On October 3, 1962, Wally Schirra became the fifth American to rocket into space. This NASA film entitled "The Flight of Sigma 7" explains the 9-hour voyage that gained important knowledge in the Mercury program.
Source: NASA TV (26 min 43 sec MPEG-4 (H.264) file)
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