Air Force pilot explains ground handling operations of C-5 Aircraft. Vehicle towing a C-5 Aircraft on tarmac. Using model, narrator cautions about misleading perceptions of ground handlers due to unusual dimensions of the giant C-5. Discussion and example of the mating of the C-5 with its air transportable loading dock.
Aerial views of Two U.S. Army Air Force P-51D Mustang aircraft (viewed separately) from the 78th Fighter Squadron, 15th Fighter Group, 7th Air Force, stationed at Iwo Jima, during World War 2. They are in flight over the Pacific. The unit logo of a bushmaster snake is visible on the fuselage of the first one (buzz number 124). Later scenes show developed cumulus clouds rising to high altitudes.
Mercury Astronaut team at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) press conference in Washington DC. Walter Bonney, NASA Information Director who presides at the conference, introduces the seven astronauts. Name plates on the desk reads Lt Malcom S Carpenter, Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, United States Air Force; Lt Commander Walter M. Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF. These astronauts take their place on stage for the conference. Reporters take notes and interview them during the conference.
Mercury Astronaut team at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) press conference in Washington DC. Astronauts named Lt Malcom S Carpenter, Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, United States Air Force; Lt Commander Walter M Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF take their place on stage for the conference. NASA logo on a curtain in the background. Photographers take pictures. Astronauts stand with a model spacecraft in their hands.
Mercury Astronaut team at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) press conference in Washington DC. Dr T Keith Glennam Administrator of NASA; Robert Gilruth, Director of Project Mercury and of the Space Task Force Group; Dr Randolph Lovelace, Chairman of the NASA Life Sciences Committee; Brigadier General Donald Flickinger; Captain Norman Barr, United States Navy and Charles Donlam give a brief speech. Astronauts named Lt Malcom S Carpenter, Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, United States Air Force; Lt Commander Walter M Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF stand and sit on the stage.
Mercury Astronaut team at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) press conference in Washington DC. Astronauts Lt Malcom S Carpenter, Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, United States Air Force; Lt Commander Walter M Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF answer reporters' questions. Journalists take notes. NASA logo in the background.
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