Major Cooper's 22 Orbits Round The Earth 1963

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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...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
78852
Sort Number:
UN 3739 C
Time in/Out:
01:32:43:00 / 01:38:16:00
Canister:
UN 3739 C
Film ID:
2649.17
Issue Date:
1963

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