Sputnik mania / a film by David Hoffman ; directed by David Hoffman ; produced by Eric Reid with David Hoffman, John V. Barrett ; written by David Hoffman & Paul Dickson.

On Oct. 4, 1957, the USSR announced to an unsuspecting world that it had launched the first man-made object ever to successfully orbit earth. Americans were stunned and then terrified. Americans asked themselves what had happened to our academic and technological superiority; could the Soviets overt...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Corporate Authors:	History (Television network), New Video Group
Other Authors:	Hoffman, David (David Michael), 1941-, Reid, Eric, Barrett, John Vincent, Dickson, Paul, Schreiber, Liev
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : History : Distributed by New Video, [2008], ©2008.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Sputnik satellites > History. Artificial satellites, Russian > Political aspects. Astronautics and state > United States > Public opinion. United States > Politics and government > 20th century. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (approximately 87 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD