Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. Movietone News, Vol. 44, No. 92

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Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. Movietone News, Vol. 44, No. 92

1961

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Part 1, Saturn I rocket being checked out at Cape Canaveral, Florida; blastoff. Part 2, U.N. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson as he condemns the Russians' fastest A-bomb test despite agreement (sound). Part 3, Navy's attack carrier Constellation is commissioned at Brooklyn navy yard; Vice Adm. Robert Perry, Chief of Naval Operations for Air, is welcomed by skipper Capt. Thomas Walker; ceremony attended by Comdr. Alan B. Shepard, first U.S. astronaut; first atomic-powered carrier Enterprise leaves for sea trials from Newport News, Va. Part 4, Purdue University tops Iowa University in football at Lafayette, Indiana; Texas University beats Rice University at Austin, Texas.

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Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a me...

Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998

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Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961, he became the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard saw action with the surface navy during World War II. He became a naval aviator in 1946, and a test pilot in 1950. He was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts in ...