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A large crowd gathers to watch a football game played between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy teams in Philadelphia.
A college football game played between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy teams in Philadelphia. Cadets and midshipmen from the military academies gather in a large number in a grandstand. The players stand in formation on the field. U.S. President John F. Kennedy tosses the coin. The game in progress. Highlights include several passes by future Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Roger Staubach. People cheer and applaud. President Kennedy seated in the grandstand, where he switches seating from the Navy side to the Army side halfway through the game. He cheers for the teams. Roger Staubach throws for two touchdowns, runs for one, and keeps the ball on a run inside the five yard line for another touchdown. The U.S. Navy Midshipmen team wins the game 34-14.
Burmese diplomat U-Thant is elected as the new Secretary General of the United Nations in New York.
The election of the Secretary General of the United Nations in New York. The headquarters of the United Nations. Flags fluttering on flag poles outside the building. Interior of the building. Officials cast their votes for the election of the Secretary General. Burmese diplomat U-Thant is elected as the new Secretary-General. The officials applaud as U-Thant comes on a platform after being elected as the Secretary General.
British and French officials sign a pact to finance a supersonic jet aircraft in Europe, later to be the Concorde.
Officials sign a pact to finance a supersonic jet in Europe. A model of the Supersonic jet which would later be called the Concorde. The officials watch the model. The jet can carry 100 passengers and fly 1,400 miles per hour at an altitude of 40,000 feet. Officials from Britain and France seated at a desk sign the pact. They shake hands.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill celebrates his 88th birthday in England.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill celebrates his 88th birthday in England. A man takes out boxes from vans. The boxes contain thousands of greeting mails by people for Churchill. The boxes are delivered at Churchill's house. Children stand outside the Prime Minister's house with a flower bouquet. Churchill's wife accepts the bouquet. A birthday cake kept on a table. Churchill looks through the window of his house. Cameramen click his photographs.
The first American orbital spaceflight carrying astronaut John Glenn, "Friendship 7", before launching to space from Cape Canaveral
NASA logo. A message scrolls from a sign saying, “Glenn ready for orbital flight”. A message scrolls through the black screen “Friendship 7”. View of Times Square across the Hotel Claridge and the iconic “Camel Man” billboard. View of London, United Kingdom across the Big Ben Tower of London. View of Paris, France. Italian vegetable market vendor peels an artichoke and talks about the American astronaut, John Glenn, and his impending take off from Cape Canaveral as the first American to orbit earth. An Arab vendor sells children’s jackets. View of Hong Kong. View of Japanese neon signs in Tokyo- a Japanese kanji character meaning “East”, and “Toshiba”. A Mexican mariachi walks in a park carrying a guitar case. Views of television sets showing news about the launch of Friendship 7- the spaceship carrying John Glenn. Close-up views of various consumer vintage black and white television sets with television screens all showing scenes about Friendship 7 preparing to launch. McDonnell engineers work in Cape Canaveral to prepare Friendship 7 for launch. Engineers jot down notes. A NASA engineer pushed some buttons. An “Astronautics” scientist observes the status of the Friendship 7.
American astronaut John Glenn puts on space suit, prelaunch activities before the launch of “Friendship 7” in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Close up view of NASA engineer. NASA engineer peers through a periscope. A row of arclights ignite to light Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14. View of Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14, the launch site of Friendship 7 spacecraft. NASA engineers watch the launch from outside. Closeup of zipper on space suit closed after pressure suit fabric tucked inside. American astronaut John Glenn puts on his space helmet. View of scientist looking down as he helps John Glenn with his helmet. Scientist smokes a pipe. Scientist adjusts John Glenn’s spacesuit gloves. Scientist ties John Glenn’s glove laces. John Glenn closes his fist to make sure the gloves were securely tied. The scientist smiles. John Glenn, in his helmet, smiles back. John Glenn prepares for insertion by getting into his capsule couch mold.
