President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) documents in the White House, Washington DC. as Secretary of State John Foster Dulles looks on. John Foster Dulles also signs the documents. Photographers take pictures. View of the signed document.
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and other labor leaders arrive at a U.S. Air Base aboard a U.S. Air Force C-118 (4-engine transport aircraft) number 53-3229, which is assigned to the Chairman of the Joint Chief's of Staff. They are greeted by an Army Major General., After posing for photographs, they board automobiles and visit a glass factory where workers are seen blowing glass. John L Lewis talks with the workers. Among the cars seen is a 1951 Cadillac
NASA Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn undergoes a centrifuge test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Technicians strap astronaut into centrifuge chamber. The Centrifuge rotates on axis in a circular motion. Doctors examine John Glenn after the test.
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.
Astronaut John Glenn puts on Mercury pressure suit for piloting the spacecraft 'Friendship 7' in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A technician assists to Glenn in donning of helmet and gloves. A man smokes cigar. Glenn's face in helmet and he smiles. He leaves the Hangar and arrives to launch pad. Alan Shepard and Grissom tested the Mercury spacecraft. John Glenn gets into couch mold to orbit the world. Signs on board. Flight controllers seated in room and work on machine at Mercury control center. A Controller talks on headset. Sign shows flight of spacecraft around the world.
John Burroughs, American naturalist and an important figure in the American conservation movement, with a child. John Burroughs lifts his hat to acknowledge the crowd
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