Houston Welcomes Astronauts (1962)

Texas, United States of America USA.
Documentation on file, American commentary.
MS. Sign saying 'Manned Spacecraft Centre', near Houston, Texas. MS. Mercury Spacecraft being paraded through crowded streets. MS. Walter Schirra, who is going to be America's next man in orbit, rides in open car through crowded streets. Fellow astronauts Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter, Virgil Grissom and Lt Col John Glenn follow up in there cars. V.S. The astronauts are properly invested with sheriffs hats and badges, for Texas has there new Space Centre.
(Comb. F.G.)
FILM ID:3056.07
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