REACHING FOR THE STARS

Duration: 15 min

Year Published: 1961

Creator: Holland-Wegman Productions for Corning Glass Works

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Traces the development of scientific apparatus used to provide man with a knowledge of the stars and space, and discusses the role of glass in astronomical research. Explains how telescopes work, and describes the 200-inch Hale telescope, the Project Stratoscope balloon-borne telescopes, and the Mercury man-in-space project.

Complete Record: Source: Assn Interest level: jh-sh-c-ad Price: free-loan Format: sd b&w or color Catalog numbers: LC card Fi A 62-124

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)