earth the board friendship 7 welcome to the miller center forum. i m barbara perry and i m the director of presidential studies at the miller center where i also co-chair with russell riley the presidential oral history program. it s great to have you with us today to join us for what i know will be a fascinating conversation with our guest jeffsell, and this is about his book called mercury rising, which is the story of john glenn john kennedy and the space race in the context of the cold war. jeff comes to us from the west wing riders group, which he founded as a speech writing business along with a strategic operation and this comes from his experience as a speechwriter for president clinton, and he did a number of landmark speeches for the 42nd president. he also has a background in history from brown university and was a rhodes scholar and so has a master s degree in history from oxford. his previous books are on fascinating. x in and of themselves one on franklin roosev
Each week reel america brings you archival films for Historical Context on Public Policy issues of the 20th century. The five cities of june is the u. S. Information agency film documenting historic event around the world in 1963 featuring the election and coronation of paul the sixth the launch of the soviet rocket, fighting in south vietnam, the integration of the university of alabama in tuscaloosa, and president kennedys trip to berlin. The film was nominated for an Academy Award and was narrated by actor charlton heston. Narrator five cities were silent in may. On the first morning of the following month, they awoke with brushes in their hands and a calendar as a canvas. As their canvas. When god made the days, man the calendar, and the five cities in made june of 1963. 4 Million People died in the month of june and 9,600,000 people were born. No one knows what names of future history are among those born. Of those that died, pope john xxiii. Outside st. Peters basilica the masses
You are a go. Water systems. Go grades operations. All clear to launch. Mercury capsule. Go. All prestart panel lights are correct. The ready light is on. In the fall of 1958, nasas first administrator, t. Keith glennan, approved project mercury with the goal of sending a man into space and bringing him home safely. And do it before the russians do it. But first, nasa needed a spacecraft. Specifications were sent to 20 companies. Eleven bid on the highly prized contract. And in january, 1959, st. Louisbased Mcdonnell Aircraft Corporation was picked to build what had never been built before. This was irresistible. This was a chance to do something that had never been done. We were just basically out of college. I just graduated a year before. I was part of the electrical power and sequential system. I followed mercury from the very beginning after the contract was signed in 1959, january. What they really asked mcdonnell to do was to take the warhead off of a Ballistic Missile and put o
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American history tv is featuring suzannes original series first lady and it 00 p. M. Eastern time throughout the rest of the syri cspans original series first ladies at p. M. Eastern time throughout the rest of the summer. A good read can be the perfect companion for your summer journeys. What better book than one that appears inside of the personal life of every first lady in American History peers inside the life of every first lady in American History . Inspiring stories of fascinating women that survived the scrutiny of the white house. Available from Public Affairs as a hardcover or ebook, through your favorite bookstore, or on an online bookseller. Each week, American History tvs real america brings you archival films for Historical Context on Public Policy issues of the 21st century. Historic events around the world featured is the election and coronation of overhaul the six that paul the sixth, the launch of the soviet rocket, fighting in south vietnam, the integration of the u