A film titled 'The John Glenn Story' on the life of American astronaut John Herschel Glenn Jr. He was the first American to orbit the earth in 1962. U.S. President John F Kennedy seated at a desk in his office. He says that John Glenn "is an inspiration to all Americans." A radar locates an aircraft. View from cockpit or gun camera of a U.S. aircraft firing on a Soviet MiG-15 or MiG-17aircraft in flight. An American F-86 aircraft spinning. The launch of a NASA rocket. Point of view from a moving car driving through New Concord, Ohio. Aerial view suburban houses of New Concord. Boy throws rocks into pond and runs through field. Boy running under bridge and looking through stone foundation. Boy riding a bike. Boy running through field with arms outstretched as if flying. Boy waving to train pulled by diesel electric locomotive as train runs by New Concord railroad station. Mayor Taylor of New Concord Ohio speaks about John Glenn. External view New Concord High School. Teach Harvard Steele speaks about John Glenn. External view of newly constructed John Glenn High School. First graduates of John Glenn High School during graduation ceremony. View of Glenn Plumbing building in New Concord. Muskingum College in New Concord Ohio. Shots of high school age teenage boys playing football, basketball in a gymnasium, track, and baseball. Young men do calisthenics while Muskingum coach Ed Sherman speaks about John Glenn's athletic accomplishments. Students sit on bench at Muskingum College and talk about John Glenn.
View from the U.S. Navy Zeppelin, USS Akron (ZRS-4) as Sailor Charles (Bud) Cowart secures his position, suspended on a cable from the airship, 2000 feet above the ground following a cable ring failure that left three sailors dangling beneath the Akron, at Camp Kearny, San Diego, California.(The other two fell to their deaths.) Large group of sailors stand on ground below, watching. Crew of the Akron reel in the cable carrying Cowart and pull him aboard. View of Cowart, inside the Akron, calmly speaking of his experience.
The first flight of USS Macon in Akron, Ohio. The airship is attached to a mooring mast. The control tower of the airship. The airship takes off. 'US Navy' written on a side of the airship. Men watch the launch.
The first flight of USS Macon in Akron, Ohio. The airship in flight overhead. 'US Navy' written on the airship. A high altitude view of the area.
The first flight of USS Macon in Akron, Ohio. The airship in flight overhead. A hangar. A line is dropped to the ground. The airship is attached to a mooring mast. Men watch. The control cabin of the airship. Passengers come ashore from the airship. The airship enters the hangar.
USS Macon at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Sunnyvale, California. The airship leaves a hangar in Sunnyvale. Men watch. 'US Navy' written on a side of the airship. Buildings in the background. Men with a line guiding the airship before a take-off. The airship is attached to a mooring mast. The control room of the airship.
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