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.

• David HoffmanDirector
• David HoffmanWriter
• Paul DicksonWriter

• Liev SchreiberNarrator
• Walt DisneySelf (archive footage)
• Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
• Mamie EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
• Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
• Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
• Mao ZedongSelf (archive footage)
• Henry KissingerSelf (archive footage)
• Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)
• Hubert H. HumphreySelf (archive footage)
• Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
• Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)