A film about missile launches in the United States. Major Leroy Gordon Cooper, an American astronaut, suiting up. He puts on a space helmet. He goes to a NASA( National Aeronautics and Space Administration ) transfer van followed by others. Cooper goes to an elevator and the elevator lifts up. McDonnell technicians shake hands with the astronaut. He squeezes into a Faith 7 capsule. An MA-9 on a launch pad. The ignition, lifting off and climb up of Mercury-Atlas 9, the last U.S. Mercury spaceflight manned space mission (Atlas 130D), on 15th May, 1963. National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) cameramen at work. Major General Leighton I. Davis, Commander Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTR), observes the launch. The capsule splashes down. A navy recovery team on USS Kearsarge (CVS 33), as the capsule is hoisted aboard and Major Cooper egresses from Faith 7. A band plays as Cooper walks. A dining ceremony at Officers Club on Patrick Air Force Base honoring astronauts and Dyna Soar pilots on 2nd March, 1963. Colonel Henry Dittman Base commander, Dr. Kurt Debus, Major General Leighton I Davis, The Secretary of Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert, Colonel Swanson, Walt Williams, Lee S Harding and Brigadier General Harry J. Sands Jr. seated at a front desk. Immediately in front of the head table are honored guest, astronauts and Dyna Soar pilots: Major Donald K. Slayton,Captain Virgil I Grissom,Major Leroy Gordon Cooper,Milton O Thompson,Major James W.Woods, Major Russel J. Roggers, Major Henry C. Gordon, Captain Edward H. White II,Captain James A. McDivitt. The Secretary of Air Force Zuckert speaking.
Inspection of a U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet jet engine at Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. The B-47 Stratojet lands at Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. An airman pushes a maintenance rack alongside the jet engine of the B-47. He climbs upon the rack and opens the access door from the engine. Another airman stands upon the nacelle of the engine. Two men work on the jet aircraft engine and inspect it. An airman closes the nacelle over the engine and climbs down the rack. He moves the rack out of the area and then replaces the bottom panel of the engine. Another airman stands on the maintenance rack and checks the flap on the right wing of the B-47.
King George VI passes away in the United Kingdom. People gather in a large number at a railroad station in London. A funeral train bearing the body of King George VI pulls in at the station. People mourn. Casket bearing the body is taken out of the train. View of Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, her sister Princess Margaret, and the Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in mourning black at the train station as the casket is unloaded from the train. Pallbearers carry the casket. Exterior of Westminster Hall (3 St Margaret St, London SW1P 3JX, United Kingdom). A large crowd gathers along the sides of a street. The casket is placed in Westminster Hall. A crowd queues up to pay homage.
Tourists walk around at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom. View of bronze lions in Nelson's Column in the background. Flocks of Trafalgar Square pigeons on the ground. The South Africa House building (South Africa House, Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DP, United Kingdom). Fountain in the center of Trafalgar Square. Equestrian statue of King George IV of England. British police officers patrol on foot. Tourists visit the place.
Tourists walk around at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom). Bronze lions guard Nelson's Column. Pigeons on ground. Bronze relief panel depicting the death of Lord Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar at the base of Nelson's Column. The Statue of Nelson on the Nelson's Column.
Scene of the White House. Various scenes of President John F Kennedy working in his office in the White House in Washington DC. President Kennedy at his desk, and with advisors. President arrives at Cape Canaveral on November 16, 1963 for a tour and to witness a Polaris missile launch. Scenes of John F. Kennedy talking with NASA personnel and watching a rocket launch. Wernher Von Braun is seen with Kennedy. Audio includes Kennedy's statement from 1962 at Rice University when he said "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon, and returning him safely to the earth." President Kennedy views models of spacecraft and listens to NASA engineers. View of President Kennedy at the White House presenting the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut John Glenn on February 23, 1962, after Glenn's successful Friendship 7 mission. A helicopter carrying President John Kennedy lands on a ship on November 16, 1963. A sailor blows a whistle. President meets officers on the ship and is seen on the bridge. President Kennedy observes the under water launch of a Polaris missile through binoculars. President Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B Johnson with a Navy officer looking at a system used to operate and launch rockets. Audio overlay includes a speech by Kennedy reflecting on the threat of nuclear war.
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