Gordon Cooper’s Finest Hour (1963)

United States of America (USA). Title reads ’Cooper’s Hour - Acclaim for Nation’s Newest Space Hero’. MV. Deck of carrier Kearsarge as pilots run across deck towards their helicopters. MS. Pilot in cockpit of helicopter gives thumbs up. Various shots of US Navy helicopter lifting off deck. LS. Faith Seven capsule drops into the sea attached to parachute. Various shots of the helicopters flying low over the capsule bobbing about in sea. LS. A whaleboat from the carrier gets a line on the capsule for the tow in. Aerial view, Kearsarge. Various shots of the space capsule being hoisted out of the sea and is sat on the deck of the carrier. Various shots of the door flying off the capsule. American astronaut Gordon Cooper is helped out and he walks across the deck after his space flight. Various shots of Gordon Cooper in a cabin taking off his shirt and drinking a glass of fruit juice. Doctors then start to make tests on him. MS. Cooper seated in mess of Kearsarge eating. GV. Section of beach area at Hawaii