1962-1963SPACE EXPLORATION
TRACES THE CAREER OF JOHN GLENN, FIRST U.S. ASTRONAUT, FROM HIS SCHOOL DAYS IN NEW CONCORD, OHIO, TO HIS SPEECH TO THE U.S. CONGRESS AFTER HIS FIRST ORBITAL FLIGHT. PICTURES GLENN AS A TYPICAL BUT HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN BOY. INTERVIEWS MANY PEOPLE IN HIS HOME-TOWN WHO SPEAK WELL OF HIM AND FOLLOWS HIS CAREER IN THE ARMED FORCES. SHOW PREPARATION FOR THE SPACE FLIGHT. THE BLAST-OFF, GLENN IN FLIGHT, THE RETURN FROM ORBIT, THE PARADES AND THE APPEARANCE BEFORE CONGRESS. AMERICAN HERO. SPACE EXPLORATION. NASA SPACE PROGRAM.
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CU PRESIDENTIAL SEAL
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PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY SPEAKING ABOUT SPACE PROGRAM. JFK
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| 01:18:03 69.13 |
CU AIRPLANE RADAR. POV IN AIRPLANE SHOOTING AT ANOTHER PLANE. POV IN PLANE SPIRALING DOWNWARD
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| 01:18:19 85.13 |
SPACE ROCKET BLAST OFF
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| 01:18:23 89.13 |
POV DRIVING DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN TOWN OF NEW CONCORD, OHIO, GLENN'S HOMETOWN CIRCA 1962
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| 01:18:52 118.13 |
AERIAL OVER NEW CONCORD, OHIO
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| 01:18:57 123.13 |
CU PRETEEN TOW HEAD DAY DREAMING AT LAKE, TAKES OFF BASEBALL CAP. SKIPPING STONES, RUNNING THRU WOODS, LOOKS THRU CIRCLE HOLE IN CEMENT, RIDING BICYCLE, WATCHING TRAIN PULL INTO STATION, BOY GESTURES COME ON TO CONDUCTOR WAVES AS TRAIN PASSES
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| 01:19:47 173.13 |
POV DRIVING IN SMALL TOWN MAIN STREET
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| 01:19:53 179.13 |
MAYOR TAYLOR SPEAKING ABOUT JOHN GLENN AS A BOY
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| 01:20:17 203.13 |
NEW CONCORD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LEAVING CLASSES, SCHOOL
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| 01:20:24 210.13 |
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HANDING IN HOME WORK ASSIGNMENTS, TESTS TO TEACHER
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| 01:20:31 217.13 |
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER PRINCIPAL SPEAKING ON JOHN GLENN
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| 01:20:57 243.13 |
POV DRIVING PAST JOHN GLENN HIGH SCHOOL
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| 01:21:04 250.13 |
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES RECEIVING DIPLOMAS CAPS & GOWNS MORTARBOARD TASSELS
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| 01:21:07 253.13 |
EXTERIOR GLENN PLUMBING COMPANY SHOP
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| 01:21:11 257.13 |
LS KIDS JUMPING OFF FLOAT RAFT IN MIDDLE OF LAKE
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| 01:21:20 266.13 |
AERIAL OVER MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY. POV DRIVING PAST UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
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| 01:21:30 276.13 |
PRESIDENT OF MUSKINGUM SPEAKS ABOUT JOHN GLENN
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| 01:21:49 295.13 |
MONTAGE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, ATHLETICS, TRACK &
FIELD, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL. BOYS EXERCISING OUTDOORS JUMPING JACKS, SIDE STRADDLE HOP. JUMPING ROPE WHILE GLENN'S COACH TALKS ABOUT HIM. CALISTHENICS |
| 01:22:30 336.13 |
MUSKINGUM CAMPUS, STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT GLENN
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| 01:22:57 363.13 |
MONTAGE GLENN'S CHURCH. DR. CHARLES MOORHEAD RECALLS GLENN, STANDING WITH YOUNG TOW HEAD BLONDE BOY INTERIOR CHURCH, CHOIR SINGS AT SERVICE
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| 01:23:45 411.13 |
DR. HENRY EVANS TALKS ABOUT GLENN IN CHURCH GLENN WAS MARRIED IN
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| 01:24:04 430.13 |
GLENN'S WIFE ANNIE'S PARENTS HOMER & MARGARET GASTER SPEAKS ABOUT GLENN
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| 01:24:27 453.13 |
JOHN GLENN'S BOYHOOD HOME, HIS PARENTS TALK ABOUT GLENN
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| 01:24:58 484.13 |
SMALL PLANE COMING TO A STOP ON TARMAC
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| 01:25:12 498.13 |
PILOT HARRY CLEBER ?SP, WHO GAVE GLENN FIRST FLYING LESSON
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| 01:25:32 518.13 |
FLIGHT TRAINING PLANES IN FORMATION
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| 01:25:48 534.13 |
MONTAGE CADETS, CLASSROOM TRAINING, FLYING TRAINING, CALISTHENICS, JUMPING JACKS, SIDE STRADDLE HOP, PLAYING VOLLEY BALL
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| 01:25:59 545.13 |
CADETS LEAVING CHURCH , MARCHING, WINGS BEING PINNED ON, WINNING WINGS.
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| 01:26:07 553.13 |
FOUR FIGHTER PLANES IN FORMATION. IN BATTLE IN SOUTH PACIFIC
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| 01:26:30 576.13 |
KOREAN WAR BATTLE FOOTAGE, HIT MIG ?SP PLANES GOING DOWN
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| 01:26:44 590.13 |
SUPER SONIC F8U CRUSADER IN TEST FLIGHT
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| 01:26:59 605.13 |
EXPERIMENTAL PLANE X-15 DROPS OFF B-52 MOTHERSHIP
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| 01:27:17 623.13 |
UNMANNED EXPERIMENTAL ROCKET LAUNCH
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| 01:27:26 632.13 |
MONTAGE FIRST GROUP OF ASTRONAUTS CHOSEN, STUDYING, TRAINING, GLENN, SHEPARD, GRISSOM & SCHIRRA. NASA TRAINING
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| 01:28:13 679.13 |
LOADING & RAISING THE ATLAS MOTIVE POWER ON ITS GANTRY HARD HATS LOOKING UP. SPACE CRAFT LIFTED TO POSITION ATOP MERCURY ATLAS
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| 01:29:03 729.13 |
CU ASTRONAUTS PUTTING ON SPACE SUITS HELMETS LACING SUITS, PREPARING FOR SPACE FLIGHT
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| 01:29:18 744.13 |
MERCURY CONTROL ROOM
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| 01:29:28 754.13 |
ASTRONAUTS GETTING ONTO CAPSULE. ELEVATOR AT THE GANTRY GOING UP. CU AMERICAN FLAG. GLENN TAKING PLACE IN FRIENDSHIP 7. PUTTING HATCH ON CAPSULE
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| 01:30:45 831.13 |
MONTAGE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL. MEN LOOKING THRU BINOCULARS. CU WOMAN WATCHING
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| 01:31:06 852.13 |
COUNTDOWN, SPACE LAUNCH. INTERCUTS ASTRONAUTS RELEASE OF CAPSULE FRIENDSHIP 7
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| 01:33:27 993.13 |
TRACKING SHIP USAF "ROSE KNOT" AT SEA FOLLOWING GLENN'S COURSE. CU GRID SHOWING CAPSULES COURSE
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| 01:33:34 1000.13 |
ARABS ON CAMELS PASS MODERN TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT
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| 01:33:37 1003.13 |
POV EARTH FROM SPACE INTERCUTS GLENN
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MONTAGE MERCURY TRACKING STATIONS MEN AT CONTROLS COMPUTERS PUSHING BUTTONS. INTERCUTS JOHN GLENN.
CAPE CANAVERAL BRINGING GLENN DOWN TO EARTH. NAVAL SHIP, SAILORS LOOK THRU BINOCULARS FOR SIGHT OF GLENN |
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CAPSULE IN CARIBBEAN, GLENN ON SHIP
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| 01:37:49 1255.13 |
GLENN TRANSPORTED TO AIRCRAFT CARRIER RANDOLPH HANGING ON HELICOPTER
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| 01:37:56 1262.13 |
GLENN ARRIVING HOME, BEING CONGRATULATED BY NASA WORKER
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| 01:38:17 1283.13 |
MONTAGE LAUDING JOHN GLENN, CAPE CANAVERAL VP JOHNSON MOTORCADE PARADE THRILLED LINES OF PEOPLE PRESIDENT KENNEDY PRESENTING SERVICE MEDAL TO GLENN AS HIS FAMILY WATCHES PROUDLY.
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| 01:39:30 1356.13 |
KENNEDY & GLENN ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON, RAINY DAY POV IN CAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS
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| 01:39:46 1372.13 |
GLENN & WIFE IN WHITE HOUSE RECEIVING GUESTS WITH ALAN SHEPARD. JFK SAYING GOODBYE GLENNS GETTING INTO CAR
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| 01:40:00 1386.13 |
GLENN'S MOTORCADE
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| 01:40:17 1403.13 |
TICKER TAPE PARADE NEW YORK CITY
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| 01:40:38 1424.13 |
SMALL TOWN PARADE NEW CONCORD, OHIO. CU HIP OLD LADY TAKING PICTURE. MS TREE FULL OF TEEN BOYS WAVING HEROS WELCOME HOME
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CAPITOL SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE JOHN MCCORMACK PRESENTS JOHN GLENN STANDING OVATION. GLENN SPEAKS GIVES SPEECH. PRESIDENT JOHNSON IN B/G
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AERIAL OVER CAPITOL
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| 01:44:02 1628.13 |
MONTAGE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, STATUE
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AERIAL OVER NEW YORK. CITY STREET SCENES PEDESTRIANS CROSSING STREETS
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| 01:44:19 1645.13 |
FIELDS OF GRAIN
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STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO SCENES
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| 01:44:29 1655.13 |
LS GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
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MONTAGE SCENIC NATURE SHOTS, HIGH WATERFALL RIVERS, LAKES, MOUNTAINS NIAGARA FALLS, POV DRIVING THRU REDWOOD FOREST. CATTLE DRIVE, WOMAN HORSEBACK RIDING ALONG COASTAL ROAD OCEAN IN B/G
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CU HUGE AMERICAN FLAG
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TAPE ENDS
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