Film begins with map of the Balkan States including labels for Serbia, Crotia, Hungary, Romania. Next, a Junkers 88 bomber aircraft takes off from an airfield and climbs out close to the camera. It flies high between cloud layers above. View from pilot cockpit of the right engine as the aircraft flies above a solid cloud formation below. Rearward view of the aircraft's vertical stabilizer against backdrop of cumulus clouds. Aerial views of some roads, bridges, and rivers in rugged terrain below. View from low in the aircraft, of crewman silhouetted against canopy. A city seen below. Another view from copilot's seat of the right engine running. Final scene shows aerial view of the city of Sophia, capital of Bulgaria, below.
An RB-50 Superfortress flies over Naval Air Station Keflavik. The RB-50 Superfortress lands and taxis. Front view of RB-50 Superfortress taxiing after landing. United States airman uses hand signals to aid the RB-50 in parking on the airfield.
Scientists in mission control room talk on headsets and jot down notes. Scientist with headset looking up. Closeup of face of Astronaut Glenn in helmet before launch. The “Friendship 7” in launchpad. “United States” written on the Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft. Service structure moves away from the “Friendship 7” to prepare for launch. Flight engineers in mission control room gives signal for launch in one minute. United States Marines helicopter (Sikorsky UH 34D) and US Army Force helicopter. View of Australian Air Force aircraft. Men dispersing at airfield with a United States Air Force Douglas C-54 Skymaster parked behind them. A crowd of civilians standing at the beach waiting for John Glenn’s launch into space. A crowd on the beach, as they wait for the launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6’s “Friendship 7”. Cameramen recording with television cameras in crowded field. A news reporter reports on Mercury-Atlas 6 flight path outside launch at Cape Canaveral. Cameraman records the “Friendship 7” launch with his camera.
Support vehicles with sirens running exit Cape Canaveral airfield pre dawn. NASA scientists communicate with “Friendship 7” and the Bermuda Mercury-Atlas 6 telemetry station at mission control center. Bermuda station requests a 5 minute hold on count down. Officials in Mercury-Atlas 6 control room. Mercury-Atlas 6 flight path on world map on wall. NASA scientist on his computer. Astronaut John Glenn's face in helmet before launch. People gathered on the beach waiting to watch the “Friendship 7” launch. A reporter talks on his headset beside the Mercury-Atlas 6 flight path. John Glenn’s face in helmet. Mercury-Atlas 6 officials talks on headset, agreeing to continue with countdown to “Friendship 7” launch. The “Friendship 7” before launch. Positional globe in capsule holds steady before launch.
American Airways Ford Trimotor carrying Democrat New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt in flight on the way to Chicago, Illinois for the 1932 Democratic Party National Convention. American Airways plane approaching to land in Chicago Municipal Airport (5700 S Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60638, United States). Democrat supporters crowd airplane at Chicago Municipal Airport airfield to see Franklin Roosevelt after flight lands. Franklin Roosevelt speaking to the convention afterwards, saying, "the 18th Amendment is doomed" and "I pledge myself to a New Deal for the American people."
Opening of film reel shows woman with a Kodak color chip card, also known as a "China Girl". United States Air Force 903rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron soldiers carry wounded men to the casualty staging area at Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War. United States 903rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron soldiers assist a reversing Red Cross ambulance. Aeromedical squadron soldiers carry a marine or soldier casualty out of the ambulance. Aeromedical squadron soldiers unload wounded men in stretchers out of a helicopter. A forklift lifts cargo at airfield.
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