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.
Calendar shows March 1933, some days are encircled. United States President Franklin Roosevelt at his desk after signing a law during the Great Depression. Narrator notes that with regard to Prohibition, "the end of the long drought was in sight." Farmers harvest vegetables. Turnips in crates after being harvested. Farmers pour turnips from crates. Farm workers sort out white onions. Farm workers arrange sacks of onions.
View of sheep grazing in hills of Western United States. Flock of sheep being herded. Wide landscape views of cattle grazing in American frontier. Cowboys herd the cattle. Cattle herd in long line. Calendar shows March 1933, some days are encircled marking actions the President was taking for relief for American citizens during the Great Depression. United States President Franklin Roosevelt at his desk, pondering.
United States President Franklin Roosevelt in meeting with lawmakers during the Great Depression. View of forest. A tree being felled. A Civilian Conservation Corps employee in tree after a part of it was felled. Logs being transported by train over long trestle bridge. Logs roll down to river. Civilian Conservation Corps employee surveys forest with binoculars.
Railroad oil tankers in rail depot, likely in Texas. A worker fills an oil tanker in rail depot. Long line of oil tankers moving on railroad line alongside road.
Neon sign of the “Rockhead Paradise”, a night club in Montreal, Canada. A black stripper, wearing a tight dress, enters the stage. Teenage boys enter the night club and take their seats near the stage. Black stripper begins her striptease, her now visible head wearing a big bouffant wig, gyrating her body sensually. The young men watch strip show while smoking cigarettes. Stripper shows her back, her dress is partially backless, as she performs. Stripper begins to undress by taking off her long, white satin gloves. Teenage boy smokes cigarette while watching striptease. Stripper smiles seductively as she places her gloves in her shoulder. Black man watches striptease. Stripper zips off her dress onstage. A middle-aged white man watches striptease. Stripper takes off her dress. Stripper performs onstage only in her underwear. View of teenage girl with pixie-cut hair. View of stripper. Teenage boy arrives home and climbs stairs. Young man sits on his bed, takes off his coat, and lights a cigarette. Teenage boy looks at Playboy magazine, flipping through nudes, and centerfold before throwing it away. Narrators at end comment on societal attitudes about sex, including guilt and fear associated with sex, and also on the topic of masturbation.
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