Mercury-Redstone 3 complete Earth/Sky 70mm camera image sequence.
Also called Freedom 7 or MR-3, the mission was the first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard.
The image sequence was taken at low speed to cover the entire 15 minute flight. Here the images are played back at real speed with the main flight events are shown to the right.
Frames are labeled by hand on the original film.
The sound was assembled from two recordings, also synchronized, with cockpit audio on the left and general commentary on the right.
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