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Watch the 1st American Newsreel of Sputnik Launch

Posted by timothy on from the pronounced-spoot-nick dept.

MMBK writes with this snippet from motherboard.tv: "Fifty three years ago this week, the Russians won the space race – or one of its laps – by successfully launching the Sputnik satellite into orbit. This newsreel, the first to report on the launch, recycles older animation about geosynchronic orbits, since all film footage was kept secret (note the very un-Soviet IBM logo on one of the massive computers)."

3 of 133 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Its a good thing by Cwix · · Score: 2, Funny

    No.. (cue scary music) Appletalk

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  2. More entertaining film by Eric+Smith · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Story of Sputnik

  3. Re:Have to ask this... by Sir_Lewk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you attempting to imply that those individuals are more likely to give an emotional response, instead of a rational one?

    You sexist pig.

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