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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 kennedy s 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. p ....
you are a go. water systems. go! grades operations. all clear to launch. mercury capsule. go. all pre-start panel lights are correct. the ready light is on. in the fall of 1958, nasa s 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. louis-based 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 ....
announcer: live in times square, this is good morning america. and good morning, america. that is a live look at the scene of the deadly massacre. mother emanuel ame church, charleston, south carolina, it happened between 8:00 and 9:00 a gunman walked in joined the group, and suddenly opened fire. the police released these photos of him calling him armed and danger us. 9 people 6 women, 3 mean. the gunman is on the loose in his early 20s. the justice department launched a hate crime investigation and dozens of fbi have been dispatched to hunt down the killer. this mother ee emanuel ame church, one of the oldest black churches in the south. look at this photo of martin luther king. he spoke there in 1962. it became a center for organizing during the civil rights movement. so many in church it could be violated this way and abc s steve osunsami is on the scene in charleston, good morning, steve. reporter: good morning to you, george. this church is directly behi ....
announcer: live in times square this is good morning america. and good morning, america. you are looking at the scene of that deadly massacre. mother emanuel ame church charleston, south carolina it looks peaceful now but between 8:00 and 9:00 a gunman walked in joined the group and suddenly opened fire and police have just released these surveillance photos of the suspect calling him armed and dangerous. here s what we know right now. at least nine people are dead. one other taken to the hospital. the gunman is still on the loose and described as being in his early 20s. police are considering this a hate crime and dozens of fbi agents have been dispatched to help hunt down the killer. south carolina the entire south reeling right now because this mother ee emanuel ame church one of the oldest black churches in the south. look at this photo of martin luther king. he spoke there in 1962. it became a center for organizing during the civil rights movement. so man ....
morning. announcer: live in times square this is good morning america. and good morning, america. you are looking at the scene of that deadly massacre. mother emanuel ame church charleston, south carolina it looks peaceful now but between 8:00 and 9:00 a gunman walked in joined the group and suddenly opened fire and police have just released these surveillance photos of the suspect calling him armed and dangerous. here s what we know right now. at least nine people are dead. one other taken to the hospital. the gunman is still on the loose and described as being in his early 20s. police are considering this a hate crime and dozens of fbi agents have been dispatched to help hunt down the killer. south carolina the entire south reeling right now because this mother ee emanuel ame church one of the oldest black churches in the south. look at this photo of martin luther king. he spoke there in 1962. it became a center for organizing during the civil rights movemen ....