U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Tampa, Florida, United States.Spectators line the street. Motorcycle police escort. Glimpse from back of President. Kennedy in open car. Decoration lights on the street. President Kennedy speaks into a microphone during a conference. His speech is carried live on television. People seated in the conference hall listen to him. Cameramen record as Kennedy speaks. The President's VC-137C Aircraft (Air Force One, with the President on board) taxis out for takeoff.
A fire at the Roosevelt Hotel (The Carling, 31 Adams St, Jacksonville, FL 32202, United States) in Jacksonville Florida. Smoke comes out from the windows of the hotel. People come out from the windows to reach a ladder. The ladder reaches the 7th floor only. Firemen help the guests in the hotel to come out. People come down the ladder. A navy helicopter arrives for help.
Atlas rocket LV-3B 130-D in a hangar and test of an engine in Cape Canaveral Florida, in advance of NASA Mercury-Atlas MA-9 mission. Technicians work on the missile in a hangar. They assemble the outer body parts of the missile. A technician stands on the missile and the other technician helps him to put on the outer cover of the missile. They run tests and check out the vernier engine at Cape Canaveral. They work on the engine. A technician with a paper in his hand. Various tools on the table. The vernier engine on a test machine. A man at a control panel.
Atlas 130D rocket on a transporter in Cape Canaveral Florida. The missile on a transporter backs up on a ramp to complex 14 and it is then attached to a launcher. Two men walk along with the transporter and direct it. A man looks back from the door of the transporter. A sign reads 'United States'. Technicians on missile work on a machine. The transporter in front of a gantry. Major Gordon L. Cooper climbs up steps to a launchpad and watches the erection of Atlas 130D with General Dynamics officials and C. Flower. Major Cooper talks to C. Flower. The missile in the background. Atlas 130D being erected in the gantry for use in NASA Mercury Atlas MA-9 mission. An elevator goes up the gantry. Technicians stand on the gantry
Major L. Gordon Cooper climbs into Faith 7 capsule for his first NASA space flight, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, during the Mercury Atlas MA-9 mission. McDonnell technicians work on a spacecraft. Major Cooper, wearing a flight suit and helmet, arrives in the White Room and salutes Padleader Guenter F. Wendt, who returns the salute. Major Cooper talks with the McDonnell technicians and shakes hands with Lt. Commander Malcolm S. Carpenter and Walter M. Schirra. Commander Alan B. Shepard in white coveralls. Major Cooper climbs into the capsule. Technicians help him getting in. The hatch being secured. A technician with headphones.
Men in a blockhouse in Cape Canaveral for NASA Mercury Atlas MA-9 mission. They are in the blockhouse during a countdown and after a flight postponement. A man with headphones. Control panel in the background. A man on a radio. The men in the blockhouse talk. They stand when the countdown begins.