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Eleanor Roosevelt in her final years

Eleanor Roosevelt championing Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II, as Democratic candidate for President, in 1960, in spite of two prior defeats at the polls. She is seen at an intimate gathering speaking with Stevenson and others. After Stevenson fails to gain the nomination, she supports the Democratic candidate, John F. Kennedy (JFK), with whom she is seen. In another scene, Mrs. Roosevelt stands with Kennedy, and Theodore Sorenson, his advisor and speechwriter. She sits with JFK as his political advisers stand behind them. October 31, 1962, Adlai Stevenson is seen informing the public that Mrs. Roosevelt is gravely ill. She dies on November 7, 1962. On November 10th 1962, mourners, including: Laura Delano, Nelson Rockefeller, Adlai Stevenson, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ralph Bunche,Theodore Sorenson, and Robert Wagner are seen walking across a snowy churchyard in Hyde Park,at her funeral. They are followed by Former President, Harry Truman, with wife, Bess and daughter, Margaret. A moment later, President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy arrive, accompanied by Secret Service Agents. A NY State Trooper salutes as they walk past to enter the chapel. Mourners gather around the bier as clergy officiate for the burial at Springwood, in Hyde Park. Closeup shows President Kennedy, Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, and former President Truman standing together. The eulogy by Adlai Stevenson is heard as a montage of Eleanor Roosevelt images is seen. On April 23, 1963, signs Congressional Act, chartering the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation. He speaks about it outside the White House.

Date: 1962
Duration: 5 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069300
U.S. President John F. Kennedy and John Glenn arrive in a motorcade at Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral, Florida

U.S. President John F. Kennedy with astronaut John Glenn in Florida after Glenn successfully orbited the earth in Friendship 7. Base officials and employees turn out to see President Kennedy and Astronaut John Glenn as they drive toward the Patrick Air Force Base ramp, at Cape Canaveral. The President mounts a stage erected on the tarmac and says a few words. John Glenn stands next to him and presents him a NASA hard hat.

Date: 1962, February
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034002
Mercury project personnel watch Mercury Atlas 7 ignition and blast off, standing in LARC 15 in Florida.

LARC 15 (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo) vehicle parked on a beach in Florida. Mercury Project personnel stand in vehicle. They watch Mercury Atlas 7 (MA-7) ignition and blast off, carrying Astronaut Scott Carpenter in the Aurora 7 capsule.

Date: 1962, May 24
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024573
Personnel work at NASA Manned Spacecraft Center mission control room in Cape Canaveral, Florida, during Mercury-Atlas 7 mission.

Monitoring and control of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission. Personnel seated at control stations in control room of NASA Manned Spacecraft Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The World Map on a wall, showing the three anticipated orbital tracks of the Aurora 7 capsule, carrying Astronaut Scott Carpenter. Personnel note down readings from control panel. They talk through earphones. Man smokes. Greenwich Mean Time displayed on wall.

Date: 1962, May 24
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024581
Colonel John Powers and Mercury project personnel at press conference in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

Colonel John Powers and Mercury project personnel hold press conference at Cocoa Beach, Florida regarding the Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission. Colonel John Powers speaks at the press conference. One person wipes his face with his handkerchief One person smokes. One of them opens a box and shows it to conference. The room appears to be uncomfortably hot. Attendees wipe their faces. They talk to each other. Other persons speak.

Date: 1962, May 27
Duration: 7 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024602
Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter shows his family the Aurora 7 space capsule in Cape Canaveral, Florida

People clap and welcome astronaut Scott Carpenter in Cape Canaveral, Florida, following his successful Mercury-Atlas 7 mission. People seated on chairs. Photographers on wall capture the event. NASA Director James E. Webb speaks on stage. Astronaut Scott Carpenter shows the Aurora 7 space capsule to his children, his mother, Florence Carpenter, and his wife, Rene Louise (Price) Carpenter. People take photos. Scott Carpenter gets into the back seat of a car with his wife and mother. Scott Carpenter smiles.

Date: 1962, May 24
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024606