The American in Orbit
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Newsreel footage depicts the orbital flight of Colonel John Glenn on February 20, 1962, and shows the acclaim given to him upon his return to Cape Canaveral and to Washington.
Credits
Castle Films, inc.; United World Films, inc.
Complete catalog record
Story of John Glenn’ s trip into orbit the Earth. Shots of rocket taking off and CU’s on Glenn in orbit, Feb 20 1962, EST liftoff of MA6 - the Atlas booster rocket 109D carrying Mercury space capsule Friendship 7 manned and piloted. Primitive animation sequences of rocket in space and in orbit. John Glenn meeting Congress.
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- 16mm Filmography editors — description
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