BLAZING A TRAIL TO THE STARS

Duration: 46 min

Year Published: 1959

Creator: Produced by Leningrad Popular Science Studios

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: Sound

Description: An explanation of the Sputniks and proposed space stations, introduced by a biographical account of Tsiolkovsky, the obscure country teacher who devoted himself to the principles of rocket propulsion and published his findings 50 years before the experiments which led to the launching of the first two sputniks.

Complete Record: Source: Brandon Interest level: jh-sh-c-ad Price: purchase apply, rent $35 Format: sd color Catalog numbers: LC card Fi A 59-697

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