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USS Barton (DD-722) underway slowly in the Cape Canaveral Ship Channel, Florida

The U.S. Destroyer, USS Barton (DD-722) underway slowly in the Cape Canaveral Ship Channel, Cape Canaveral, Florida. She is one of the ships in the Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission recovery task force.

Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA
Date: 1962, May 26
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024600
Atlas number 113D flight readiness firing test at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Gantry at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Signal light near gantry. Workers open the gantry. Mercury Atlas 8. '113D' and 'United States' written on Mercury Atlas 8. 113D flight readiness firing test at Cape Canaveral. Mercury Atlas 8 creates thrust during launch.

Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA
Date: 1962, October 3
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024644
Welcome and honor of American astronaut John H. Glenn Junior by his family at Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral.

Welcome and honor of American astronaut John Herschel Glenn Junior in Cape Canaveral. John Glenn disembarks from an aircraft at Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral. Glenn is greeted and welcomed by his wife, children, mother and father. They arrive at Cape Canaveral town from the air base. Civilians greet and welcome Glenn. The President of the United States John F. Kennedy presents the Space Distinguished Service Medal praising his courage.

Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA
Date: 1962, February 26
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055880
Commander Alan B Shepard in Freedom Seven Capsule, Cape Canaveral.

America's first sub-orbital flight. Astronaut Commander Alan B Shepard in Freedom Seven Capsule. NASA special van arrives at pad number 5, Cape Canaveral. Commander Alan B Shepard carries a portable air conditioner and walks to the elevator. Doctor William Douglas, Mercury flight Surgeon follows him. Elevator moves to Mercury capsule. Technicians prepare Redstone booster. Technicians aid astronaut Commander Alan B Shepard into Freedom Seven Capsule. 'Countdown and proceed' written in control room. Alan B Shepard during countdown procedure. Gantry moves away from Redstone-Mercury and the boom arm of cherry picker swinging up to capsule. Umbilical arm drops away and missile lifts off. Commander Alan B Shepard talks. Floating harness strap during weightlessness. Mercury launch team personnel seen in mission control room, including flight surgeon and capsule environment monitors. Aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain. Marine helicopter HUS-1 takes off from carrier ship. Crewmen signal. Commander Alan B Shepard during flight. Aircraft carrier crewmen sit on deck. Capsule with open parachute descends. Commander Alan B Shepard releases harness strap. Capsule near surface of water.

Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA
Date: 1961, May 5
Duration: 7 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042041
Crew aboard USS Randolph CV-15 welcomes NASA astronaut Virgil Grissom after successful space journey from Cape Canaveral.

Space victory of astronaut Virgil Ivan Grissom from Cape Canaveral. Crewmen pipe the fuel aboard the Redstone rocket. A man drives a truck. A missile on a launch pad. Captain Virgil Grissom disembarks from a transfer van and boards a gantry elevator. The crew helps Grissom to board the Liberty Bell 7 capsule. Commander Alan Shepard at the control center. The crew awaits the launch of the missile. The missile is launched. Civilians watch through binoculars as the missile travels in the space. The astronaut goes 118 miles up and 303 miles down range. The capsule is released at sea. Helicopters take off from Essex class aircraft carrier, USS Randolph CV-15 to pick up the astronaut and the capsule. The helicopter rescues astronaut Grissom and tries to keep a hold on the sinking capsule Mercury. Astronaut Grissom climbs into the helicopter. The cheering crew welcomes the astronaut on the carrier after his success

Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA
Date: 1961, July 24
Duration: 4 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055898
A successful space journey of NASA astronaut Virgil Ivan Grissom aboard Liberty Bell 7 Capsule from Cape Canaveral.

Astronaut Virgil Ivan Grissom's space journey from Cape Canaveral. Crewmen pipe the fuel aboard the Redstone rocket. A missile on a launch pad. Captain Virgil Grissom disembarks from a transfer van and boards a gantry elevator. The crew helps Grissom to board the Liberty Bell 7 capsule. Helicopters take off from Essex class aircraft carrier USS Randolph CV-15 to pick up the astronaut and the capsule. A helicopter rescues astronaut Grissom and tries to keep a hold on the sinking capsule Mercury. Astronaut Grissom climbs into the helicopter. The cheering crew welcomes astronaut Grissom on the carrier Randolph after his success.

Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA
Date: 1961, July 24
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055900
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