View of the Venezuelan freighter 'Ansoategui' sailing to Brazil. Ship is hijacked by pro- Castro Communists in an attempt to embarrass President Romulo Betancourt on the eve of his visits to United States of America.
United States of America and and Britain test Nuclear Weapons. The Titan II missile undergoes its first test at Vandenberg Air Force Base in a shoot from an underground pad. The missile gets destroyed in air with an explosion. The British unveil their Blue Steel, a nuclear air-to-ground bomb designed to fill the gap left by the scrapped skybolt. View of Royal Air Force V bomber taking off.
New York Athletic Games at Madison Square Garden. Women running on track and high jumps by athletes. Crowd watching and cheering. Jim Beatty sets a new Indoor record for the mile in 3:58:6. Tom O' Hara who also finished under four minutes. In the high Jump, Valeri Brumel of Russia sets a new Indoor mark at 7 feet 2 inches.
President John Kennedy presents Space Agency's Distinguished Service Medal to Major Gordon Cooper at White House. View of crowd clapping. Major Cooper parades to Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol with many cars following. Crowd cheering on sideways. Major Cooper addresses a Joint Session of Congress and receives a two-minute standing ovation. Major Cooper in New York City for his reception. Lower Broadway is re-named Mercury Way for his reception. Huge crowd around 4,500,000 people line up the streets to see Major Cooper passing and throwing tickertapes and paper on his arrival. After a reception at City Hall, Major Cooper receives the City's Medal of Honor.
Major Gordon Cooper wearing his space suit before he is launched into space for the Mercury mission. Major Cooper entering the van which will take him to launch pad 14. Major Cooper aboard Faith 7 spacecraft. Spacecraft shoots from launch pad. Crowd gathered in streets watching. Animated spacecraft shown. Major Cooper inside the spacecraft Faith 7. View of spacecraft moving in an orbit. People buying newspapers. Kearsarge carrier ship in Pacific near midway to receive Major Gordon Cooper. Animated spacecraft dropping Faith 7 capsule in Pacific. Rescue ships in Pacific and helicopters in sky in case of any emergency.
View of crowd at a airport near San Jose in Costa Rica. President John Kennedy emerges from a helicopter and receives a tumultuous welcome from crowd in San Jose and is greeted by Costa Rican President Francisco Orlich. Nearly everybody in San Jose turn out to cheer President Kennedy. President making a speech. President Kennedy enters National Theatre with other dignitaries where first session of the conference with Heads of six Central American Nations is held. New measures to meet subversive aggression from Cuba are decided. President Kennedy at University of Costa Rica cheered by huge crowd and pledges new aid for economic development in both Central and South America.
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