THE RACE FOR SPACE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01022R000100060002-6
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Content Type: MISC

Ceinmentary by
MIKE WALLACE
ELMER BERNSTEIN
Music Composed and Cooduc
A Feature, Length Dbcnmentary
Producso in Coop"stion with
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEtEN$E, U.S.A.
THE MINISTRY OF CULTLgkZ,,, U. S. S.,t.
The. Race for Space is a docnmex iry film: cb depicts; ,a
implies, the, frantic contest between the United States and the Soy .Union
This unusual assemblage of acdu-1 footage includes American sad
for propaganda and military advantages.
Soviet rocket and space films never bre seen by anyone outside the
Tbs film gives an honest and startling appraisal of the controversial
Intelligence Services.
events that led to the United States' protest position in the race ,--
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Laursice E. Msscott
Elmer Bernstein
Phi R. Rosenberg
Alan H Preseberq
interytew: Mtcbtel Nobble,
Location: Jerry Reweee
RESEARCH & TECHNICAL ADVICE James 8e esr North American Aviation
Randy kbrris Assistant to ComnAMi
ADDITIONAL NARRATION
TITLE DESIGN
pHOTOGRAPHK EFFECTS
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TRANSLATION ASMTANCE
HISTORIC FILM SOURCES
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SPECIAL THANKS TO:
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rocket age began simultaneously with a Russian and an ASri:can.
It is ironic that the. early experimentation-eIn the
actual films of the Russian soientist Ronstantin Tsiolkovsky and
The film starts just after the turn of the century by showing,
his early experiments and thbories on spade flight. A'few years
Oodd*rd established over 200-patents the rocket field and a
actual films of Goddard's successful rocket launohi4s are sham.
using liquid fuel. An interview with his' w1fe, Mrs. Goddard, and
later, an American, Dr. Robert Goddard, began building r9ekets
standing request for all of these patents was received in
In post World War I oermsny, the Gerran Rocket 3oatety
Was busily .gaged in experiments of their tarn. One of its met
?nthusiastie seembers was an ,eighteen year old boy destined to
Washington from the German iket Society.
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beacros the hero of the American spaoe~ program, Wehrner Von Braun.
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The Rocket Club soon ran out-**f funds and in order to
raise more money became technical add ' on the world4'e first
Modern science fiction scent, "Frau. is None," or "Wosan
Mi. ," produced by Fritz in 1928. *44rmsn R
was given all of the props from the picture and these
But the money soon ran out and once again they 1kod
fora now source of funds. They land it in the pion of
Adolf Httlor rrho built for these earlyi in 1936 the secret rocket
t amp the actual components in their early rocket e
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e . VDrtd ` a Z , they
lsd Paanaea nld
ity cal
c n -the -2. The Allies fOUad cut
t space weapon
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V-2 aooidently landed in ?n.
the ~rsapon When an experimental w 111
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the Allies esarchsd for its'?source.
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3?es~se
r on reConnalaear4e over the Baltic Sea snapped by
trol b~+s
pa
otograph'of reenownuse ., When the picture was
chance an aerial ph
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developed the hidden iaunchir#g V&ds were iWARediately detec
A arsrican and lWitish bombers 4estroyed MOST, of
eanseoax but the Qsreane -quiany roved afth of their equipment
in to the East aerMn city: of Nordhausen.
by tra
Although the ailiod bombers #41 not wipe Out the
struap1Y enough Hitler did. H. had dX'saissd that the
rO , F the leer
V-2 would never land bland when axe h l-rd of
$ his
celled the entire pry. but when von Bra MU and
raid, he can
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_--. A4 A*A# heard this thel rMhrd to .complete a f"i4A show
set up a prIva".._,...
tually acaoee#~lish and
14 ac
s ~-~ ,oG~-? film* he was
Of this film for Hitler. tit,4 PuhftT salt the ,
i~rediately.
i ap~reerted that he a+einstiate4 the V-2 program
Within monthB the V-20 were Ifs . ox- ~n ? But
sign of France was a er ay bates the V-2a . 00
inva
the
were, b
cause serious daM8* ? Euro Osrs t d M`y
14 'IWW
The Americans an4 the i at the
of
the
ftt e theses troops were in each ,others arm, Iii
some of their military leaders was the P+raaiZ$t-io>' of the future
t portawo of the V-2 and its ot.atOr#.
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A United States Colonel in * r ny by the name of
o gsr R. Toftoy formed Op+teP*tioze Paper Clip, a top secret Am ertoan
plan, to capture and bring to the Unite # tt the a r 60140160
who had developed the ''-2, A*D$l Tortoy? nw Ia11tJor Q+a# and
c er iR charge of Abend, atng Grotadd, Not t
resistance in all brands of the gVp vertsnt, but he insIM"q-
these top German sotenttets were a neoessity for the Unit .gtates.
The Russians ' had oaptua ed scat caf tho V-2 i t WA a6al o
the tachnioiaa s, but through t eft ts of 0eneral Tot"toy'-A rice
finally got the ore" of the crop of so mists and enough V-26 to
start a i'ia dted aisstle program in the t etit od Stated.
In the film G*neral Toftoy is dewed and
the satual films of these szoiting events.
Wow or, when the Vntted States. brought the >MtstrUeo
and their creators bao: to thi a .country; very little was about
f~ r development of our missile program. The Russians on the
ed a full-scai? apace program whom in 9=1USITS
Sovi+
We then toll the ec uad of how the United States
pace flights and early experiments with resgaroh ro8Vets.
Of spec tal interest is. actual foot*ge of Russia
or wrong deolsions, againdt the advice of itS Isaftft
V
b uy It about Aa ca's
loons how these wrong d ecistaM
on in tae race for spse..
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