Outer Space Films 1 Project Mercury Start To Finish 3 DVD Set

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*5/9/11: Updated to include 3 new excellent titles, PROJECT MAN IN SPACE, BIOGRAPHY: JOHN GLENN and THE WORLD WAS THERE, and all 7 titles newly redigitized and remastered for improved image and audio quality and upgraded into a new 3 DVD set!* The Beginning & The End Of America's First Manned Space Program - 7 Vintage Films Packed Into 5 Historic Hours On 3 All Regions DVDs!

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PROJECT MAN IN SPACE (1961, 49 Min.)
Following on his Academy Award nominated tv documentary success RACE FOR SPACE, producer David Wolper's purchase of a treasure trove of never-before-seen secret Russian space program film footage was again expertly tranformed into classic documentary form and anchored with Mike Wallace's adroit narration, intermixed with the latest moving images supplied by NASA, but this time with a focus on manned rather than unmanned space flight. Produced during the mere weeks between Russia's first succesful manned space flight and American's own, it provides a unique insight into the Russian manned space program along with a tantalizing glimpse of what promised to become America's own in the immediate future. As with RACE FOR SPACE before it, this period piece glimpse into what was then the state-of-the-art of the space program is a priceless moving image document all enthusiasts of both space and media history will enjoy.

FREEDOM 7 (1961, 28:17)
The filmed chronicle of America's first manned space flight, the Mercury-Redstone 3 suborbital mission flown by Alan Shepard on May 5, 1961. The mission objective was to determine a man's capability to perform basic space flight functions as well as perform such basic flight tasks such as manuever, telemetry and component reliability. Includes footage of events leading up to this historic event in addition to coverage of the 15 minute flight.

FRIENDSHIP 7 (1962, 57:57)
As the Cold War space rivalry raged, America was anxious to get a man into orbit as quickly as possible to offset the lead the Soviets had in manned space flight. American policy had been to extensively test the Mercury space craft with the Redstone suborbital booster before attempting a mission with the powerful but unpredictable Atlas orbital booster, but when the Soviets sent up their second man in space Gherman Titov for a day long orbital flight in the summer of '61, NASA changed their schedule and John Glenn's mission was changed to an orbital Mercury-Atlas one set to fly as soon as possible. Many abortive attempts were made to fly the mission only to be scrubbed to due technical difficulties or bad weather, and it was not until winter the following year on February 20th, 1962 that finally a much-liked man became an American hero as he flew his spacecraft successfully into orbital flight, only to have an intense drama unfold as the bird was ordered down and ground controllers wondered if Glenn would live through the fiery re-entry of his space craft into the earth's atmosphere. This great NASA film details the technical achievements, human drama and mission timeline of the events of this historic mission.

BIOGRAPHY (CBS): JOHN GLENN (1962, 23 Min.)
The original TV biography documentary series gives its usual standard-setting treatment to the first American to orbit the earth. Narrated by Mike Wallace.

THE JOHN GLENN STORY (1962, 29:52)
Film introduced by President John F. Kennedy himself which recounts the history of the life of John Glenn, introduces us to his family, his friends and the people who helped to shape him in his youth, and the events following his historical achievement such as his post-mission meeting with the President, his New York ticker tape parade, his address to a joint session of Congress and more.

THE FLIGHT OF FAITH 7 (1963, 28:34)
Gordon Cooper's endurance-testing flight of Mercury-Atlas 9 on May 15, 1963. Its purpose was to push the Mercury space craft to its limits with a day long orbital mission. Tumbling through space with systems straining, a total of 22 1/2 orbits was achieved within the space of 1 day and 10 hours.

THE WORLD WAS THERE (1963, 28:59)
A moving and detailed review of the program, its achievements and its contribution to the following Gemini program and its ultimate contribution to the manned moon mission of the Apollo program.

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