Decade for Decision (1957)

Short news featurette produced by PatheRKO after the Russians launched the first orbiting satellite Sputnik It is a patriotic call to arms from the threat posed by this and the need for Americans to spend more on education in general and a college education in particular A visit to the University of Buffalo highlights many of its science programs and the need for more college graduates all science specialties if America is to rise to the challenge It bemoans the fact the PhDs earn less than a mechanic and the need to reorder priorities