Support vehicles with sirens running exit Cape Canaveral airfield pre dawn. NASA scientists communicate with “Friendship 7” and the Bermuda Mercury-Atlas 6 telemetry station at mission control center. Bermuda station requests a 5 minute hold on count down. Officials in Mercury-Atlas 6 control room. Mercury-Atlas 6 flight path on world map on wall. NASA scientist on his computer. Astronaut John Glenn's face in helmet before launch. People on the beach waiting for “Friendship 7” launch. A reporter talks on his headset beside the Mercury-Atlas 6 flight path. John Glenn’s face in helmet. Mercury-Atlas 6 officials talks on headset, agreeing to continue with countdown to “Friendship 7” launch. The “Friendship 7” before launch. Positional globe in capsule holds steady before launch.
A telemetry communicator presses a white button. A paired bantam patch cable is plugged into a patchbay. Beside the auxiliary ports are buttons with labels for the telemetry stations of the Mercury-Atlas 6 network worldwide. Telemetry communicator connecting cables in machine. Two telemetry communicators in a corridor- one is monitoring the machines, the other talks on the phone. Telemetry communicators in Goddard Space Flight Center wait for the countdown of the Friendship 7 launch in Cape Canaveral. Buttons are pressed on reel to reel tape drive. Telemetry communicator operates an IBM 7090 telemetry machine. Telemetry communicator on the printer. Telemetry communicator working on an IBM 7090 computer. Telemetry communicators preparing for Mercury-Atlas 6 launch at Goddard Space Flight Center.
1932 Democratic Party National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Democratic supporters carry signs with the names of US states and territories such as Mississippi, Florida and South Carolina. Keynote speaker Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky speaks to the crowd, calling for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, also known as the Prohibition. View of crowd in 1932 Democratic Party National Convention. William Gibbs McAdoo, a senatorial candidate of the Democratic Party for California, speaks to the crowd, nominating Franklin Roosevelt as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate with the words, "he's entitled to the nomination" during the Democratic Party National Convention. Democratic Party National Convention crowd cheering as parabolic microphones turn to catch audio. Crowds cheer during the nomination of Franklin Roosevelt as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 1932 United States presidential elections.
A Quaker Evangelist, Miss George Nye, from Madison, Wisconsin speaks out for the Prohibitionist Party against American society’s permissiveness towards alcohol in a fiery tone. “The Prohibition Party has always fed the goat on pure green grass and cold water. And now my slogan is, ‘Fire, fire, fire, I smell smoke. Get on the water wagon, hitch the hoes to the goat!’” she ends her theatrical statement. She is probably speaking outside the 1932 Prohibition Party Convention, Indianapolis, July 6, 1932
View of Harvard University. View of statue of Harvard university founder, John Harvard. View of pages of newspapers College Daily and the Harvard Crimson, newspapers Franklin Roosevelt served as editor for during his college years. Franklin Roosevelt’s name in paperwork associated with the Harvard Crimson. View of Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Railroad train running beside the Charles river, full of students from Harvard and Yale. Students from Harvard and Yale Universities watch the annual boating duels on the Charles River between their universities. View of locomotive train full of Harvard and Yale students running. Regatta in the Charles River. View of a busy street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A stadium with many football game spectators. Male cheerleader uses Yale Megaphone before football game. Football between Harvard and Yale. Crowd in stadium forms an “H”. Exhausted football players in field after match. Image of the Senior Year Group Graduation photo from Franklin Roosevelt’s class.
Intertitle saying “1912”. United States Presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson delivers a campaign speech. Woodrow Wilson’s opponent, former United States President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a speech. Intertitle saying “1913”. Outgoing United States President William Howard Taft shakes hands with United States President-elect Woodrow Wilson. United States President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration at the United States Capitol.
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