Sputnik Mania

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.

Documentary History

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))