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Fifty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the earth, bringing America to its knees in awe - then fear. Initially thrilling as a marvel of science, Sputnik was soon viewed by America a weapon of mass destruction.
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 20, 2009
Cast
Full credits →L
Liev Schreiber
Narrator
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Walt Disney
Self (archive footage)
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
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Mamie Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
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Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
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Mao Zedong
Self (archive footage)
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Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage)
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Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Self (archive footage)
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Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
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Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
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James Doolittle
Self (archive footage)
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Scoop Jackson
Self (archive footage)
