Astronaut Wings For U.S. Spacemen (1961)

Pentagon, Washington D.C., United States of America (USA). Title reads ’People & Events - Astronauts Wings for US Spacemen’. LS. Virgil Grisson and Alan Shepard, American astronauts on rostrum. Pan to Captain Grisson as Major General Benjamin Foulois, flight pioneer of Wright brothers era, comes up to rostrum and pins on astronauts wings to General Curtis E. Le May. Air Force Chief of Staff also shakes hands with Grisson. MS. Admiral George W. Anderson, Chief of Naval Operations, pins wings onto breast of Navy Commander Alan B. Shepard. Zoom out to long shot of whole group as they shake hands. (Comb F.G.) Date found in the old record - 11/12/1961. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,00