The inauguration of the sailing season on lake Washington in Seattle, Washington. Yachts at dock. Sailors aboard a yacht. Sailors raise the sails of the boat. A sailor rotates the boat wheel. People watch the race. A yacht underway in lake Washington
The orbital flight of Friendship 7 during project Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying John Herschel Glenn Jr from the United States. Operators in a communication room. Operators speak over a microphone. Operators check weather reports. Operators at controls. John Herschel Glenn Jr wearing a pressure suit in the Mercury-Atlas 6. Camels loaded walk past a tower. Screen shows the path of the Mercury-Atlas 6. John Herschel Glenn Jr inside the Mercury-Atlas 6. Indian ocean as recorded by Mercury-Atlas 6. A ship in the Indian ocean. A communication tower. Operators in control room. A chart shows frequency variations. Control towers at night. Mercury tracking of the path of spacecraft.
The orbital flight of Friendship 7 under project Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying John Herschel Glenn Jr from the United States. Men in the mercury tracking station instruct John Herschel Glenn Jr in the spacecraft. John Herschel Glenn Jr reacts to the instructions. Technicians loose contact with John Herschel Glenn Jr in the spacecraft. They try to make contact with John Herschel Glenn Jr. John Herschel Glenn Jr in the spacecraft as he looses contact with the control station. John Herschel Glenn Jr in the spacecraft talks to men in the control room.
The orbital flight of Friendship 7 under project Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying John Herschel Glenn Jr from the United States. USS Noa (DD-841) at sea. Crew stands at the rail of the ship. The capsule of the Mercury-Atlas 6 being lifted up on ship. John Herschel Glenn Jr walk on the ship deck. John Herschel Glenn Jr lifted by the UH-25B helicopter. The helicopter in flight. The helicopter lands on USS Randolph. John Herschel Glenn Jr walks on deck and meets people. He talks to people on the deck. He signs a document. A cameraman in the foreground.
A film titled 'The war' about military activities in the United States during World War II. A bomb explosion on the Christmas eve. A wounded child cries. A blind man walks past the bombed houses. Soldiers present arms. People cry and walk as they are rendered homeless. The German troops march. People cry near the dead bodies. An animation of a globe depicting German,Italy and Japan occupation through out the world. The Japanese troops cheer. The United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull tries to stop the conflict. Newspapers stacked in a printing machine. The Japanese Ambassador to the United States Kichisaburo Nomura disembark from aircraft in Washington DC. The officials enter a building. The officials come out of a building. A Japanese aircraft carrier at sea. The Japanese aircraft bomb Pearl Harbor. A damaged aircraft. The dead bodies of the U.S. Navy men.
A film about the activities in Washington DC during World War II. On 2nd January 1942 the President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt with delegates from 26 nations sign a mutual aid pact in the White House. View of the contents of the pact and the signed pact.
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