| New Moon: Reds Launch First Space Satellite | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1639 |
| Catalog #: | 355140 | |
| Clip Number: | 355140-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 030-082-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:21:06 - 00:21:51 | |
| Location: | ||
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMATION: Misc COMMUNICATIONS: Satellite SPACE EXPLORATION: USSR | |
| Description: | Tape is damaged. Moscow earns the scientific glory for mankind's first stride into outer space. Animated films graphically show how a mighty three-stage rocket placed an artificial moon into an orbit around the earth-a feat that occasions western re-appraisal of red missile progress. Establishing shot - Animation starts off showing a rocket and near the tip of the rocket 23 inch medal sphere placed. The launching pad and on it a three stage rocket. They show the rocket blasting off into outer space and how the three stages of the rocket are dropped off. 500 feet up they show how the rocket releases of the artificial moon and how it will orbit the earth. The beeping in the animation is the real sounds of the sphere orbiting the earth. | |
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