This color NASA film explains the June, 1965 Gemini IV mission, which was crewed by astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White. Gemini IV (aka Gemini 4) was the second crewed spaceflight in Project Gemini and it was the tenth crewed American spaceflight. Astronauts McDivitt and White circled the Earth 66 times in four days and White performed the first EVA / spacewalk by an American. The objective of the mission was to test the performance of the astronauts and capsule and to evaluate work procedures, schedules, and flight planning for an extended length of time in space.

Opening: NASA logo. Ocean water with the moon above it. Astronauts prepare to the mission. On June 3, 1965, astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White are ready to go. A simulator. On top of a capsule in the sea during a test run. It is June 3, 1965 – the astronauts head for Gemini IV (:07-1:28). Title: THE FOUR DAYS OF GEMINI 4 (1:29-1:47). Map of the world. Diagram shows takeoff trajectory for the Gemini. EVA – Extra Vehicular Activity (1:48-2:54). A special EVA spacesuit. The sun visor and parts of the suit are shown and explained. Nylon, gloves. Life support pack (2:55-5:09). McDivitt and White arrive, enter an elevator and get into the spacecraft, Gemini IV. The countdown continues on. Control room. Countdown and the Gemini IV has liftoff. 10:16 Eastern time, the craft took off. It flies high in the sky (5:10-8:09). Control room. Diagram shows the orbit. Earth as seen from the craft

(8:10-9:29). Mission control room. White leaves the Gemini spacecraft and goes out into open space. White floats in space with his tethering line keeping him connected (9:30-12:59). Earth as seen from the Gemini craft. White floats outside the capsule. Space and the revolving Earth as seen from Gemini (13:00-15:09). White floats and is told to come back inside the craft. White floats towards the ship. The capsule. Diagram shows trajectory over earth of the Gemini. People on the ground. NBC News. Newsroom. Cars on a city street (15:10-16:42). Space capsule. Inside the craft, the buttons and control panels. Mission control, men at work. Inside the Gemini, McDivitt sits. On-board experiments, medical experiments, measurement experiments and photography experiments. Earth as seen from space (16:43-18:42). Pictures of Africa taken from space. Mission control. Men listen and stare at screens (18:43-19:59). Cars on a highway. Meals laid out on a table show what the astronauts were eating – 4 meals a day, properly rationed. White slept better than James McDivitt. Inside the Gemini. A space sunrise. An island off the Texas coast seen from Gemini (20:00-21:37). Computer malfunction on the Gemini. Mission control. Radar antennas. Men at work in mission control. Diagram shows return of Gemini going towards Atlantic Ocean off coast of Florida. Re-entry camera footage shows rolling re-entry coming in. Gemini spins (21:38-24:54). Gemini capsule parachute opens. Planes launch from the U.S.S. Wasp to search June 7, 1965. They find the men and Navy frogmen drop into the sea to get them. The men are hoisted onto a Navy helicopter and brought to the USS Wasp. Crew walks to an elevator. They get physical exams (24:55-26:23). Engineers review coded tape and study to learn. Inside Gemini footage shows astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White. White floats outside Gemini. Capsule being raised onto Wasp (26:24-27:42). End logo (27:43-27:49).

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