIBAR, AS GLEN FLIES OVER. SUNSET OVER INDIAN OCEAN AS SEEN IN SPACE.
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ENGINEERS AT CONTROLS COMMUNICATING WITH SPACE CAPSULE.
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ELDERLY MAN ON COUCH SMOKING PIPE NEXT TO HIS KNITTING WIFE, AS BOTH LISTEN TO THE RADIO BROADCAST OF THE LAUNCH. "THE WORLD HAS TURNED ITS LIGHTS AND ITS HEART ON".
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| 01:22:03 1361.7 |
VARIOUS SHOTS MERCURY AT CONTROLS MAKING THE DECISION TO HAVE GLEN GO FOR A 3RD ORBIT.
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EARLY COMPUTER
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| 01:24:01 1479.7 |
CU JOHN GLEN IN CAPSULE RECEIVING, COUNTDOWN TO RETURN TO EARTH, "3, 2, 1, ETC".
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| 01:26:51 1649.7 |
SAILORS ON DECK OF WARSHIP PEER THROUGH BINOCULARS IN SEARCH OF CAPSULE. CAPSULE FLOATING ON OCEAN, IS LIFTED ABOARD WARSHIP. "AFTER 4 HOURS AND 56 MINUTES IN SPACE. FRIENDSHIP 7 AND JOHN GLEN RETURN TO EARTH".
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| 01:27:31 1689.7 |
LS JOHN GLEN BEING LIFTED ONTO HELICOPTER FROM DECK OF WARSHIP.
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JOHN GLEN IN TICKER TAPE PARADE IN NEW YORK?.
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