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" America in Space / the First Five Years " Nasa (1957)

1957 · Short film · 13 min

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) presents, “America in Space: The First Five Years” (1963), a color short educational film chronicling the planning, testing, and achievements of NASA’s space exploration program in its early stages from 1957-1962. Official seal of NASA (0:06). Title page, opening credits overlaid distant shot of dome of the United States Capital (0:13). United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C. in background, cars drive in foreground before dawn (0:20). Exterior of NASA headquarters in D.C. (0:35). Rising sun outlines gantries at Cape Canaveral (0:51). Employees arrive at NASA’s launch operation center, still night at other NASA stations on west coast but satellites still record data (0:57). Montage faces of NASA operators sitting in font of control panel with headsets (1:10). Rocket lifts off from launch pad, crowd of spectators look up to sky shielding faces with papers, newspapers, sunglasses (1:19). Front page headlines of international newspapers in Italian, Arabic, French (1:33). Parade through New York City for astronaut John Glenn (1:34). Search and rescue plane scans ocean for debris of returned space vessel (1:47). NASA press conference briefing press/ public on Civilian Space Program (1:55). Footage of 1962 Centaur Rocket Explosion (2:20). Debris from exploded rocket laid out on hangar floor, scientists study debris (2:30). NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, American and foreign scientists work together in labs…

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Running time
13 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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