In the 1960s, astronaut fever turned a tiny Florida beach town into a Cold War-era tourist trap.  A lounge act called the We Three Trio capitalized on this trend, earning their fifteen minutes of fame with a song about the Mercury Seven astronauts. For more information on this episode and more Artifactual podcast content, visit <a href='http://artifactualpodcast.com/'>artifactualpodcast.com</a>. Artifactual is a content partner of <a href='https://www.documentarytelevision.com/'>Peter Hamilton’s Documentary Business</a> newsletter and <a href='https://www.sunnysideofthedoc.com/home.htm'>Sunny Side of the Doc</a>.

Finding James Bond's Vehicles

Artifactual is a podcast about archival material -- who made it, who saved it, and why. It was inspired by the documentary work we do at 1895 Films, where we often come across amazing pieces of archival material (tapes, maps, letters, etc.). But we don't always have the space to tell the stories behind this archival material in the documentaries themselves. And so, Artifactual was born...