This 1960’s era color movie is on The President’s Council of Physical Fitness and Sports. Now called The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN) is an American government organization that aims to “promote, encourage and motivate Americans of all ages to become physically active and participate in sports”. It is part of the Office of Public Health and Science, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to June 2010, it was called the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. The movie is about physical fitness and compares the daily lifestyle of an astronaut to your average businessman. The movie opens with a boat on a body of water before the backdrop of a setting sun. A man runs on the beach. A man is awoken by his alarm clock: 33. The man lights a cigarette. Man jogs on the beach. Man weighs himself in the bathroom 1:24. Man has a large breakfast of eggs pancakes and sausage 1:48. Man jogs by a rocket ship 2:30. Busy day ahead. A rocket ship launches 3:00. An astronaut is shown in his capsule 3:15. The astronaut is Jim Lovell, byname of James Arthur Lovell, Jr., (born March 25, 1928, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.), U.S. astronaut of the Gemini and Apollo space programs, commander of the nearly disastrous Apollo XIII flight to the Moon in 1970. Lovell, a graduate (1952) of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, later became a test pilot. Gemini XII flight – Buzz Aldrin stepped into space for the longest space walk at the time. Lovell flew Gemini VII with Colonel Frank Borman was assigned as Commander of the third manned Apollo flight. He was Commander on the fourteen-day Gemini VII mission. Colonel Borman served as back-up command pilot for the Gemini IV mission prior to flying on Gemini VII. The primary objective of the mission, crewed by command pilot Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and pilot Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, was to rendezvous with spacecraft No. 7. Among the secondary objectives were station keeping with spacecraft No. 7, evaluating spacecraft reentry guidance capability, testing the visibility of spacecraft No. 7 as a rendezvous target, and conducting three experiments 3:52. Capsule is shown with parachute 3:58. Capsule lands in the ocean 4:08. Aircraft carrier is shown with helicopters 4:20. Astronauts greet the crowd 4:35. The astronauts speak to the press 5:13. The astronauts train 5:30. Astronauts parachuting 6:00. Astronauts getting physical checkups 6:14. Man gets into an elevator smoking 6:30. The astronauts take the stairs rather than the elevator 6:48. Businessman arrives at the office 7:00. Man sits at his desk and talks on the telephone 7:15. Astronaut Jim Lovell arrives at the office 7:33. Jim Lovell speaks on the phone 8:00. Men speak in a conference room 8:22. Astronauts sit at a conference table for briefing session 9:15. Gordon Cooper gets an astronomy briefing 9:32. Tom Stafford is on his way to a lunar module design review on Long Island 9:40. Businessmen eat lunch 9:50. Astronauts play handball at lunchtime 10:15. Astronauts including Michael Collins and William Anders work out at the gym 11:00. Construction site is shown 11:30. Men are working at the construction site 11:55. Astronauts including Dave Scott work on exercises underwater 12:05. Astronaut John Young takes off in an T-38 jet 12:30. Man drives home from work on a freeway 13:13. Jet fighter in the air 14:16. Man relaxes at home 14:30. Man reads physical fitness brochure 14:43. The President’s Council physical fitness brochure 15:05. Astronaut does sit ups at home 15:30. Man eating cookies in bed 15:55. Different men doing physical exercise 17:40.

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