Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
The rise of the U.S. military-industrial complex, the successes of the Mercury space program, Alan Shepard & John Glenn, Telstar satellite & other technological advances.
Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
DO NOT USE Opening Credits and stills.
Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
Television commercial for Accutron watches by Bulova, nervous salaryman trying to correct incorrect time of watch worn by slumbeirng man on train.
Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
TLS U.S. Marines UH-34 D Sea Horse helicopter hovering over submarine. Aerial shot of U.S. aircraft carrier sailing. Panning MS F-3 jet fighter taking off from naval carrier. High angle TLS USN E-2 C Hawkeye surveillance plane with radar dish taking off from carrier (probably the USS Kitty Hawk). Panning h/a TLS F-4U Vigilante or F-111 Aardvark on carrier. Tilting TLS deep sea Polaris missile test launch. TLSs massive Telstar communications satellite in a hangar. Animation of Telstar operating in space. MS President JOHN F. KENNEDY at a press conference, talking about the satellite's importance.
Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
Astronaut Alan Shepard is launched into space, 1961: TLS rocket on gantry, night; MS astronaut ALAN SHEPARD being crammed into Friendship 7 Mercury space capsule; TLSs Redstone rocket being launched; MS Shepard in orbited capsule; TLS deep sea capsule & astronaut retrieval by USMC UH-34 D Sea Horse chopper; MS press photographers & newsreel cameramen outside White House; MS President JOHN F. KENNEDY pinning medal on Alan Shepard at White House; TLS/MS Alan & wife Louise Shepard riding in parade. John Glenn is launched into space, 1962: CU smiling astronaut JOHN GLENN; MSs Glenn squeezing into Friendship 7 space capsule; TLS rocket launch; MSs Glenn in space; animation of capsule in orbit, reentering atmosphere; TLSs capsule retrieval; MS Col. Glenn on deck of destroyer; MSs Col. Glenn being greeted by wife Anna; MS gaggle of newsreel cameramen, cameras on tripods; MS President JOHN F. KENNEDY pinning award on Col. Glenn; MS/LSs Glenns on parade in Washington, DC. MCU NY Daily News newspaper headline-- "Two Reds Circle in Twin Orbits; Make Contact by Sight, Radio"; NY Herald-Tribune-- "The Space Twosome"; New York Mirror-- "Reds Whirl in Space Side-By-Sode." Panning MS Gemini and Apollo mission astronauts. MSs simulated space station in hangar, astronauts at work. Animation of delta-winged planes launched by Titan rockets (essentially the predecessor to the space shuttle).
Focus on the 60s (1960-64)
LSs rocket launch from Cape Canaveral. (See also catalog # 429084 for color version.) MSs President Kennedy delivering "We choose to go to the moon" speech at Rice University. Cut together with shots of the astronauts.