Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ARRIVAL OF GT-3 ASTRONAUTS, PATRICK AFB AND CAPE KENNEDY, FLORIDA

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ARRIVAL OF GT-3 ASTRONAUTS, PATRICK AFB AND CAPE KENNEDY, FLORIDA

1965

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/70022

Covers arrival of astronauts Virgil T. Grissom and John W. Young by USN 5-2A and motorcade for the astronauts and their families Sign on car door: VIRGIL I. (GUS) GRISSOM, MRS BETTY L. GRISSOM, SCOTT GRISSOM, MARK GRISSOM. 4': Sign on car door: JOHN W. YOUNG, MRS BARBARA YOUNG, JOHN YOUNG, SANDRA YOUNG. 8': Policemen including members of Orlando PD, Eau Gallie PD, West Palm Beach PD, and Florida Highway Patrol in motorcade staging area. 33': MCU Maj. Gen. Vincent G. Huston, Comdr AFETR. 39': Mrs Young and children in car. 49': Mrs Grissom and sons getting info car. 61': MS Astronaut Grissom getting into car. 68': Astronaut Young and family in car. 86': Astronaut Grissom and family in car. 95': Motorcade leaving. 99': AMS launch complex. 101': MS's of USN S-2A taxiing-in and parked -- engines stopping. 134': Officials around USN-2A as Astronauts Grissom and Young walk from aircraft, make statements for reporters, get into car and leave area -- Grissom's parents in group. 214': 536th AF Band playing. 230': Nose of USN S-2A. 232': Total footage in reel.

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6498875

National Archives at College Park

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Grissom, Virgil I. (Virgil Ivan), 1926-1967

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xg9qsf (person)

Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (b. April 3, 1926-d. Jan. 27, 1967) was born in Mitchell, Indiana. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, received his wings in March 1951. He flew 100 combat missions in Korea in F-86s with the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and, upon returning to the United States in 1952, became a jet instructor at Bryan, Texas. In August 1955, he entered the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to study Aeronautical Engineering. He attended the T...

Young, John W., 1957-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s18vgz (person)

John W. Young (1844-1924) was the son of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell. John W. Young served as a member of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prior to his father's death as well as being a counselor to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. But John W. Young is better known for his business enterprises, mainly railroad construction. He was involved in several railroad companies or railroad construction projects during the latter half of the 19th Century in U...