1.
LS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING.
0.03

2.
SIGN OF SCIENCE BUILDING.
0.06

3.
GLENN ENTERING BUILDING IN GROUP.
0.09

4.
TITOV DITTO.
0.15

5.
HEAD CUR-L.TITOV PAN TO GLENN
0.24

6.
TITOV AND GLENN SHAKE HANDS FOR PRESS.
0.31

7.
MS TITOV AND GLENN SIT DOWN TO SIGN IN
0.39

8.
CUPAN FROM GLENN TO TITOV AT TABLE SIGNING IN.
0.46

9.
MS. GLENN AND TITOV FINISH ENTERING.
0.54

10.
DITTO WITH WIVES ON STEPS OF SCIENCE BUILDING.
1.00

11.
MS GROUP WALKS AWAY FROM BUILDING.
1.05

12.
LS WHITE HOUSE.
1.08

13.
MS TITOV AND GLENN POSE WITH KENNEDY.
1.16

14.
CU TITOV AND KENNEDY.
1.21

15.
CU KENNEDY AND GLENN.
1.23

16.
MS KENNEDY, TITOV AND GLENN.
1.29

17.
EXT..WHITE HOUSE.
1.32

18.
PRESS OUTSIDE DITTO.
1.36

19.
GLENN AND TITOV OUT OF DITTO, POSE FOR PICTURES AS PRESS SWARM ROUND THEM.
1.43

20.
PHOTOGRAPHER WITH CAMERA HELD HIGH ABOVE HEAD.
0.43

21.
LS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING
1.47

22.
INT. DITTO
1.53

23.
GLENN SITTING IN AUDITORIUM.
1.55

24.
TITOV DITTO
1.59

25.
LS DITTO.
2.05

26.
ROSTRUM-PROFESSOR VAN DE HULST OPENING MEETING.
2.10



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Background: THE TWO MEN WHO HAVE TRAVELLED FARTHEST IN SPACE, MAJOR GHERMAN TITOV OF THE SOVIET UNION AND COLONEL JOHN GLENN, U.S.A., MET FOR THE FIRST TIME MAY 3 AT THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING IN WASHINGTON - BOTH MEN WERE IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL TO ATTEND THE THIRD ANNUAL SPACE CONFERENCE OF COSPAR (THE COMMITTEE OF OUTER SPACE RESEARCH)
INSIDE THE BUILDING, THEY GREETED EACH OTHER WARMLY AND SAT DOWN TOGETHER AT A PRIVATE COFFEE PARTY, WITH THEIR WIVES TAMARA TITOV AND ANNIE GLENN. IT WAS THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE NOTES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE ORBITAL FLIGHTS: TITOV CIRCLED THE EARTH 17 TIMES IN AUGUST 1961, GLENN 3 TIMES IN FEBRUARY 1962. AFTER COFFEE TITOV AND GLENN WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO REGISTER FOR THE SPACE SYMPOSIUM.

BOTH MEN WERE TO ADDRESS THE COSPAR GATHERING LATER IN THE DAY, BUT THEY HAD THE MORNING FREE AND USED THE TIME FOR A WHIRLWIND TOUR OF WASHINGTON, ENDING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THERE THEY MET PRESIDENT KENNEDY WHO, AT A CEREMONY IN THE ROSE GARDEN, OFFICIALLY WELCOMED MAJOR TITOV SAYING: I AM VERY GLAD TO WELCOME YOU TO THIS COUNTRY, AS ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. I ADMIRE WHAT YOU DID."
PRESIDENT KENNEDY ENTERTAINED COLONEL GLENN AND MAJOR TITOV TO LUNCH, WHILE A HUGE CROWD OF PHOTOGRAPHERS AND REPORTERS WAITED IMPATIENTLY OUTSIDE. AS TITOV AND GLENN LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE THE PRESSMEN ENGULFED THEM IN A SWARMING MASS.

THE TWO SPACE PIONEERS THEN RETURNED TO THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING TO PROCEED WITH THE DAY'S BUSINESS. THERE A PACKED AUDITORIUM AWAITED THEM AND, SOON AFTER THEY TOOK THEIR PLACES, PROFESSOR VAN DE HULST, PRESIDENT OF COSPAR, SPOKE FROM THE ROSTRUM TO OPEN THE AFTERNOON'S MEETING. TITOV WAS TO PRESENT A PAPER ENTITLED: "PREPARATION AND RESULTS OF ORBITAL FLIGHT, "GLENN WAS TO SPEAK ON "SUMMARY RESULTS OF THE FIRST U.S. MANNED ORBITAL SPACE FLIGHT."