6 Times In Orbit AKA Six Times In Orbit 1962

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Full title reads: "6 Times In Orbit".

Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America (USA).

Astronaut Walter Schirra sets American space record by orbiting the Earth six times.

LV NASA Rocket standing on launching pad. GV Pressmen standing round transfer van waiting for...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53781
Sort Number:
62/081
Time in/Out:
01:09:59:00 / 01:11:19:00
Canister:
62/81
Film ID:
1733.07
Issue Date:
08/10/1962

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