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1963 - Newsreel, USA: Launch & Animated Coverage of Faith 7, Mercury Space Program
Intertitle: Cooper Triumph!
10:32:38 15May63 Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. helped into pressurized space suit, technicians watch, MS, CUs.
10:32:59 Walking to van, followed by others into van, POV in front of motorcade, POV towards lighted rocket on gantry. Large search / floodlights. Arrival at base of tower, tilt up; technicians watching & walk to elevator & ascending.
10:34:20 Helped into capsule.
10:34:31 LS across parking lot to Atlas rocket w/ gantry removed. Photographers & others watching w/ cameras & long lenses mounted on tripods on viewing platform. Countdown, ignition & lift-off. Tracking; people watching & flame of rocket seen.
10:35:22 Animation of capsule w/ correcting jets firing. Low Angle / LA camera inside capsule intercut. Animation capsule orbiting above earth’s surface.
10:35:55 Rotating globe w/ title over: 7 Orbits. HA above pedestrians on NYC sidewalk past newspaper kiosk; people buying newspapers. CU newspaper on pile w/ headline: Cooper Is Orbiting; Set for 22. Rotating globe: 17 Orbits. Taxi drivers outside cab talking & listening to car radio; people watching / listening; Rotating globe: 22 Orbits.
10:36:23 16May63 Aerial above aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-33) w/ two destroyers alongside. Animation of capsule descending & firing retro rockets & dropping rocket bank, heat over shield, descending & firing pilot shoot, main shoot opening & lowering.
10:37:44 Air to air view of two helicopters over CV-33, flying to recovery area; sailors on shipboard w/ binoculars. Capsule in water.
10:38:11 MCU Cooper smiling onboard ship w/ helmet off
Faith 7; Mercury-Atlas 9; Cold War; Space Race;
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1963 - Newsreel, USA: Launch & Animated Coverage of Faith 7, Mercury Space Program Intertitle: Cooper Triumph! 10:32:38 15May63 Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. helped into pressurized space suit, technicians watch, MS, CUs. 10:32:59 Walking to van, followed by others into van, POV in front of motorcade, POV towards lighted rocket on gantry. Large search / floodlights. Arrival at base of tower, tilt up; technicians watching & walk to elevator & ascending. 10:34:20 Helped into capsule. 10:34:31 LS across parking lot to Atlas rocket w/ gantry removed. Photographers & others watching w/ cameras & long lenses mounted on tripods on viewing platform. Countdown, ignition & lift-off. Tracking; people watching & flame of rocket seen. 10:35:22 Animation of capsule w/ correcting jets firing. Low Angle / LA camera inside capsule intercut. Animation capsule orbiting above earth’s surface. 10:35:55 Rotating globe w/ title over: 7 Orbits. HA above pedestrians on NYC sidewalk past newspaper kiosk; people buying newspapers. CU newspaper on pile w/ headline: Cooper Is Orbiting; Set for 22. Rotating globe: 17 Orbits. Taxi drivers outside cab talking & listening to car radio; people watching / listening; Rotating globe: 22 Orbits. 10:36:23 16May63 Aerial above aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-33) w/ two destroyers alongside. Animation of capsule descending & firing retro rockets & dropping rocket bank, heat over shield, descending & firing pilot shoot, main shoot opening & lowering. 10:37:44 Air to air view of two helicopters over CV-33, flying to recovery area; sailors on shipboard w/ binoculars. Capsule in water. 10:38:11 MCU Cooper smiling onboard ship w/ helmet off Faith 7; Mercury-Atlas 9; Cold War; Space Race; NOTE: Part or all sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk