American Experience
Season 3 Episode 7 - The Satellite Sky
Few events shocked America more than the news in 1957 that Russia had launched the first satellite. It was an assault on our national pride, even a threat to national security. Using news reels, commercials, television shows, government films, and science fiction movies, the film presents a uniquely impressionistic history of the early years of the Space Race.
Episodes in Season 3
Lindbergh
55 min
Nixon (1): The Quest
55 min
Nixon (2): Triumph
55 min
Nixon (3): The Fall
55 min
God Bless America and Poland, Too
55 min
Insanity on Trial
55 min
The Satellite Sky
55 min
The Crash of 1929
55 min
The Iron Road
55 min
French Dance Tonight
55 min
After the Crash
55 min
Los Mineros
55 min
Coney Island
55 min