This 1963 biographical documentary looks at the early life and professional career of American astronaut John Glenn (before his days in politics).
Several of the people who knew him "back when" in New Concord, Ohio take up a certain amount of time reminiscing on Glenn's boyhood and then the docu
segues into the astronaut's preparations for his space flight -- three
orbits around the earth, and then home again.
Included are interior
shots aboard the Friendship Seven space capsule, and Glenn's comments as
he works inside the capsule during this mission.
Top Center - Astronaut John Glen shows
President John Kennedy the Friendship Seven space capsule after
being awarded a medal by the President on February 23, 1962.
