First American Man Into Space (1961)

Unissued / Unused material - Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America (USA). Three LSs Destroyer cruising off Cape Canaveral. GV Aerial shot of the aircraft carrier “Lake Champlain“. MS Pan up the Redstone rocket, which is being prepared for the flight. LS Tanker carrying liquid oxygen backing towards the rocket - night shot. Various shots of liquid oxygen being pumped from the tanker to the rocket. MS of the transport vehicle which carries Astronaut Alan B Shepard to the rocket. MS Shepard alighting from the van and looking up. GV Redstone rocket on launching pad. MS Shepard walking towards and getting into elevator, pan with the elevator as it takes him to the top of the rocket. GV Rocket on the launching pad, NASA and Macdonald Douglas technicians in foreground. GV The top half of the rocket surrounded by the towers. Various shots of technicians preparing the Mercury capsule (Freedom 7), and of Shepard being helped into the capsule. Various CUs of television and cine-cameras all fitted with