Telstar

Duration: 1200 ft.

Year Published: 1960

Complete Record: Satellite Telstar launch, control room operations, incut w/outside locations of receiver/transceivers etc. rocket launch pad, satellite, Plemeur Breu (??) France, large radar/horn domes, antenna in England, First active communications satellite, bell telephone bought & paid for launch, mission control at NASA, rocket on pad, bell telephone labs, Dr. Pierce at chalk board w/satellite diagram, microwave towers, diagrams of satellites - “flying microwave towers” scientific research shots at Telstar, Andorev Antenna, satellite testing, truck delivery of satellite, guided missile control facility, placement of satellite onto rocket, more testing, countdown standby, engine start button, launch, BTL tracking, antennas tracking space, “Find it and talk to it,” antennas and station id, news conference in Washington, vice president Johnson w/ senators and NASA administrators watching television for telephone call made through satellite. Johnson speaks on phone call, 1st ever made via satellite, “Another 1st in out conquest of space.” Then they send tv pictures of US flag via satellite, international telecast, 500 word story, data transmission, President Kennedy’s press conference.