A history of efforts to reach out into space, the development of rockets and the space race between USSR and the USA. The work of the Russian mathematician Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in 1930, Dr Robert Godard, an American in 1913, and the early experiments of the German Rocket Society. Hitler and the development of the V2. The capture of German scientists by American and Russian troops and the subsequent developments leading to the launching of Satellites Sputnik I and II. Early American mistakes with the Vanguard Rocket and their final success with Explorer I some months after the Russians.
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ACMI Identifier
014316
Language
English
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Rockets - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aeronautics - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Rockets (Aeronautics)
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
History → Soviet Union - History - 20th century
History → United States - History - 20th century
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Outer space - Exploration
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Rockets - History
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Satellites
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Scientific satellites
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Scientists
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight - History
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space sciences
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space sciences - History
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)