| Description |
2 videodiscs (circa 87 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital video stereo rda |
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DVD |
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video file DVD rda |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital stereophonic. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Liev Schreiber. |
| Credits |
Editor, John Vincent Barrett. |
| Note |
Based on the book: Sputnik : the shock of the century / by Paul Dickson. |
| Summary |
On Oct. 4, 1957, the USSR announced to an unsuspecting world that it had launched the first man-made object ever to successfully orbit earth. Americans were stunned and then terrified. Americans asked themselves what had happened to our academic and technological superiority; could the Soviets overtake us; could their satellites be used as weapons of mass destruction? Recalls the impact the satellite had on the American psyche, and how the shock catapulted the nation from complacency into action. |
| Contents |
[disc 1]. Feature film (87 min.) -- [disc 2]. Bonus. Alert today, alive tomorrow (16 min.) ; Yankee go home (36 min.) ; Communist society (30 min.) ; Laica (6 min.) ; Missiles, missiles, missiles (7 minutes). |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Sputnik satellites -- History.
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Artificial satellites, Russian -- Political aspects.
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Astronautics and state -- United States -- Public opinion.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hoffman, David (David Michael), 1941-
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Reid, Eric.
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Barrett, John Vincent.
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Dickson, Paul.
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Schreiber, Liev.
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Dickson, Paul.
Sputnik.
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History (Television network)
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New Video Group.
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| ISBN |
1422917207 |
| Standard No. |
733961118889 |
| Music No. |
AAAE118880 History |
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