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Enactment: A four star General of United States Air Force uses a phone in his office, United States.

Aerospace Force Communication Electronics. An enactment shows a four star General of United States Air Force speaking over a telephone in his office. General at his desk uses the phone. He keeps down the receiver and speaks over another telephone.

Date: 1961, April 27
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048950
Russian cosmonaut Gherman S. Titov lands successfully after orbiting the earth 17 times.

A Russian cosmonaut orbits the earth 17 times. Civilians purchase newspapers on the streets in the United States. Newspaper headlines about the successful landing of Russian cosmonaut Gherman Stepanovich Titov after orbiting the earth 17 times. A previous film of the launch of a Rusian missile. A man at a recording device. An animation depicts the orbiting around the earth.

Date: 1961, August 7
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055887
The President of the United States John F Kennedy addresses and answers about the army reservists in the United States.

Army reserves in the United States. The President of the United States John F Kennedy addresses the gathering. He answers questions affecting the lives of thousands of families across the nation and the status of the reservists of the armed forces. He declines the rumors that the armed forces will serve more than a year of duty.

Date: 1961, November 30
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055892
Accidents due to jaywalking on busy roads in the United States.

Public Service announcement or PSA via film. A dramatization depicts the hazards of jaywalking in the United States. People help an old man pedestrian after he met with an accident being hit by a car while crossing in the middle of a city street instead of at the crosswalk. Cars move on the streets. A traffic signal. A man crosses a road. Buildings seen on either side of the street. Brakes are applied by a car. A line of parked cars. A man shows a summon saying jaywalking is against the law. A poster depicts the rules for crossing the road safely.

Date: 1961, November 30
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055897
President John F Kennedy presents the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. in the United States.

Welcome of the astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard Junior after his space victory in the United States. The Redstone missile on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral. NASA astronaut Alan Shepard disembarks from a transfer van and boards a gantry elevator. The crew help Shepard to board the Mercury capsule atop the Redstone missile. View as the missile is launched. The missile separates and the astronaut feels weightlessness in space. He contacts the ground base via communications systems and speaks to mission control. The capsule is released at sea. Helicopters take off from Essex class aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain CV-39 to pick up the astronaut and the capsule. A helicopter rescues astronaut Shepard and the Mercury capsule. Astronaut Shepard climbs into the helicopter. The cheering crew welcomes astronaut Shepard on the carrier U.S. Navy ship USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) after his successful trip. Following a medical checkup, Shepard and his family is received by the President of the United States John F Kennedy at the White House. Shepard addresses the dignitaries present on the White House grounds, and the assembled clap when he finishes speaking. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy can be seen saying and then repeating to the President, "Pin the medal on him" (perhaps the President had forgotten but was reminded by Mrs. Kennedy). President Kennedy then pins the NASA Distinguished Service Medal on the jacket of astronaut Shepard. Civilians greet astronaut Shepard as he passes in a parade to the Pennsylvania Avenue.

Date: 1961, May 8
Duration: 6 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055901
Inauguration of John F Kennedy as 35th President of United States in Washington DC and his later visits to various European nations.

Swearing in of John Fitzgerald Kennedy as 35th President of United States and his subsequent tour to various European nations, United States. Kennedy swearing in as President during a ceremony and a large crowd gathers. Crowd applauds as he takes oath. Other dignitaries stand near him. Kennedy shakes hands with the former Prime Minister Dwight D Eisenhower. Kennedy during his visit to France meets with President Charles de Gaulle. Kennedy during meeting with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. President Kennedy disembarks from Air Force One plane in Britain greeted and escorted by British Chiefs of Military Staff.

Date: 1961, January 20
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056466