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.
Cast
Liev Schreiber
Narrator
Walt Disney
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Mamie Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Mao Zedong
Self (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
James Doolittle
Self (archive footage)
Scoop Jackson
Self (archive footage)
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