The John Glenn Story
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Garber, Paul Edward, 1899-1992
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- Paul E. Garber Collection
- Paul E. Garber Collection / Series 15: Audio Recordings
- Date
- January 21, 1962
- Container
- Box 480, Reel 1
- Archival Repository
- National Air and Space Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Audio
- Collection Citation
- Paul E. Garber Collection, Acc. NASM.1991.0063, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
- Scope and Contents
- Producer: NASA HQA-90 and Warner Brothers, Inc. Off-air recording of documentary. Biography of John Glenn. Film stresses American ideals as exemplified in the life of astronaut John Glenn. Colonel Glenn's youth in New Concord, Ohio, heroism as a marine pilot in WWII and Korean conflict, and adventure as the first American to orbit the Earth are dramatically documented. Comments from the citizenry of New Concord, Ohio: Mayor Taylor, Harford Steele (high school principal), Glen Macoaga (Muskingum College president), Ed Sheman (coach at Muskingum), Charles Moorehead (pastor), Henry Evens (pastor), Homer and Margaret Caster (Annie's parents), John Sr. and Clara Glenn (John's parents), Harry Clever (flight instructor). Aircraft seen: Grumman F9F Cougar, Vought F-8 F8U Crusader, North American X-15 , Scout rocket, Atlas production (General Dynamics (Convair) CGM-16 HGM-16), Project Mercury preparation, suiting up, flight, summary, parades, Glenn's speech before the joint session of Congress. Introduced by President John F. Kennedy and narrated by Jack Webb. Very schmaltzy, sentimental, and patriotic.
- Collection Restrictions
- No restrictions on access.
- Record ID
- ebl-1551365622432-1551365646609-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0