NASA logo. A message scrolls from a sign saying, “Glenn ready for orbital flight”. A message scrolls through the black screen “Friendship 7”. View of Times Square across the Hotel Claridge and the iconic “Camel Man” billboard. View of London, United Kingdom across the Big Ben Tower of London. View of Paris, France. Italian vegetable market vendor peels an artichoke and talks about the American astronaut, John Glenn, and his impending take off from Cape Canaveral as the first American to orbit earth. An Arab vendor sells children’s jackets. View of Hong Kong. View of Japanese neon signs in Tokyo- a Japanese kanji character meaning “East”, and “Toshiba”. A Mexican mariachi walks in a park carrying a guitar case. Views of television sets showing news about the launch of Friendship 7- the spaceship carrying John Glenn. Close-up views of various consumer vintage black and white television sets with television screens all showing scenes about Friendship 7 preparing to launch. McDonnell engineers work in Cape Canaveral to prepare Friendship 7 for launch. Engineers jot down notes. A NASA engineer pushed some buttons. An “Astronautics” scientist observes the status of the Friendship 7.
Scientists in mission control room talk on headsets and jot down notes. Scientist with headset looking up. Closeup of face of Astronaut Glenn in helmet before launch. The “Friendship 7” in launchpad. “United States” written on the Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft. Service structure moves away from the “Friendship 7” to prepare for launch. Flight engineers in mission control room gives signal for launch in one minute. United States Marines helicopter (Sikorsky UH 34D) and US Army Force helicopter. View of Australian Air Force aircraft. Men dispersing at airfield with a United States Air Force Douglas C-54 Skymaster parked behind them. A crowd of civilians standing at the beach waiting for John Glenn’s launch into space. A crowd on the beach, as they wait for the launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6’s “Friendship 7”. Cameramen recording with television cameras in crowded field. A news reporter reports on Mercury-Atlas 6 flight path outside launch at Cape Canaveral. Cameraman records the “Friendship 7” launch with his camera.
Opening credits of “The Fighting President”, a film about United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Scrolling description about how the economic collapse of the United States made it possible for Americans to vote for Franklin Delano Roosevelt as their new President. First Inauguration of United States President Franklin Roosevelt at the eastern front of the U.S. Capitol. “I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So, help me God”. Crowd cheers after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ends his oath.
Train carrying New York Governor and Presidential Candidate Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) arrives to a huge crowd of supporters in Springfield, Illinois. Franklin Roosevelt waves at the crowd from train caboose. Train carrying Franklin Roosevelt journeys towards Atlanta, Georgia. Crowds outside the Atlanta, Georgia State Capitol (Georgia State Capitol Building, 206 Washington St SW, Atlanta, GA 30334) showing support for Franklin Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt laughs and smiles with supporters as he sits in a convertible car. Franklin Roosevelt gives a speech under a floral arch to his Atlanta, Georgia supporters. With such a warm welcome, Roosevelt notes to those gathered that “insofar as carrying on a campaign in Georgia to get votes, my visit to this state has not been exactly necessary!”
Calendar shows March 1933, the 4th of March is encircled. Narrator notes that is the hour when the public would be told that there has to be a "New Deal." View of dome of U.S. Capitol with American flags. Crowds outside the United States Capitol to watch the inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) as President of the United States, during the Great Depression. Close-up view of American flag waving in breeze at U.S. Capitol building. Newly inducted President Franklin Roosevelt gives a speech to the American people, saying, "this great nation will endure as it has endured" and notes that if Congress does not act to address the economic emergency, then he will seek "broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency...this nation is asking for action, and action now." He further comments that “In this dedication of a Nation we humbly ask the blessing of God. May He protect each and every one of us. May He guide me in the days to come.” Franklin Roosevelt ends his speech to cheering crowd.
Clearing operations of the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division in Iron Triangle and Chu Chi area during the Vietnam War. Shirtless African-American and white United States soldiers carry sandbags labeled “NATO” and “2 Broadway, New York NATO” in area between Iron Triangle and Chu Chi. American soldiers look on near bags. Black and white American soldiers tie bags together. White American soldier smoking cigarette as he ties sandbags with rope. Continued Operation Atlanta footage from 1967 dry season.
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