"CEILING UNLIMITED" 1958 EARLY SPACE RACE DOCUMENTARY ATLAS ROCKET ASTRONAUT TRAINING GG48185

Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films on Patreon:   / periscopefilm   Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @periscopefilm   Website: www.PeriscopeFilm.com Dating to 1958, "Ceiling Unlimited" is an episode in "The Twentieth Century" series hosted by Walter Cronkite, which shows the early era of the so-called "Space Race" between the USA and Russia. 0:00 Main titles. Cronkite mentions three U.S. satellites launched, a fourth planned. 1:29 A Prudential insurance ad. 3:40 Fear after Sputnik has turned into curiosity. Vanguard rocket footage and public interviews. 4:58 Dr. Van Allen explains satellite orbits using Newton’s analogy. Satellites can appear stationary over the equator. 6:45 Van Allen discusses weather prediction via satellites. Instruments are more practical than humans in early space research. 8:27 Human spaceflight remains a major challenge. Men train for space at Wright Air Development Center. 9:17 Dr. White shows pressure chamber tests. A subject feels fine at 71,000 feet. Chamber simulates up to 200,000 feet. 14:03 Centrifuge simulates rocket G-forces. Subject blacks out at 4G sitting. Prone position allows 12G endurance. 17:48 Dr. Clark reports breathing difficulty at 12G. Acceleration issues nearly solved, but he’s not ready for space. 19:03 Other challenges: vibration, temperature, radiation, zero gravity. Underwater training simulates weightlessness. 21:04 Zero gravity causes issues like swallowing water. Cronkite introduces the X-15 rocket plane. 22:29 Pilot Kincheloe says control is the main challenge. 23:19 X-15 will provide key orbital flight data. Kincheloe says humans are vital in space. 25:22 Von Braun says satellites still offer valuable data. Curiosity will drive human space exploration. 26:31 Progress has accelerated since Sputnik. Man is ready, but vehicles aren’t. 27:41 Prudential ad features Caltech student Bernard Malowski. 29:46 Cronkite says manned flight is years away; planetary travel even farther. Supplies like water and air must be produced in space. 30:30 Atlas missile could be the base for a space vehicle. Experts say Atlas could carry large payloads soon. Reusable supply ships could build a space station. 34:14 Crews assemble tanks in orbit. 35:32 Structure would house crew and researchers. From orbit, man could observe Earth and space. 36:10 Ehricke envisions nuclear-powered Atlas for planetary travel. 36:24 He shows a 200-foot, 1.8-million-pound rocket model. Chemical stage lifts nuclear stage. 37:32 Crew sits in a gondola separated from the engine. Gondola lands near Moon; engine lands 1,000 feet away. 39:11 Ehricke estimates readiness in late next decade if approved. Dempsey says Convair submitted a space program proposal. 40:04 Project not approved; 60+ proposals submitted recently. 40:39 Dempsey suspects Russia is working on manned satellite. Gen. Medaris presents manned Moon vehicle model. 41:50 He says Russia integrates science and military in space. 42:20 Military uses: communication, reconnaissance, future combat. Most technologies eventually have military applications. Russia prioritizes nuclear rockets and spaceship-like satellites. 44:54 Russian film shows fictional manned spaceflight. Test involves hours in orbit to monitor reactions. 46:13 Boosters release, causing acceleration. 46:58 Astronauts experience weightlessness. They report observations and forecast weather. 48:14 One tests space suit in the void. Reverse rockets allow safe re-entry. Future vision: fleets build permanent space station. 50:45 Crews weld materials to build rotating atomic-powered station. Rotation creates gravity; crew conducts experiments. 52:41 Station serves as lab and observatory. 53:21 It also acts as Moon landing base. Crew lands on Moon, awaiting human exploration. 55:14 Cronkite says U.S. lacks long-term space strategy. Cold War tensions extend into space; informal joint Moon mission talks. 56:48 Prudential ad promotes education plans for future space roles. 58:09 The end. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com