- Title: V-1704
- Summary: SUMMER IN SPACE:
- Description:01:07:28 - SCENES OF AIR FORCE PLANE PICKING UP CREW FROM DISCOVERER 26. 01:07:44 - MS ASTRONAUTS IN RENDEZVOUS WITH AIR CRAFT CREW 01:07:48 - AIR FORCE PLANE LANDING 01:07:58 - AIR FORCE CREW UNLOADING CARGO EQUIPMENT FROM DISCOVERER 01:08:15 - CU WEATHERIZED SATELLITE FROM TYROS 3 CU TAPE RECORDER PLAYING 01:08:36 - CU WEATHER SATELLITE RECORDING WEATHER PATTERNS CLOUD FORMATIONS 01:08:43 - MS MAN DEVELOPING PICTURES TAKEN FROM SPACE CU PICTURE OF SOUTHERN EUROPE W/SPAIN AT RIGHT, SOUTHERN U.S. W/FLORIDA AT LOWER RIGHT. EARLY SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHS 01:08:55 - CU PHOTOGRAPHS MOVING IN KALEIDOSCOPIC PATTERN 01:08:58 - LOW ANGLE MIDAS III, MISSILE DETECTING SATELLITE BEING LIFTED TO LAUNCH POSITION. GROUND CREW PREPARING SATELLITE FOR LAUNCH 01:09:24 - LS MIDAS III LAUNCHING 01:09:38 - CU NASA NEWS CENTER SIGN 01:09:39 - CU OVERSEAS PRESS AMERICAN CABLE & RADIO SYSTEM WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATIONS CABLE & RADIO SIGN 01:09:41 - ROOM FULL OF NEWSMEN FROM AROUND THE WORLD GATHERED AT CAPE CANAVERAL TO WITNESS LAUNCHING PROJECT MERCURY OFFICIALS BRIEFING REPORTERS 01:10:03 - GROUND CREW ON LAUNCHING PAD, FILLING MERCURY RED STONE ROCKET WITH FUEL FUELING ROCKET 01:10:22 - NASA TRANSFER VAN CARRYING ASTRONAUTS TO ROCKET SIGHT CAPE CANAVERAL 01:10:33 - LS ASTRONAUTS LEAVING TRANSFER VAN IN SPACE SUIT CAPTAIN VIRGIL GUS GRISSOM WALKING AWKWARDLY IN SUIT 01:10:44 - ASTRONAUTS WALKING TO ROCKET, ELEVATOR TO SPACE CAPSULE, INSIDE "GREEN ROOM", GETTING INTO SPACE CAPSULE, LIBERTY BELL 7 01:11:57 - LS ARMS OF THE GANTRY OPENING REVEALING ROCKET MOVEABLE STRUCTURE PLATFORM SURROUNDING ROCKET 01:12:20 - LS CHERRY PICKER LIFTING TO CAPSULE, USED AS MEANS OF ESCAPE IF LAUNCH FAILS 01:12:47 - MONTAGE CONTROL CENTER, ALAN SHEPARD PRESENT COUNTDOWN, CU CAMERAMAN FILMING, 01:13:00 - LS MIDAS 3 ROCKET LAUNCH 01:13:33 - MONTAGE CURIOUS ONLOOKERS ON GROUND LOOKING UPWARD, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS, ROW OF PEOPLE LOOKING OUT OF TELESCOPES 01:13:40 - LS ROCKET SOARING SKYWARD VAPOR TRAIL SCARS THE SKY 01:13:53 - MS CAMERAMAN PHOTOGRAPHING WITH POWERFUL HUGE LENS 01:13:56 - LS SEPARATION OF CAPSULE & ROCKET 01:14:06 - BUSY CONTROL CENTER, GRISSOM'S VOICE HEARD OVER RADIO 01:14:18 - HELICOPTERS TAKING OFF FLIGHT DECK OF AIR CRAFT CARRIER RANDOLPH 01:14:30 - CAPSULE SUSPENDED FROM PARACHUTE FALLING TO OCEAN 01:14:42 - HELICOPTER HOVERING OVER CAPSULE & GRISSOM BOBBING IN SEA OUT OF CAPSULE. GRISSOM BEING LIFTED INTO HELICOPTER 01:15:36 - POV IN HELICOPTER LOOKING AT WATER LOGGED CAPSULE LOWERED INTO OCEAN 01:15:59 - CU SAILORS ON GROUND LOOKING UP SHIELDING EYES SHADING EYES FROM SUN 01:16:01 - CAPTAIN GRISSOM COMING OFF HELICOPTER 01:16:13 - LS SAILORS ON DECK OF CARRIER 01:16:24 - MS COMPLICATED RADAR MECHANISM MOVING AROUND 01:16:26 - NATURE SHOT, CLOUDS IN SKY 01:16:30 - MONTAGE SUNSET SHOTS 01:16:33 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1961
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: V-1704