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Telemetry scientists of the Mercury-Atlas 6 in Mexico and the United States anticipate the countdown of John Glenn’s launch on the “Friendship 7”

View of a full moon. View of rotating white satellite dish at night-time. Station staff working on Kauai Hawaii tracking station, one of the telemetry stations for the Mercury-Atlas 6 network. A Filipino telemetry communicator turns his head to speak to a colleague as they monitor the Friendship 7’s journey. View of a full moon in blue. View of the at Guaymas, Mexico tracking station at dawn. View of door with notice in English and Spanish saying, “Keep the doors closed critical air conditioning”, “Favor de cerrar la Puerta debemos mantener temperature constante” and “aviso- notice”. A portly Mexican scientist enters the computer room where his colleagues are working on telemetry for Friendship 7. The portly Mexican scientist gives his American colleague a reassuring tap on the shoulders. “M-A-O-T-N, status green, preceding with free-pass calibrations…” the American telemetry communicator radios. View of moon with blue hue. View of the Mercury-Atlas 6 telemetry station in Port Arguello, California. Two telemetry communicators on their computer working as they wait out the long countdown for Friendship 7’s take-off. A telemetry communicator opens a thermous, puts on a pair of headphones, and speaks. Three telemetry communicators in a computer room working. View of the Mercury-Atlas 6 telemetry station in Corpus Christi, Texas. Telemetry communicator, wearing headphones, speaking, says "roger, all systems, would you please commence pre-flight calibrations at this time since the countdown is progressing normally...." Two telemetry communicators on their desks, preparing for preflight calibration.

Date: 1962, February 20
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079055
Telemetry communicators on the Mercury-Atlas 6 network in the Goddard Space Flight Center prepare for astronaut John Glenn’s launch on “Friendship 7”

A telemetry communicator presses a white button. A paired bantam patch cable is plugged into a patchbay. Beside the auxiliary ports are buttons with labels for the telemetry stations of the Mercury-Atlas 6 network worldwide. Telemetry communicator connecting cables in machine. Two telemetry communicators in a corridor- one is monitoring the machines, the other talks on the phone. Telemetry communicators in Goddard Space Flight Center wait for the countdown of the Friendship 7 launch in Cape Canaveral. Buttons are pressed on reel to reel tape drive. Telemetry communicator operates an IBM 7090 telemetry machine. Telemetry communicator on the printer. Telemetry communicator working on an IBM 7090 computer. Telemetry communicators preparing for Mercury-Atlas 6 launch at Goddard Space Flight Center.

Date: 1962, February 20
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079056
USAAF F-61 flying through thunderstorm clouds and pilots discuss thunderstorm test flight in Ohio,United States.

The Thunderstorm Project in Ohio, United States. The U.S. Army Air Forces F-61 Black Widow flying through thunderstorm clouds. The instrument panel in the F-61. The F-61 in flight. A pilot at the controls of F-61 flying through thunderstorm clouds. A large radar antenna revolving on a top of a tall tower. An officer operates a radar instrument board. An officer drawing weather maps. The F-61 flying through thunderstorm clouds. The F-61 in flight. The pilot at the controls of F-61 flying through thunderstorm clouds. The F-61 landing. The enlisted man operating controls in a GCA (Ground Control Approach) truck. The F-61 lands. GCA trucks in the foreground. A calendar. An officer seated at a desk and reads the Dayton Journal newspaper with headline "Pilotless Plane Spans Atlantic". The F-61s stationary at a ramp. A pilot stands in front of an aircraft. The F-61 taxis on a ramp. The pilot and the crew walk from the F-61. The civilians cataloging motion picture films. They sit at projectors and run films for review. Cans of films stacked in background. The F-61 pilots sit around a table and discuss thunderstorm test flight with the civilian authority. A formation of F-61s in flight. A formation of U.S. Air Forces F-80 Shooting Stars.

Date: 1947
Duration: 5 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069277
Recognition features of United States Navy F8U-2N Crusader fighter aircraft, United States.

Training film based on recognition features of U.S. Navy F8U Crusader fighter aircraft, United States. F8U takes off from a U.S. carrier. F8U in flight. F8U lands on flight deck of carrier. Animation details fuselage section of F8U. Nose of F8U housing fire control equipment. Jet scoop under fuselage. Animation details wings, horizontal tail fins, and tall vertical tail fin of F8U. Side view of F8U shows fuselage, cockpit canopy, sloping windscreen, jet-intake below nose, tail pipe extending to aft fin. View of F8U from below detailing various sections. F8U in flight.

Date: 1957
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060540
The aerodynamics and performance of U.S. F-105B Thunderchief fighter bomber aircraft being explained.

Different features of the U.S. Air Force F-105B Thunderchief fighter bomber. The aircraft in flight and climbs up. F-105B in flight to the right as the bomb bay opens. The bomb bay shows a large bomb dropping out from it. Numbers printed on the side of the special weapon are ' 28-5 and T-5'. F-105B takes off and climbs vertically. A rear view of F-105B in flight. A pilot seated in a cockpit and moves control sticks. An animated and actual footage explains the aerodynamics and performance of the aircraft. A rear view of the F-105B in a banking left turn. F-105B in flight over a rural terrain. F-105B in flight. A rear view of the speed brake opening and closing while the F-105B is in flight. F-105B climbs and in flight under clouds. F-105 lands and a drogue chute deployed.

Date: 1957, October 1
Duration: 4 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068663
U.S. Air Force F-102A Delta Dagger external wing tank vibration tests at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

U.S. Air Force F-102A Delta Dagger external wing tank vibration tests at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Several men take an external wing tank from the back of a pickup truck and carry it inside of a hangar. An F-102A with its landing gear mounted on spring-supported platforms inside a hangar. Technicians install accelerometers mounted on wooden blocks. The aircraft equipped with external wing fuel tanks undergoes vibration tests. Electro-magnetic shakers are attached to the wing tips of the aircraft with the vibration visible on the nose of the fuel tank during low-frequence oscillation. Three engineers check oscillograph recordings made during the vibration tests. The F-102A, equipped with two external wing tanks painted black and white, in flight. External fuel tank under the left wing. The aircraft flying to the left, jettisons external fuel tank visible beneath the wings of the aircraft. Two technicians install a shaker underneath the wing of an F-102A. A F-102A taking off. F-84F chase plane and F-102A flying to the right. F-102A rolling down the runway after touchdown, nose gear touches down.

Date: 1956
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020955