Launch of two U.S. destroyer in Kearny, New Jersey. A large crowd gathered to witness the launch. USS Anderson ready for launch. People around the ship. The ship slides down the ways into the water. A man at a machine. USS Hammann slides down the ways into the water.
Explosion of a dynamite shipment wrecks a cement plant in a La Porte, Colorado. Damaged structures of plant. Wrecked motor cars near a big hole in the ground. Shattered ruins and debris all around. Soldiers inspect wrecked cars at the plant. They light a fire on a wrecked car.
Winter Carnival winter sports meet in Saint Paul, Minnesota. People at Carnival. Reidar Anderson, Norwegian ski champion completes a ski jump. Spectators watch the ski champion. He jumps from the high ski jump ramp. Various ski jumpers compete. Reidar Anderson ends the ski jump competition.
Lieutenant Commander M Scott Carpenter and technicians enter into transfer van at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Lt. Commander M Scott Carpenter enters gantry area, talks to technicians and Lieutenant Commander Walter Schirra. All personnel, except Carpenter, wear white coveralls. Some display "McDonnell" on their backs and others "NASA." Lieutenant Commander M Scott Carpenter prepares to enter space capsule named 'Aurora 7'. Technicians assist Lieutenant Commander M Scott Carpenter as he enters space capsule.
Lieutenant Commander John Glenn and Lieutenant Commander Walter Schirra watch pre-boarding preparations for Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Technicians prepare capsule aperture for hatch cover.
Technicians prepare the space capsule for launch. United States flag. United States written on space capsule. Space capsule named as 'Aurora 7'. Lieutenant Commander John Glenn talks on telephone. Technicians make adjustments to space capsule.
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