The Junior Astronaut Dennis the Menace

This film contains a promotion for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Junior Astronaut campaign to sell U.S. Savings Stamps and Bonds. In it, children were encouraged to join the campaign with a purchase of stamps or bonds, which would confer on them the status of junior astronaut and enable them to receive a certificate with the signatures of some of the Project Gemini astronauts. The promotion then had Jay North (in his role as "Dennis the Menace" from the television show of the same name) and Gail Gordon ("Mr. Wilson") enact a scenario in which Mr. Wilson's mission control role enabled him to shoot astronaut Dennis into outer space. In addition, the promotion includes NASA background information with footage of Scott Carpenter and the Aurora 7 mission. Also included are animated sequences showing the mission of the next day's Project Gemini blastoff from Houston and brief shots of the astronauts who were to participate in the mission.

Title: Junior Astronaut: Dennis the Menace, ca. 1963

ARC Identifier 5092164 / Local Identifier 53-BONDS-15
Item from Record Group 53: Records of the Bureau of the Public Debt, 1775 - 2005

Creator(s): Department of the Treasury. Bureau of the Public Debt. Office of Savings Bonds Operations. (ca. 1995 - )

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-3540; FAX: 301-837-3620; EMAIL: mopix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s): ca. 1963
Part Of: Series: Moving Images of Savings Bonds Public Service Announcements and Promotions, compiled 1987 - 1999

Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted
Use Restriction(s): Unrestricted

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