Admiral Harry D Felt talks with NASA Astronaut Gordon Cooper and family on a small platform before battery of microphones. Cooper steps up the podium to a battery of microphones on the platform in front of Iolani Palace (364 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States), speaks to the crowd. Mrs. Cooper and daughters stand with the VIPs in back part of the platform. Mrs. Cooper walks up to her husband at the microphone. Astronaut Cooper introduces his wife as he places his arm around her waist. Cooper's wife and children pose and move to back of platform. Astronaut, his wife, and children with the Governor John A. Burns of Hawaii.
A large group of spectators gathered in front of the Iolani Palace (364 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States) await the arrival of the Astronaut Gordon Cooper in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaiian children hold small American flags. Hula dancers dance at the palace. Astronaut Cooper and his wife in lead car of the motorcade arrive at the Iolani Palace. Astronaut with leis placed in his neck, leaves the car amongst the crowd. Cooper arrives on the platform in front of the palace. Large crowd on the palace steps in the background. Cooper talks to Governor Burns on the platform. Cooper and his wife on the platform. Cooper and wife with Admiral and Mrs. Harry D Felt pose.
Two SH3A helicopters fly over the water, arrive the coast area on route to Hickam Air Force Base. One of the helicopters contains Astronaut Gordon Cooper. Sailor stands by a large wreath placed up against a stone wall containing the names of the deceased from the sinking of the USS Arizona. The colors fly from the flag pole at the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. Arizona Memorial and the flag.
USS Kearsarge returns to naval station at Pearl Harbor for off-loading NASA Mercury capsule Faith 7. USS Kearsarge approaches the dock in the foreground. Civilians, spectators, service personnel, all wait on the dock for arrival of USS Kearsarge. Dock workers prepare the brow, crane hook attached to the slings of brow.
Door sign 'Vice Admiral Emory S Land'. Interiors of an office. Vice Admiral Emory Scott Land seated with Postwar Planning commissioners. Emory S Land, Commodore Thomas Woodward, Captain Ed, McCurley, S Duvall Shell, AJ Williams, R Horton and Wad Skinan in discussion.
Door sign 'Post War Planning Committee'. Interiors of an office. Vice Admiral Emory Scott Land seated with the commissioners. Emory S Land, Commodore Thomas Woodward, Captain Ed, McCurley, S Duvall Shell, AJ Williams, R Horton and Wad Skinan in discussion. (World War II period)
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