[Aeronautics And Space Report - 1965] (1965)

February 18, 2009 · By admin

MS B/W image of biplane taking off cut to
MS biplane flying very low ( ~9 meters) L to R of screen, camera pans with motion cut to
LS 3 launch pylons in near, of near and distance. Furthest away has a rocket on pad. Camera swings to L Cut to
LS Rocket with full tail of flame- take off? fade out to
LS Full moon- image enlarges fade to
CU NASA emblem. Credits emerge from center: AERONAUTICS/AND/ SPACE/REPORT cut to
CU of Astronauts outside of vehicle VO id’s Gemini 4. Overlay reads: GEMINI/5/ NET TWO-MAN/ SPACE FLIGHT. Overlay cuts out. Astronaut moves away from portal. VO id’s Edward White. Fade to
MS Astronaut flats free of portal, tethered. Floats to screen L. Fade to
MS 3 EA male assist 4th in space suit. Rocket nose cone in back gorund. VI id’s Gordon Cooper fade to
MS Several EA males seated and standing, in casual and business dress. VO id’s Gordon Cooper at center screen R. fade to
MS several EA males standing outside, desert terrain. Group is gathered around automobile, roof visible in foreground. Camera pans R. fade to
CU EA male wearing undershirt, seated (in doctor’s office looking room) VO id’s Charles Pete Conrad cut to
MS of large turbine type machine. with swinging arm. Stenciled “U.S. NAVY” on base. Cut to
MS EA Male, Conrad, in shirtsleeves and tie, looking to screen L. Table with briefcase and papers in foreground Cut to
MS EA male ( Conrad?) in casual clothes squatting on rocky, desert hillside. Hold loop to R eye, examining something held in L hand. Fade to
CU od EA male holding opaque mask over lower face fade to
LS of Earth through portal of space vehicle. Some camera motion
LS of Earth through portal of space vehicle. Motion from “rocket spin”. Exhaust flare visible in image Cut to
LS of Night launch of rocket. Overlay; “U.S. SPACE PARK” cut to
MS animation of drum shaped satellite cut to
MS of underside of plane marked “U.S. AIR FORCE” as smaller plane? rocket? launches form underside. cut to
LS slight down angle of Capsule being lifted by cables from water. Several males at screen R on deck of ship, 1 with megaphone. As capsule rises, diver in water is visible fade to
LS down angle of several static displays, with long line people at screen R, several other throughout area. Busses and campers parked in background. VO id’s New York World’s Fair fade to
LS to static display. Sign at screen R “UNITED STATES/SPACE PARK” 2 EA females, 1 EA Male and 2 EA children at screen L, entering display fade to
LS of base of rocket- VO id’s Atlas Rocket. 2 EA females, 1 EA male in foreground. Camera pans up about 1/2 of rocket. 2 large shapes ( part of decorative fence?) at either side of image. Fade to
MS  short double stairway to static display of capsule. VO id’s Aurora 7. 2 young EA males and 1 young EA female  ascend steps. EA male moves to screen R fade to
MS. Rocket nose cone and base of two much larger spacecraft visible, screen L to R. Camera zooms in on center of frame. VO id’s “Gemini spaceship.” 3 EA male adolescents around exhaust cones. Cut
LS up side of rocket. “UNITED STATES” vertical on side. VO id’s Titan 2 booster. Cut to
MS of display. EA male in suit and 2 EA female children  approach from screen L. VO Id’s as replica of Ranger, the Lunar photographer. 3 AA children, 2 male, 1 female in background cut to
MS up angle of exhaust cones. VO id’s scale “mock-up of a portion of the Saturn moon rocket” cut to
MS of model of Saturn. Camera moves back quickly. ( What appears to be a female mannequin in a space suit at screen R??)   2 Static displays appears at screen R. Fade to
LS of Space Park, down angle. Light sin fountain at foreground suggest twilight as time of day.
MS drawing of moon- overlay “RE_ENTRY HEATING”
Animations and drawings  of re-entry of capsule 2:57-3:22
MS re-entry shield in wind tunnel testing
MS re-entry shield in flame testing, side view
MS re-entry shield in wind tunnel testing, silhouetted
CU EA male polishing re-entry shield mirror, exits screen R
LS rocket launch, VO id’s Project Fire, Atlas Rocket and Langley
Animations and drawings  of re-entry of project fire 3:50- 4:09
MS of big dish cut to
LS Aerial view of research ship, underway cut to
MS, up angle, propellor plane “USAF” on underwing. plane moves sacrren R to L cut to
LS, aerial view of mountainside with structures on switchback and at peak. VO id’s Ascension island. Camera moves L to R
Animations and drawings  of re-entry of project fire 4:16- 4:25
LS Rocket on launch pad, at twilight, lift off.
End credits:
Animation, back ground of space, comet circles “red swoosh”, background closes into small circle, resolves into NASA logo.

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