JFK pledges bigger U.S. space effort

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WbYKkcP7vM

(Friday, May 5, 1961, 3:30pm ET) — President John F. Kennedy hailed his nation’s first manned shot into space today, and pledged “a substantially larger effort in that field” during a news conference.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ZjrsC0pWQ
(part two)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KvUmDZda78
(part three)