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NASA Project Mercury MA-6, MA-7, and MA-8 missions and astronauts Glenn, Carpenter, and Schirra.

Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. NASA Project Mercury personnel drive a trailer loaded with a Mercury Friendship 7 space capsule and transfer it onto missile at Launch Pad 14 of Cape Canaveral Florida. Mercury-Atlas 6 rocket with Friendship 7 capsule lifts off during launch with astronaut John Glenn aboard on February 20, 1962, making Glenn the first American to orbit the earth in space. NASA technical staff at work in Mission Control room during Project Mercury. Next scene is closeup of Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) rocket launching on May 24, 1962. A NASA official presents medal to astronaut Scott Carpenter after the flight. View of astronaut Walter Schirra beside his Sigma 7 capsule (used in Mercury MA-8 mission)

Date: 1962
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073183
President Ronald Reagan's political career leading to election as California Governor, in the election of 1966

Film opens showing a still photograph of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis when they appeared together in the 1957 film, "Hellcats of the Navy." Although they were married since 1952, She was billed as Nancy Davis in the film. View of the newly wed Reagans cutting their wedding cake in 1952. Best Man, William Holden and his wife, Ardis Ankerson (stage name Brenda Marshall) share the moment with them. Closeup of Reagan and his new wife. Still photograph of Ronald Reagan appearing in the television series, "Death Valley Days." Next he is seen in a chair on the set of the TV series,"General Electric Theater," which he hosted from 1953 until 1962. He also toured General Electric plants to talk about the benefits of the free enterprise system. He is seen seated sharing a meal and posing with women employees of General Electric. Film shifts in time to the year 1932, when Reagan was first eligible to vote. Camera focuses on men's feet and they shuffle on a line at a soup kitchen. Views of men receiving food and drink. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen, seated in an open car chatting with people surrounding it. Roosevelt sits in the midst of men playing guitars and banjos. On inauguration day, March 4, 1933, he and his Vice President Henry Wallace are seen in the back of an open car. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, sits just ahead of them. President Harry Truman being sworn in by Chief Justice of the United States Fred Vinson, January 20, 1949, for a second term as President. Views of the Republican National Convention in 1952 when the party chose Dwight D. Eisenhower as its candidate for President. He and his wife Mamie, at the podium together. Ronald Reagan addressing a large group. Supporters walking with Republican Presidential candidate, Richard Nixon, whom Reagan favored over Democrat John F. Kennedy in the 1960 national election. In 1962 Reagan officially became a Republican Party member, supported Barry Goldwater and their candidate for President at the Republican National Convention of 1964. Views of Goldwater at the convention and stepping from an airplane during his campaign. Still photo of Goldwater next to Reagan, and then of Reagan defending Goldwater in a nation-wide address. View of Reagan and wife Nancy, and son, Ronald, walking together across field at their ranch in California. They are surrounded by Republican Party leaders who ask him to run for Governor. He and Nancy laughing about it. Billboard advertising Reagan for Governor, and views of him on the campaign trail. Views of Governor Edmond Brown surrounded by his supporters during the campaign. Reagan speaking during the campaign, and then seen with Nancy when he won the gubernatorial election.

Date: 1980, December 4
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044187
USIA film explaining its mission, inter alia, to correct misconceptions that people in foreign countries may have about America

Opening scenes shows men in in a South Asian village having intense discussions. (USIA wishes to inform such discussions.) The free world also has practical interests throughout the globe. Film shows two geologists holding up what appear to be sheets of mica. Women at work in a factory. Narrator suggests they are using scarce industrial materials (like tungsten). Men in a factory cutting mica. A man shoveling an agricultural product. Men carrying hemp and placing it on poles to dry. Impoverished Asian families. A man (ostensibly Communist agitator) speaking to Arabs. Marchers carrying large cartoon signs in Arabic, depicting "workers" striking down Uncle Sam and other Western powers. Narrator says deeds are more important than words. An American agricultural adviser is shown in a field with a native farmer. President Dwight D. Eisenhower seen standing with him, while Theodore Streibert is sworn in as first Director of the new U.S. Information Agency. Chart shows USIA absorbing information programs formerly administered by the Mutual Security Agency and State Department. Chart stating USIA mission is to: 1. Unite the free world; 2. Get the facts to people behind the iron Curtain; 3. Bring hope to captive peoples.

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024521
King Faisal ,Prince Khalid, and Saudi officials hosted at dinner reception in the Statler Hilton Hotel

King Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia during a visit to Washington DC. The king, his son Prince Khalid, and other dignitaries are honored at a dinner reception in the ballroom of the Statler Hilton Hotel, presently the Capital Hilton Hotel (1001 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States). King Faisal addresses the attendees in Arabic, while an interpreter copies his comments on a pad. The king entertains a question from the audience that is conveyed in English and then translated for the king, who replies in Arabic.

Date: 1966
Duration: 7 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033735
Montage of news items about international tensions in 1958

Opens showing views of the U.S. Pavilion at the Expo 58 in Brussels, Belgium. An array of international flags and artistic fountains grace the Pavilion. Glimpse of the relatively plain Exhibition Hall of the Soviet Union. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser shakes hand with Nikita Khrushchev, 1st Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Nasser speaking to the 600-member assembly of the new United Arab Republic (encompassing Egypt and Syria). Arabs marching with banners. King Faisal II of Iraq and his uncle, Abdul Ilah, step to a podium. Faisal II riding in a horse-drawn carriage. View of seaport in Lebanon. A U.S. Naval task force is visible, arriving in response to a request for aid from Lebanon. U.S. marines in an amphibious landing near Beirut. They establish a beachhead as local Lebanese watch and applaud. The marines load artillery and ammunition on the beach. The scene changes to the island of Quemoy in the Taiwan Strait, where entrenched KMT troops of Chiang Kai-Shek, are seen scrambling as they undergo constant shelling from Mainland China. The American Destroyer, USS Ammen (DD-527) is seen underway on patrol in the Taiwan Strait. U.S. Navy vessels provide relief supplies to the bombarded Islands in the Taiwan Strait. Landing craft are loaded with essential supplies for delivery. Sailors are seen throwing sacks of food over their ship railing into a landing craft below. A line of laden landing craft follows in the wake of a Navy ship. High rise apartments in West Berlin, Germany. West Berlin citizens are seen going about their daily activities. A large sign in German warns “Achtung! Sie verlassen jetzt West-Berlin” (“Warning! You are leaving West-Berlin”). Views of damaged buildings left untouched in East Berlin. Militia in black uniforms perform close order drills in East Berlin. Street sign identifies Unter Den Linden. The formerly elegant avenue is seen virtually deserted. A horse-drawn carriage moves along, and men push a cart full of supplies. Bicyclists ride along the side of the street. Headquarters of the 4-powers administration building is seen without a Soviet flag. French, American, and British soldiers stand guard. (Soviets are absent.)

Date: 1958
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047400
Death and destruction from Arab-Israeli conflict at Gaza strip. UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold seeks truce.

Arab-Israeli tension at Gaza Frontier in Egypt. Wreckage of vehicles beside a road due to guerrilla attack. Soldiers look at the damage. Bullet marks on the truck and windows shot out. Dead victims of conflict. Bullets and ammunition lying on ground. Members of UN Truce Commission inspect section of broken railroad tracks. United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold steps from UN plane and is greeted by diplomats. He talks with Egypt's Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Fawzi.

Date: 1956, April
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046953