Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1903 - 2006. Motion Picture Films and Video Recordings Relating to Activities at the Kennedy Space Center

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Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1903 - 2006. Motion Picture Films and Video Recordings Relating to Activities at the Kennedy Space Center

1964-1995

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/562024

This series consists of motion picture films and video recordings relating to United States space program activities, particularly those at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Primarily, the films cover research and development documentation of Space Shuttle launches and landings. Also included are films on Apollo missions, Saturn rockets, safety measures, Mariner missions, and Skylab, as well as those documenting Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter's visits to the KSC and footage of astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn.

17 film reels and 2 video tapes

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National Archives at College Park

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National Archives at College Park

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Glenn, John, 1921-2016

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