The Race for Space

The Race for Space

Here are the facts that fiction never dreamed of...

1959 · 55 min · ★ 6.2 · Documentary

The history of the beginning of man's reach for space travel. Some previously classified American and Russia footage is inter-spliced with Mike Wallace interviewing people about their first-hand experiences.

Directed by David L. Wolper · Written by Laurence E. Mascott

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