Space race [videorecording] : superpowers, secrets and soaring ambition / A BBC/Channel One Russia/National Geographic Channel US/NDR co-production ; written and directed by Christopher Spencer and Mark Everest.

Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: [Australia] : Roadside Entertainment, c2005.Description: 1 x DVD ; 236 minsSubject(s):
Contents:
Race for rockets -- Race for satellites -- Race for survival -- Race for the moon.
Summary: "This is the shocking but true story behind one of the most exciting and exhilarating times in history. It begins in the bloody throes of the Second World War and spans through to the moon landings: tracing the race to create the most powerful rockets ; to put a man in space and to land astronauts on the moon. It is a tale of breathtaking espionage, brilliant scientific breakthroughs and desperate gambles with the lives of astronauts and others"--Container.
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DVD University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 629.4109 SP AC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0046754

"This is the shocking but true story behind one of the most exciting and exhilarating times in history. It begins in the bloody throes of the Second World War and spans through to the moon landings: tracing the race to create the most powerful rockets ; to put a man in space and to land astronauts on the moon. It is a tale of breathtaking espionage, brilliant scientific breakthroughs and desperate gambles with the lives of astronauts and others"--Container.

1 x DVD.

Race for rockets -- Race for satellites -- Race for survival -- Race for the moon.

Credits : Credits: Camera operator, Perry Barwick ... [et al.] ; film editor, Colin Goudie ... [et al.] ; music, Ty Unwin, Samuel Sim ; narrator, Robert Lindsay.

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