...which unfortunately were largely left over from last week when I ended up leaving early to beat the potential flooding near home.
One neat clip came from 6602-01, labeled "T-9 Films": I was trying to figure out what space mission was being depicted (none of them were named T-9 so far as I can tell, so I'm not sure where that title came from) when I found this video on YouTube to confirm the Gemini 9 mission. The footage in the KHOU reel is much prettier (higher resolution + color), but it was fun watching the two side-by-side for comparison purposes:
A curiosity: I had a much greater mix of color to black-and-white footage this time, even within the same reels. I wonder if that was just how they were archived (or that's just what survived being archived or not) or if news programs back in the '60s actually broadcast a blend of production styles.
Difficulties this week: A lot of the clips did not have sound to give any context whatsoever, so I ended up with several summaries along the lines of "meeting in progress" or "firefighters at work." Not so great, but without any particularly unique clues, there's only so much to work with.
6701-23 was also a little mixed up, made more confusing by having one untitled clip right after a couple of other clips that didn't really have anything in common with the titles that they would correspond to. Sometimes when that happens it's simply a matter of the clips being out of order and it's possible to match things up properly, but in this case, it seems everything was in the right place...just not sensibly titled.
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