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First communications satellite Telstar 1 is launched aboard a Thor-Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida

Animated representation of signals sent to communications satellite Telstar 1 from the ground station at Andover, Minnesota. Telstar communication satellite at a ground station in Andover. Technicians checking the satellite before launch. View of Telstar rotating within a lit box as the sapphire coated solar cells on its surface are explained by narrator: Solar energy collected by the solar panel cells powers the sattelite's operation. View of the satellite with the equipment that receives data and amplifies and retransmits the data. Telstar prepared to be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Telstar satellite aboard a Thor-Delta rocket takes off from Cape Canaveral. Officers at the station tracking the satellite. The rocket with the satellite on its path. Animation shows signals sent from from the station to the satellite. Officers tracking the path of the satellite Telstar. The first picture sent by the satellite are of the dome of the station at Andover with the U.S. flag beside the dome of the station. Animation shows future network of satellites that will someday encircle the globe.

Date: 1962, July 10
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066345
Crew checks out the firing of Mace (CGM13B) missile and its launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida, United States.

A film about missile launches in the United States. A missile taken on a trailer. The crew at Cape Canaveral checks out the firing of a United States Air Force tactical missile Mace (CGM13B) at a practice launch. Crew members bring equipment for checking. The equipment after being tested is carried away. A digital time recorder. The missile being launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Date: 1963
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067239
Apollo 11 Liftoff. Spectators watch launch of NASA Saturn rocket heading for first moon landing mission, Cape Kennedy, Florida

Cape Kennedy, Florida (later Cape Canaveral). Saturn Rocket, with Apollo 11 payload, on launch pad. Rocket is ignited. Flames of the burning rocket engine. Gantry arms disengage and move away from the sides of the rocket. On the side of the rocket is written 'USA'. Rocket rises in fire and smoke. Multiple slow-motion shots of the rocket from different angles during ignition and liftoff. Next scenes shows spectators and photographers miles away as they watch the rocket launch. View from ground of the climbing rocket as it heads towards space and the moon.

Date: 1969, July 16
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025597
Scientist launches the 'Transit' satellite in orbit at Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA

Shows scientist working on the 'Transit' satellite (new navigational system for airmen and mariners of the World) in orbit at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Thor-Able-Star rocket launched to place the satellite in orbit.

Date: 1960, April 14
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029306
Travelogue of southern regions and landmarks in the United States in the mid 1980s

Travelogue of southern regions of the United States. Map highlights south regions and Caribbean Islands. Couple seated at picnic table at a State park enjoying a camping trip. The man tends the campfire while the woman writes. A young girl rides a bicycle in a campground, passing by a Recreational Vehicle (RV). A man plays golf at a golf course beside an Atlantic Ocean beach. Aerial view of old plantation style southern home. Women in traditional hoop skirts in front of home. Scenes from a music recording studio. Woman sings at microphone in studio. Technician adjusts levels on recording equipment. Reel to Reel tape making a recording. Dancers dance at a "Country Music USA" show, train passing through a forest. Scenes at amusement park: Flume ride, Roller coaster with loops, Castle at Walt Disney World; Main Street; Monorail, Epcot Center (all in Orlando, Florida). NASA rockets, Space Shuttle, general views of hangars and tourist areas at Cape Canaveral. Person in astronaut flight suit at space center poses with boy and girl visitors. A young woman lying in the sand at a beach tunes her boom box radio, as group plays volleyball behind her on the beach. Low aerial view as speed boat runs on water. Aerial view of Miami Beach, Florida, and Miami Beach strip areas. A group on the Florida beach getting sailboard lessons. A flamingo close-up. An orca whale pushes a man into the air during a sea aquarium show. Couple receives drinks poolside from a waitress. A couple on a hotel patio overlooking ocean. Men and women dancing at a discotheque or disco or dance club in typical 1980s fashions. People tour marshlands; a group in an airboat; tourists on paddle wheel steam boat Natchez and touring streets of downtown New Orleans Louisiana in horse drawn carriage. People have beignets and coffee at Cafe Du Monde. New Orleans night street scenes and Preservation Hall Jazz Band performs. Footage from boat on a swamp in Cajun country. Cajun restaurant kitchen scene with crawfish etouffee being prepared. Dancing to Cajun band.

Date: 1986
Duration: 4 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039835
American Astronaut John Glenn launches on Mercury-Atlas 6 broadcast in Cape Canaveral, Florida

Face of John Glenn before launch of “Friendship 7”. Mercury-Atlas 6 officials talk on headset to begin countdown to launch the “Friendship 7”. A United States Marine Corp UH 34D helicopter flies. Mercury-Atlas 6 official wait for countdown. Mercury-Atlas 6 telemetry network officials at work at different stations all over world. Broadcast of Mercury Atlas launch. United States army man climbs into USA aircraft. NASA personnel operate Mercury-Atlas 6 controls. View of Mercury-Atlas 6 after service structure moved away. NASA official, wearing headphones, begins countdown. Face of John Glenn before launch, the voice of backup Mercury-Atlas 6 astronaut, Scott Carpenter, says “Godspeed John Glenn”. Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft, “The Friendship 7”, with thrust. Backup clock is started as John Glenn calmly sits inside the spacecraft launching to space. The Mercury-Atlas 6 in space flight. People on the beach near Cape Canaveral cheer as the Mercury-Atlas 6 was successfully launched into space. View of the “Friendship 7” flying.

Date: 1962, February 20
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079061