Launch of Friendship 7 piloted by astronaut John Glenn in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Emblem of NASA. Message in light circling the Times Building in Manhattan, New York City, at night, reads: 'Glenn ready for orbital flight.' A title slate reads: 'Friendship 7'. View of Times Square New York City, at night. Views from various parts of the world, with voices in background, broadcasting about the event in their respective local languages. Parliament buildings in London. Wide view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris at dusk or dawn. A woman in a vegetable market. People buying and selling goods in an Arab market including some men wearing Keffiyeh. A neighborhood in China. A Japanese city at night with neon signs. A Mexican man carrying a guitar. View of various images broadcast on television (the images show the television screens) from American cities, including titles "Man into space -- Los Angeles;" "Sioux City --Mercury shoot;" "New Orleans-- standing by orbital flight." and "Please stand by man in orbit --Boston."
View of railroad workmen working on track for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The new Black Diamond Express railroad train from New York City, through Pennsylvanis, to Buffalo, New York. Locomotive seen emitting smoke and rounding a curve at a distance. Workers move off the track as train comes. Work crew supervisor waves two large white kerchiefs as the train approaches and passes. Trainman on board waves back with a kerchief.
The inaugural ceremony for President-elect Franklin Roosevelt in Washington DC. The Air Express of the Universal Newspaper Newsreel prepares to take off from Washington DC for New York with sound pictures of the great event of the inaugural ceremony of the new President-elect Franklin Roosevelt. A man on the wings of the aircraft. A pilot gets into the aircraft. The aircraft takes off. The aircraft in flight over Washington DC. It lands in New York and the pilot waves from the cockpit. A motor carriage with a police escort arrives beside the aircraft to collect the sound pictures. Outgoing U.S. President Herbert Hoover and his wife come out from the White House and receive President-elect Franklin Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt with officials. Troops march along a road. President Hoover and the President-elect Franklin Roosevelt in a motor carriage move along the Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). The United States flag on the front of the motor carriage. The Capitol building in Washington DC. The United States flag in view. A large crowd gathered around the Capitol. View of the dome of the Capitol. A flag on the dome. Franklin Roosevelt, President Hoover and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of U.S. and other officials prepare for the inaugural ceremony in a decorated area in the Capitol building. The officials behind the dignitaries look on. Franklin Roosevelt behind the podium. The Chief Justice administers the oath of office to Franklin Roosevelt making him the 32nd President of the United States. Franklin Roosevelt recites the oath of office.
New Year's celebration in Times Square, New York City, as 1937 begins. Neon signs dominate the scene. Examples read: "Planters Peanuts", "Coca-Cola", Camel Cigarettes, and others. The Criterion movie theater marquee reads: "Cagney." The Hotel Astor is seen. Celebrating crowd is shadowed, except for brief glimpse. Lighted advertisements for Chevrolet automobiles stream across the Times building. The advertisements are interrupted by a message reading: " The time is now 12:02."
Large crowd gathers to celebrate the New Year (1937) in Times Square, New York City. Illuminated signs on buildings. Many neon signs advertise products, such as 'Planters Peanuts and 'Coca-Cola' . Two large klieg lights illuminate the crowd for the camera.
A. V. Yanelli, Italian consul general at Johnstown, Pennsylvania is being deported from the United States. A number of people surround Yanelli on the sidewalk, as he takes his leave. He puts his arm around a young boy and girl. His taxi and another carrying steamer trunks, arrive at the entrance to Pier 61 in New York City. Policemen, including one on horseback, and jounalists are present. Other taxi passengers entering the Pier include Dr. Manfred Zapp and Guenther Tonn of the Transocean News Service, a German propaganda organization. (The Department of Justice had prosecuted Zapp and Tonn for failing to register as foreign agents.) Reporters examine tags on the steamer trunks as one taxi enters the driveway to Pier 61.
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