Assistant Secretary of Commerce Claude Huston visits the Arctic region to study Arctic fisheries and fur seals. A group of local Arctic people jumps on a high jump trampoline. Young children surround the trampoline. Claude Huston jumps on the high jump trampoline. Claude Huston hands over a box to a woman in winter clothing.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce Claude Huston with local Arctic people during his visit to the Arctic region. A string with a weight at its end hanging from a pole. The local people one by one jump and hit the weight with their legs. The winners are awarded by Claude Huston. Men, women and children watching in the background. A local man dances on the beats of a drum.
The orbital flight of Friendship 7 during project Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying John Herschel Glenn Jr from the United States. Operators in a communication room. Operators speak over a microphone. Operators check weather reports. Operators at controls. John Herschel Glenn Jr wearing a pressure suit in the Mercury-Atlas 6. Camels loaded walk past a tower. Screen shows the path of the Mercury-Atlas 6. John Herschel Glenn Jr inside the Mercury-Atlas 6. Indian ocean as recorded by Mercury-Atlas 6. A ship in the Indian ocean. A communication tower. Operators in control room. A chart shows frequency variations. Control towers at night. Mercury tracking of the path of spacecraft.
View of the antennas of USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14), operating as USAFS Rose Knot E-45-1850, a missile range instrumentation ship assigned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, to function as Station 3 telemetry station for the Mercury-Atlas 6 network. View of bow of the USAFS Rose Knot E-45-1850 sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, communicating with American astronaut John Glenn on Friendship 7 and monitor its journey. Inside the engine room, a senior sailor operates the ships telegraph engine and speed control back and forth. A sailor seen at helm on the ship’s wheel. The older sailor speaks through an intercom with an Eastern European accent. Telemetry communicators aboard USAFS Rose Knot goes down a spiral stair and submits a paper to a colleague in the control room. The telemetry specialist, wearing headphones, reads the paper given to him by his colleague earlier.
Arctic cruise of the Whaler "Herman." Stefansson camp at Banks Island. Several ships of ill-fated Stefansson expedition (Canadian Arctic Expedition) in a harbor.The name "Alaska" can be seen on stern of one. Two-masted schooner ashore on beach. The four-masted schooner S.S. Holmes, appearing partially sunk and leaning to port. Two men in cold weather gear on board, working to repair her. Later view of the SS Holmes appearing to have been uprighted. View from a boat proceeding along a shoreline. Christian Theodore Pedersen, Captain of the "Herman" with another man, possibly William J. (Levi) Baur, both in fur coats, being welcomed by Charles D. Brower, owner of a store at Point Barrow. He poses with them and others in front of his store.The camera pans other buildings in Mr. Brower's compound.
USS Forrestal (CVA-59) underway in the Atlantic Ocean during a Fleet Review for President Kennedy who is aboard the USS North Hampton (not seen). USS Forrestal is seen firing 8 times during her gun salute as she sails past the North Hampton. View of several destroyers (DD) underway in the review column, including USS John Paul Jones (DD-932), USS Rooks (DD-804), USS Miller (DD-535), USS Hood (DD-655),USS Remely (DD-688), USS Barton (DD-722) and others.
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