Sputnik mania, a film by David Hoffman ; directed by David Hoffman ; produced by Eric Reid with David Hoffman, John V. Barrett ; written by David Hoffman & Paul Dickson
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Sputnik mania, a film by David Hoffman ; directed by David Hoffman ; produced by Eric Reid with David Hoffman, John V. Barrett ; written by David Hoffman & Paul Dickson
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Sputnik mania
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
a film by David Hoffman ; directed by David Hoffman ; produced by Eric Reid with David Hoffman, John V. Barrett ; written by David Hoffman & Paul Dickson
Runtime
87
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
Technique
live action
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification2
- Contributor7
- Genre5
- Subject9
- Content1