Next on reel america, jet Passenger Service began in late 1950s in the United States and Pan American Airlines started transatlantic flights with boeing 707 in october 1958. Pan ams 12 minute film promotes the concept of trans atlantic jet Passenger Service by documenting a flight from new york to london. Sky over the atlantic. The vast air ocean when he saled from europe to america a few hundred years ago in over two long months. The same air ocean over the atlantic probably did not seem as endless to Charles Lindbergh when he flew from new york to paris 30 years ago. Still it took over 33 lonely hours. Today that same atlantic air ocean leaving columbus two months and lindberghs 33 hours in its wake zooms by in a dramatic break through. The year 1954 marked an historic event in the history of aviation. A new flight was inaugurated called flight 1,000. There was nothing unusual about airport operations before flight 1,000s takeoff. It was duly announced and passengers checked in. Flig
The apollo 13 mission. This hour long interview was part of the oral history project. Oral history [ inaudible ] date is march 12, 1999. You cut your teeth in Mission Control as a Flight Controller responsible for spacecraft guidance and navigation. How did you manage to get in on the ground floor of a program like this . And what was your secret . It was not easy. I had actually tried to go to work for nasa in 1962 and the guy that interviewed me was gene kranz. Kranz and i couldnt get together on money so i said to heck with you and i went off and did something else. I went to General Dynamics in fort worth. But i knew i wanted to get there so bad. Finally two years later in 1964 i took a pay cut and went to work for kranz, with melbrooks and started out as a Flight Controller. The reason that i did, agina was what we were going to join up gemny with. I worked at the Satellite Test Center in california right after i got out of the air force in 1960. We flew those early flights from v
Change and all of that that was happening so fast. So i think our press corps deserves some of that credit. You can catch part two of this interview with Gerald Griffin or explore any of our projects online at cspan. Org history. Apollo 11 snauft Michael Collins and jeff bezo talk about americans in space from its earliyest days. The hour long conversation hosted by the Smithsonian National air and space museum is moderated by billionaire philanthropist david rubenstein. Going, ladies and gentlemen. Im jack daley, director of the Smithsonian National air and space museum. Its my great pleasure to welcome to you 13th annual john glenn lecture series. It quickly became one of our more annual events. Our program this evening will feature a historic conversation between a legendary space pioneer and a visionary rocket entrepreneur. In addition to those of you lucky enough to secure tickets, many more will be watching on a live webcast. Which also will be in our archives. If you want to rev
The visitors throughout the day at Arlington National ceremony cemetery. Eric coverage will continue as we bring you a ceremony in the john f. Kennedy easy and in boston. That ceremony is about to wreck up. We will show it to you shortly. We wanted to hear from you and your thoughts on the 50th anniversary. For you in the eastern and central time zones, call on 202058803885. We will take you to the boston event in a few minutes. Once it racks up we will have it on cspan. Checking some of that tweets, saying theut grave is from west falmouth. She is talking about the paving stones that were quarried in the cape cod area, near the president s home. Phone callsyour momentarily. We will show you the ceremony from dealey chiesa. On American History tv this weekend, much more coverage throughout the weekend. Beginning saturday morning, live coverage, and also a president ial historian. Live coverage, and your ability opportunity to call in and, as well with those authors. Dallas ceremony tha
Another set to everybody else. That morning. The exchange yesterday on the senate floor between Senate Leader mcconnell and read. It is being called historic and dramatic. Changing the filibuster rules for nominees to the federal court and cap Network Level appointees. This has followed years of debate on the Nuclear Option. It has created sharp words by democrats and republicans. We will begin with an explanation on why it is happening now and what it means for congress and the white house. It is friday, november 22. The date etched in the minds of those of you old enough to remember where you were 50 years ago. President obama is calling this a day of her membranes for john f. Kennedy. The flag at the u. S. Capitol is halfstaff. A tribute to our president who died in dallas a halfcentury ago. This is the scene at Arlington National cemetery. The final resting place for president kennedy and members of his family. We are focusing on both of these stories. We want to begin on the issue