Major Cooper’s 22 Orbits Round The Earth (1963)

Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America (USA). Title reads ’22 Orbits! The Amazing Flight of Astronaut Cooper’. Various shots of American astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper being fitted into his space suit before taking off for his trip around the Earth. MS. Major Cooper enters transfer van to take him to the launching pad. Various shots of the transfer van being led out of the gates of missile test centre by a car with flashing light on top. LS. Launching pad at Cape Canaveral at night illuminated. MV. Looking into beams of searchlights along side of road. GV. Transfer van arriving at pad. MS. Some engineers who work at the Cape looking on. Various shots of the Major Cooper getting out of transfer van and climbing into the elevator in gantry. Several shots of the elevator moving up - library film of John Glenn’s flight. LS. Dawn, now the launching pad can be seen more easily. MS. Cameramen setting up their equipment. LS. The gantry pulls away from the Atlas rocket, it blasts off and begins to r