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Watch American Experience Season 3 Episode 7 Online

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  • COUNTRIES: United States of America
  • Subtitles: English

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.