The John Glenn Story (1963)

A film biography of Astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. It portrays Glenn's youth in New Concord, Ohio, his service as a combat pilot in World War II and the Korean War, and highlights of his momentous adventure as the pilot of Friendship 7 (ARC 45022) This film received the Chris Award, Columbus Film Festival, 1963.

The John Glenn Story, 1963

Transcript (PDF): http://www.archives.gov/social-media/...

CREATED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (10/01/1958 - )

REPOSITORY:
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.

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[HuskerSeaofRed]

I liked your first post now the all caps is just plain annoying.

[HuskerSeaofRed]

Great story!

[1914WITNESS]

This certainly brought back a lot of memories for me. Amazing what Human Beings are capable of when we choose to be humble, courageous, willing to work together for a better home. Although militarially inspired, this time in our History looked so very bright, even for an 8 year old, as it left a positive example of what we could have accomplished so long ago, together. Remember wondering what Glenns' flight and "S.P.U.T.N.I.K. stood for and meant for us. Those were the days my friends!

[Liza Madrino]

I saw John Glenn at NASA Glenn rc, when they changed the name to Glenn from Lewis. He was a real prick.

[Chris Peters]

I just dont like him

[visionofmalkav]

Lucky doesn't even begin to describe the inhabitants of North America. We have everything a culture needs to be the greatest civilization in human history. We owe ourselves and our country more than what we've become.

[jsilence418]

I saw the capsule at the Smithsonian, christ it was small not much bigger than the GI JOE version !

[m80kamikaze]

Yay for John Glenn. Thanks for what you did 50 years ago sir.