View of the sky. View of Station 5 telemetry station for the Mercury-Atlas 6 network. Telemetry scientists in Kano communicating and processing data recorded from Kano and Zanzibar, relaying data to America through London. Telemetry communicators, wearing khaki shorts, stands up from sitting in front of the computer. Nigerian farmers walk in the fields outside Station 5 telemetry station. View of USNS Coastal Sentry (T-AGM-15) off the coast of Zanzibar. Sailor pushes a waveform monitor on a cart. Telemetry communicators working on their computers onboard USNS Coastal Sentry. View of the USNS Coastal Sentry as it sails in the sunset. View of telemetry scientist working in Station 8 in Muchea, near Perth, Western Australia. Two Station 8 staff working on telemetry data. A Station 8 staff lights and smokes a pipe.
Mercury control stations all over world. USAF Rose Knot at sea. At rose knot station: a man on machine, official communicates with Friendship 7. Men at work. People with camel carts outside the station at Canary Islands. At Kano station, people work on transmitting station. At Muchea station, officials talk on headphones, an official smokes cigar. Rotating Earth. Satellite dish. Men, operating control panel at station and talking on headset at Canton Island and Hawaii. Officials work on giant machine at Mexico. In California, men are ready to track John Glenn. In Texas, officials talk on headsets. Personnel operate station at Corpus Christi. In Cape Canaveral, two men control the space flight of Mercury. An official gets printout. Official transmits the information on transmitters Officials on giant machine to Mercury control.
The war crimes trial in Tokyo, Japan after World War II. Prosecuting attorney, Mr Joseph B. Keenan questions Japanese former Minister of Education Koichi Kido. Officials seated in the court room. Keenan trying to establish that a Minister of Education in Japan was more than the title. It implies that he was a leading member of the government in formulating policy. He talks about the relationship of Kido with Prince Fumimaro Konoe. He was a leading member of Prince Kanoe's cabinet.
Nigerian Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa abducted by the rebels in Nigeria. Exterior of a building. Vehicular traffic passes on the street. "Federal Palace Hotel" written on the top of a building. Past events show Prime Minister Balewa as he arrives to preside at a Commonwealth Minister's Conference. The ministers seated at a desk and Balewa speaks to them.
Thousands of Nigerian Moslems celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohammed in Lagos, Nigeria. Men, women and children gathered for the celebration. Festivities include parades, feasting, and a family carnival. School children parade with hand made banners. A banner reads 'Kawamu Arabic School'. A banquet for the entire town at the local race track. People savour various kinds of specially prepared food.
Crisis in Lagos, Nigeria. Buses lined up on streets to carry civilian volunteers to Nigerian Army Recruiting Centers. Nigerian men protest and spread violence after the eastern states,Biafra declares its independence. Policemen control the crowd. Women also join the men volunteer for military service.