Safely Down (1965)

Item title reads - Safely down. Astronauts return after longest space voyage. . Lake Champlain. L/S of the carrier “Lake Champlain“. M/S helicopter landing on deck, M/S as stairs are placed against the helicopter. Various shots as the door is opened and astronauts Cooper and Conrad walk down steps smiling and greeting people. M/S as they walk across the deck and wave. M/S as President Lyndon B Johnson is handed a telephone. M/S Cooper and Conrad listening to the President’s speech and smiling. L/S of the carrier. M/S of the capsule supported by rubber dinghy in the sea, a man attaches cables. M/S crane. M/S of the capsule being brought up onto deck. C/U of the scorched heat shield of the capsule. M/S sharks swimming near the carrier. M/S men looking at the capsule on deck. C/U capsule. Various shots of Cooper and Conrad by the capsule. FILM ID:1816.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CL