The Moment Sputnik Terrified & Thrilled Americans

This is a portion of my feature documentary, Sputnik Mania. I was alive during this moment and recreated the experience that I and millions of others experienced for my film. It took me several years to find this footage from locations all over the world.

[@averagekiwiconsumer9977]

Sputnik: beep beep Americans: 😨

[@KT79]

It's a bomb

[@islandguy6928]

@@KT79 “ItS a BoMb”.-Yank.

[@souravhazarika410]

How inspiring the whole Sputnik program was, it still can inspire lots of young minds.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

On 4 October 2057, Russia should launch a Duplicate Sputnik in honor of 100 years in Space.

[@cod3334]

prob wouldn’t last that long

[@Alan-hs1lw]

On 4 October 2057 Russia will no longer exist

[@yaldabaoth9235]

@@cod3334 Why would that be?

[@TheTechOwl]

There's no need for Russia. China launched a spy balloon that flew over the US.

[@merlin6625]

That's my Birthday 🥳🎂

[@cingkobrasfj]

Imagine the thoughts and dreams this little satellite put into everyone’s heads at the time. It had to be one of the most amazing things to witness, and for the children at the time, I can only imagine the dreams and aspirations, the fire it ignited in the souls, hearts and minds of the kids. Wow. Little sputnik beeping away. I can see how people were crying. It’s amazing to even grasp today.

[@lenaredman8088]

This video is a treasure! What an important and excellent job, David. Thank you very-very much for it.

[@timcrawford7306]

What a wonderful time it would have been to be alive. Such exciting times!

[@automacaoconsultores4798]

Aren't u black

[@automacaoconsultores4798]

How can u say when there was segregation it is " a wonderful time"

[@MiamiDreams]

@@automacaoconsultores4798 Get out of here with all that. You comment shows your lack of intelligence!

[@MichaelSHartman]

An extraordinary moment indeed. Thank you for uploading. I enjoy the show.

[@MichaelSHartman]

@Dimitry Chernoff Consider that just as the communist Soviet Union was ahead of the United States, and China, Communist China is on the Moon while we are fighting COVID-19, and communism. Consider the Chinese desire for real estate, resources, and domination. China is making efforts towards the lunar south pole, the largest source of water. He who controls the water, controls the Moon. The Moon will be the launch pad to the solar system, maybe beyond. Colonization will be a springboard to Mars. Just as the Soviets signaled the world about the potential of ICBMs, and orbiting bombs via Sputnik, China has gave signals concerning anti-satellite warfare. I think Mr. Putin is well aware of these facts.

[@LunaticTheCat]

I have always had great admiration and appreciation towards Russia for their contributions towards space exploration.

[@Wanderlustig100]

"Eddie , would you like to take a trip to the moon ?" " No sir ! I like it fine right here. " What a smart young boy !

[@apsifox5874]

Ussr*

[@dakkossman2063]

Russia played an important role in human history. It's not only about the space program

[@nesirosern8596]

@@apsifox5874 USSR = Russia Even the people in the video call it simply Russia Historians say it was simply Russia Because the other "republics" were republics on theory only They didn't actually existed, there were no borders or different currencies, there were no different languages or nations, no different governments and it was all entirely operated by Russia and the Russians Nobody born in Minsk or Kiev during the USSR would call themself Belarusian or Ukrainian, they would call themself Russian

[@apsifox5874]

@@nesirosern8596 I dont know where you get this bs from but it is incorrect And doesnt match the reality of the Government in the ussr as each republic had its on regional cp and soviet inculding Russia aka RSFSR. ussr was still a union not russia, Russian dominated sure but not russia to call it that is to ignore a lot of its functions in relation to the republics, and yeah clear borders didnt exist, that doesnt mean the entire union is russia like how eu has open borders doesnt mean all of the eu is germany or france. Each republic had its own flag/hymn/government(yes sure a subservient one to the union but still its own government with its own people at command) if the ussr was russia then russians would be the richest and best of the republics which wasnt even the case, The Baltic Republics, overall had the best quality of life. "Nobody born in Minsk or Kiev during the USSR would call themself Belarusian or Ukrainian, they would call themself Russian" ill need some evidence for that and a time period. I even have a history book about it called soviet friendship of nations(political literature/compilation of documents 1917-1922) from 1972 in which it is shown how each republic is its own thing not russia. I also have Soviet Latvian made communist journals from 70s I do however recognise the soviet anthem having ties to russia "Great Russia has welded forever to stand. Created in struggle by will of the people," But i think it has to do with russia being the first Soviet country and how the ussr was made from the Russian empire. Language:1922, it was decreed that all nationalities in the Soviet Union had the right to education in their own language. There were changes to the writing systems tho except for the baltics. Eu has a united currency too it isnt a bad thing.

[@alexabadi7458]

I can still hear it orbiting earth, wait, it's just the microwave telling me my coffee is ready...

[@kalizsupperswaggy2414]

wow boomer your so funny

[@theadissons1372]

@@kalizsupperswaggy2414 -_-

[@mofo78536]

the microwave is a technology from the space race, so not too far off the mark

[@joco8290]

So you make coffee in MICROWAVE?

[@alexabadi7458]

@@joco8290 I used to make my coffee with a espresso machine, but they don't last more than 6 months and cost about $300 :o(

[@Alexaklr]

Sputnik! Those were the days of excitement. Little Eddie Hodges (with John Glenn) was introduced as "a 10-year-old school boy" but he was an actor/singer with bright red hair and freckles who had already starred on Broadway in The Music Man and then went on to star in the film A Hole In The Head with Frank Sinatra, and then also appeared in Disney movies and others, and numerous television episodes.

[@fbetsy77]

Thank you for putting this film together, Mr. David Hoffman!!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

+Betsy Figueroa Thank you for your comments, Betsy. I am very proud of this film. I devoted so much time to finding the footage and getting the story straight. I hoped it would make money as a theatrical documentary but unfortunately, audiences don't pay money to see “history films.” So while it was wonderfully reviewed, it didn't get any audience in the theater when it opened in New York. They played it on The History Channel for a while and today, it primarily is seen in colleges. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@fbetsy77]

Thank you for your reply, Mr. David Hoffman. It is unfortunate that audiences are not enthused about "history films" as they bring to life moments so important to humanity. I am a Historian and prospective teacher of History, and I highly value your film, as it is definitely challenging to find primary sources. I am working on a lesson plan on why the U.S. had a heightened interest in education post-WWII, and your film is a great asset for my future students.

[@romarssieverything9667]

Thank you for all of these videos David!

[@keithbrierley710]

Thanks for the upload. I remember the event and here in the uk we were worried but I never knew it had been photographed. Thank you.

[@emmanuelquerol]

I'm surprised the Americans did not dismiss it as hoax or propaganda.

[@ihmpall]

No took it as a challenge and crushed the soviets in the space race

[@emmanuelquerol]

@@ihmpall crushed? how?

[@emmanuelquerol]

@@ihmpall oh, so barbaric.

[@scottgibson6735]

Some did.but I watched nit tromnthr sidewalk in front of our house in Savannah,ga,,the parents lertemdfstrf.the children though it ewem cool years later,Ominferdtood why they were wfrwof

[@AM-zk7pj]

Because they could hear its radio transmission

[@shgstewart4674]

Fantastic archival footage finds, David! Yasher koach!

[@donglepuss4701]

so after 4 billion years of life on earth they decided to leave it in a matter of months

[@erikbarone3357]

Wow David it’s really awesome to here about that story about this legendary documentary I’d love to see this on the big screen with surround sound I’d definitely go

[@texasyojimbo]

I'm fairly certain that the orbit described here is wrong. An east-to-west orbit would be retrograde, which is almost never used by artificial satellites. The elements I can find indicate the inclination was +65 degrees, which would have been west-to-east (like most orbits).

[@XMysticHerox]

That’s because launching westwards is extremely inefficient. If you launch eastwards you basically get a boost from earths rotation.

[@recifebra3]

it's definitely a propaganda thing as far as the orbit goes. They went west-to-east as described in other documentaries as where they were looking at how it passed over cities... it was going NOT going east-to-west as they wouldn't take advantage of the spin of the earth.

[@annsidbrant7616]

Nice video! Great demonstration of the feel of the times and the way people reacted and thought.

[@Taka.1011]

Amazing video David. I've been following your channel for a while, and I was looking for info on sputnik, and when I saw you video in the search result, I was like "Yeah, David allways there with the good stuff" XD

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you. That made me smile. David Hoffman filmmaker I spent a year and 1/2 making that Sputnik film. Loved it.

[@sitarnut]

I was a Ham radio operator in high school when I head this beep and of course we went outside and saw it flying over with all our neighbors standing out in the street. Exciting times.. it was a Soviet scientist who first did the math to realize something could Orbit the Earth.

[@trane1423]

Sputnik 2020: here we go again

[@airshipkirov3707]

Both sides won Space War.It was huge accomplishment for humanity

[@md.zahidulislam9067]

just came after watching October Sky movie. Though I knew the whole incident.

[@jameshotz1350]

I was in high school, and you could see the satalite at night, it changed every thing.

[@billinct860]

My mother, older brother, younger sister and myself... saw Sputnik one night in early October 1957. We all saw it after my brother spotted it. I was 8 at the time. It began my interest in space.

[@Downecker]

Wow! I was 8 also in my back yard with my parents. It looked like a moving star 😂😂😮 !

[@billinct860]

@@Downecker Cool... we were likely outside at the same time way back then. I live in CT. Where were you? I always watch the ISS on nights when it is visible here.

[@Downecker]

@@billinct860 HI! I was in Newark, NJ and it was a clear night ! 🌙

[@billinct860]

@@Downecker A year or two later we saw a large dark area in the night sky. It was clear but notably blacker than the surrounding sky. My older brother scared me by saying it looked like the atmosphere was opening up to space. Later on, the news said it was from a rockets exhaust. Do you recall this?

[@TurnAwayFilms]

That young Eddie was a comedic genius! 5:20

[@josephzentis5280]

All this stuff about the 1950s being happy days is bullcrap. Yeah, gas was 27 cents a gallon, but the 1948 Ford I drove to school every day had virtually no heater, no air conditioner, maybe a bit more than 50% chance of starting in the morning, and got less than 20 miles per gallon when I earned considerably less than $1/hour at my part-time job of setting pins in a bowling alley. For me, owning a hotrod was a dream that "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) showed me was possible in California, but not in the small town in which I lived. Watch that movie, not "Happy Days," if you want to see what life was like for many teenagers in the 1950s. See how happy Jim Stark, Judy, Plato and their parents were. Then watch "Twelve Angry Men" to see how nice people were to each other. And add in bomb shelter signs telling where we should go when the atomic bomb was about to fall on us - when, not if. 70% of Americans thought we would suffer a nuclear attack, and Sputnik multiplied that probability.

[@larryhagemann5548]

Totally agree. The "good old days" were not that good. I prefer the "today" time.

[@mikesully110]

I guess for people like me (born in 1986) the only experience I have of the 1950's is those old B&W adverts and of course Back to the Future. You see the "charm" of that period with people running out to clean your car at gas stations, and people even sounded more polite back then. Plus girls of the 1960's just seem to "have" something missing today. (subjective I know) They say old people are easy to scam because they are used to an era of integrity and honesty, not the world of Shylocks we have now (but then, the Ponzi scheme was invented in the 30's) But they say the old trope "Music was better in the past" isn't really true, as we only remember the good stuff; all the crap gets forgotten. Of course not being around back then we take things for granted now. A satellite orbiting overhead is something nobody even thinks about now; but I guess back in the 1950's an "enemy" aircraft never got near the USA and then the Russians suddenly come out with the capability to orbit objects (potentially nuclear objects) right over the USA. I guess it would be scary, even missiles in Cuba was a big fear. All in all I am glad I was born in the 80's and not in the 40's, like you said you forget how backwards things were even 40 years ago. If I wanted to read Juvenal's Satires in the 50's, I'd have to get to the library, find the index cards, and it is doubtful wether they'd even have a copy. Now it is available by typing a few letters. My job involves running the computer system for a middle/high school. Back in the 50's a job like that would be inconceivable. I wonder if in another 40 years people will be amazed that I actually steered and accelerated a car all by myself with no computer safeties controlling it at all.

[@golamrabbi5560]

Oh my goodness I was thinking how they lead a life now I had better watch these movies ,as a teenager I'm fond of Vintage movies like this

[@altfactor]

In the fall of1957, "Name That Tune" was broadcast on Tuesday nights, so the clip with future astronaut John Glenn and teammate Eddie Hodges was broadcast on October 8th, not October 4th. However, as high-quality videotape had come into use, it's possible that the October 8th, 1957 program of "Name That Tune" may indeed have been taped on October 4th, just hours after Sputnik 1 was launched.

[@jimwillis8475]

Humankids greatest achievement.

[@user-jo1ez9hw8h]

amazing video thanks

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you. David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@Puran.]

Amazing goosebumps 😮

[@tomhaupt3154]

60 years ago today

[@Elfindilemma]

Thank you for making this, a treat. Could I ask, the music at 03.13...what is it?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Why are you asking? David Hoffman filmmaker

[@PINK_AURORA4444]

​@@DavidHoffmanFilmmakerbecause I have a death daughter for the distribution of the "Sputnic V" vaccine at 3 : 13 АМ

[@Ma007rk]

And while Sputnik was in space traveling, the Eagle was sharpening her claws.......

[@randy25rhoads]

If I’m not mistaken, wasn’t the object they were tracking above the horizon the last rocket stage that boosted Sputnik up there that was also in orbit? I seem to remember reading that it was purposefully given polished panels since the actual satellite was too small to be visible to the naked eye.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Yes The rocket stage was visible to the naked eye, But sputnik was only visible trough binoculars

[@thewatcher2928]

Even Homer Hickam was awed by the sight of the satellite Hence he became the rocketeer we know from his book ROCKET BOYS which later became the movie OCTOBER SKY

[@viejaspeliculasfilipinas3621]

Holy crap, I can see how the Sputnik moves! Even though the film is spished up (messed up)

[@DaNgEr88GiRL]

After watching this video, much respect to the Russians 👏🏼👏🏼

[@TheKAIHIWATARI3]

Just watching this video after Russia officially made the first COVID-19 vaccine named "Sputnik V".

[@rattailtony2900]

The music in this documentary went way harder than it had to

[@jackkomisar458]

Sputnik wasn't as much of a surprise as this film makes it out to be. In August 1955, a few days after the White House announced that the United States would launch a series of "small, unmanned, earth-circling satellites" during the International Geophysical Year, Soviet aeronautical and astronautical expert Leonid Sedov remarked that the U.S.S.R. would also send up satellites and that they would be larger than the announced American scientific payloads. Most Americans complacently tossed off Sedov's claim as another example of Russian braggadocio. I remember going out with my father to see Sputnik in 1957. We saw something bright that was moving in the sky, and we thought that it was Sputnik. Now I know that it was the core stage of the booster rocket, which orbited along with the satellite and was much bigger and brighter. Sputnik itself would have been very hard to see with the naked eye.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

I interviewed more than 100 people for my film and most of them were totally surprised, including those who should have been in the know. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@jonathanbrannick2078]

We won WW2. No son the UK and Russia did that, you came in at the last minute.

[@MrAtlfan21]

US deserves most of credit for defeating Japan and partially for Italy, USSR deserves most of the credit for defeating Germany, and the UK should get credit for partially beating Italy and Germany.

[@peter4210]

I am sorry to say, Britain, with out it's colony, dominions and the Industrial capacity of the US would not have done much but starve. Many Canadian Ships sunk bringing food and raw materials to Britain as well as the US supplying much of the early war weaponry. Canada did produce it's fare share of weapons but not as much as the US. We did mass produce anti-submarine ships to escort shipping and Of course good old Canadian infantry which was again willing to come and get slaughtered over British Marshals and Generals incompetence. At least it was better then the American Tactical Geniuses. They still even figured out how to occupy a country

[@allancerf9038]

Philip Flannery Kazakhstan was then part of the Soviet Union but I 'get' your point!

[@josephkingsley8708]

It’s crazy that it took only 12 years to go from this to landing men on the moon.

[@dwijuliantoro]

Technology developed at breakneck speed during the cold war.

[@albertodillon]

Nostalgia of the years 50 and 60's

[@Calvbread]

Ok boomer

[@mokka_commentry]

Yea

[@kencf0618]

Excellent compilation.

[@erikbarone3357]

Simply put the original was perfect in every way

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Erik. The original what? David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@BibleIssues]

That narrator sounds like the Forensic Files guy. Creates a unique mood.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Peter Thomas. My friend. David Hoffman Filmmaker

[@andrewchoi3637]

hello david can I use this documentary in my nhd project i will give u credit

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

please contact my office with your request. [e-mail]. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@andrewchoi3637]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker I just sent the email

[@katferguson]

Is that why we say 'Houston, we have a problem?'😂

[@retroo1092]

What struck me was that they said *Mankind*, not Russia, nor America, but humankind as a whole who made that accomplishment. Imagine if everyone thought like that now, instead of turning to racism and toxic patriotism.. -- 1:56

[@jay-bg1hy]

that's cos its the Americans saying it about a Soviet satellite

[@erikbarone3357]

I liked the original I watched it over and over again my favorite part when you said humanity had entered the space age and went to color best documentary I’ve seen perfectly done not to be touched I like how it started with the sound of typing than Russia rolling the huge rocket in total secrecy

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Now I understand what you are referring to. Thank you. I am very proud of that documentary. I made it with one other fellow. Just the 2 of us. Doing everything. Shooting. Editing. Writing the script. A two-man movie crew. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@impaugjuldivmax]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker so you are the producer of this movie? one of the best of its kind. thx so much

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

@@impaugjuldivmax Thank you for the compliment. I am really proud of the film though it did not achieve any success at the box office it was highly rated by critics. David Hoffman

[@impaugjuldivmax]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker yeap, such movies never made lots of money, but their quality only proves in time

[@atanalgo1635]

Congratulations to NASA scientists on acknowledging that. It is our Earth.

[@jackobias89]

1:32 was that PM Justin Trudeau of CANADA?

[@aorusaki]

same!

[@iosifconta8112]

super

[@jackster8976]

Sputnik: **orbits the earth** John Glenn: "I can do that"

[@garrettkujo26]

The narrator talking, I instantly recognize his as the one used in Forensic Files on HLN, I don't know his name, but I know his voice

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

My friend Peter Thomas. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@hongzhewang6916]

how to see the full version now?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

www.amazon.com/dp/B00F8ONE3I David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@atanalgo1635]

Bravo! They are the first in space. Competition should be healthy. Not horrifically spread by nuclear militaries of RIMPAC especially in Asia/Pacific. Our home. This is innovation. Learn.

[@re1010]

I don't know why people freaked. Let's be glad someone actually got something in orbit. My grandma was excited that at least someone got something into space. I don't know why people thought of Space ICBM, considering that the soviet sent a small satellite, not a massive warhead sized object.

[@thatretrogeek8837]

WE HATE THEM!

[@sol2544]

What it meant was that the Soviets *could* make a Space ICBM if they wanted

[@josephzentis5280]

People freaked because it was a clear indication that the Soviet Union was way ahead of us technologically - which in an age of nuclear bombs and missiles meant that we that we were clearly vulnerable mass destruction. According to Hoffman's own video, 70% of Americans thought that we would certainly be victims of a nuclear attack. The ubiquitous fallout shelter signs on every building with a basement brought the threat to your very own city. Many people brought it even closer to home by building their own fallout shelters, terrifying those of us who couldn't afford to do that.

[@tperk]

Narrator said it himself. Americans anticipated a World War III in which they would be the winners. Not after Sputnik. Americans suddenly knew that they would lose World War III and democracy was finished.

[@jasonlomoriello5970]

It was because of Russia and the nuclear age

[@lisacoston8175]

very vintage footage old time computers bsck in the days

[@cyrilmoshkow7970]

BTW it's not "SPʌTNIK" - in original Russian, "sputnik" sounds like "spootnik," with stressed OO [spu'tnik]

[@josephzentis5280]

In Russian it man have been "spootnik, but in English it was sputnik, pronounced like it looked.

[@Olavoessa]

Os sinais emitidos pelo Sputnik, deixou o mundo perplexo, pensou se ate em invasao marciana. rsrsrs

[@dannyleo4791]

A very bright moment for the Soviet Union. A not so bright moment for America.

[@unstoppabletigertalukan6710]

The last century was certainly eventful

[@user-up3lf6wv3s]

Спасибо! Вы даёте знания и возвращаете память!

[@pajodato5339]

The american scientist could not even make his crayon work properly.

[@piramidaskripsi7855]

Sputnik V moment,,

[@erikbarone3357]

I like the original documentary

[@thiis_foo]

Which is the original? Intested

[@rr7firefly]

Before all the damn space junk orbiting around the earth.

[@auroranebulosa]

Wait. Is that the Dateline guy? LOL

[@erikbarone3357]

Yes David it starts out some ware in Russia the rockets was huge and they did it total secrecy before you start talking you here typing like it’s a top secret document I just loved it now it’s gone but I just want to tell you how much I loved it and I’m picking but your voice was perfect for that documentary I loved it I must have watched it over a100 times when I had it on DDR

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you again Erik. I had high hopes for the film when it opened in New York City at the IFC theater downtown. It got excellent reviews but unfortunately, the only people who came to see it were colleagues of mine and all the filmmakers. It ended up running on The History Channel and now is purchased in DVD form by schools and libraries across the country. The executive producer gave me the money to just be a filmmaker and make a movie without a large crew and with the financing to purchase the incredible stock footage I uncovered. Including footage from the Russians. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@joeharris3878]

I never knew the first artificial satellite orbitted in opposition to the earth's rotation... or perhaps the fellows who put this show don't know what they're talking about.

[@veggiedisease123]

6:30 uhhhhh? Might be forgetting someone there.

[@user-hw1zc7zf7c]

Glory to the red flag!

[@cadenhood]

Nein.

[@user-hw1zc7zf7c]

@@cadenhood ok then glory to the red yellow soviet flag.

[@yaspermcglott3403]

Поддерживаю

[@dinosore4782]

Da tovarisch

[@user-bp8jb6jp5t]

Amen

[@jackobias89]

Sputnik Vaccine brought me here

[@Monkeysinger24]

That's what Sputnik looked like? It looks like a friken water tower!

[@josephzentis5280]

More like a chrome basketball than a water tower.

[@Sarah.Riedel]

This is the narrator from Forensic Files lol

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

yes. The great Peter Thomas. My favorite narrator, always. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@Sarah.Riedel]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker also how did nobody point out the Smithsonian guy's marker tip broke at 2:51 and he spends like five or six seconds trying to decide what to do and then just keeps drawing with the broken stub 😂

[@philipflannery4373]

"When Sputnik left its Russian home..." Actually, Sputnik was launched from Kazakhstan.

[@sketchbook8706]

part of the Russian federation

[@untruelie2640]

+hardcopy No. Part of the Union of the Socialist Sowjet Republics. One of these SSRs was the Russian Socialist Federal Sowjet Republic (RSFSR). The launch site of Sputnik 1 was at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Socialist Sowjet Republik (KSSR).

[@amardeepalhan4038]

+Untrue Lie as today UN mean US in those days USSR menant russia

[@amardeepalhan4038]

+Untrue Lie it was and is a landmark. i steal the quotes from movie october sky. but its true my American brother.

[@amardeepalhan4038]

+hardcopy agreed

[@Jhihmoac]

THE RIGHT STUFF: _"It's called Sputnik! - We know, now sit down!"_ The first Soviet Space Probe certainly jump-started the US space program after that - Almost overnight, in fact!

[@SHx589]

It must’ve been really cold going over Antarctica.

[@fwqkaw]

Enjoyed the video, I was around too - I thought the Russians lobbed it up the other way to the North East.

[@recifebra3]

they did, it doesn't make sense the way they explain the orbit later in the documentary (ie: not possible) - that was propaganda to say it flew over Jerusalem and the USA right away, such. bullshit.

[@fwqkaw]

@@recifebra3 Well, there’s a surprise, you managed to catch me before I left. Like a reply in a bottle floating where you chucked one five orbits ago.

[@aorusaki]

1:32 Justin Trudeau?! He never ages!

[@planklan6925]

Не забывайте во второй мировой войне СССР захватили Берлин.И череп Гитлера в москве.Так что история на нашей стороне.

[@ridizzle189]

Eddie Future flat earther haha JK but wow never hear a kid talk like that damn sounded more professional than me and most other adults.

[@markdilello3600]

Tiny light LMFAO

[@ayatullah2936]

😁 🌊 March

[@arthurrise1000]

Just be happy dear Americans. Stop talking about living standards and superiority at least once.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

I guess you didn't read the description of the scene. This is part of a documentary feature film that I made that tries to give a sense of how Americans felt when they looked up and saw the Russian Sputnik floating in the sky. 1957! David Hoffman filmmaker

[@AbbieOates]

@1:32 Even Justin Trudeau is listening to Sputnik.

[@souzouAlex]

Почему спутник в фильме летит с востока на запад? Должен быть наоборот.

[@General_1812]

3:10

[@nightworrior6782]

1:31 Justin Trudeau

[@danapeterson4845]

Hail to the Soviet comrades

[@phuet514]

Sputnik shocked America. A tremendous propaganda triumph for the USSR. However, it woke up a giant, the USA. It turned out to be a salutary scare...

[@Bob-gn8ph]

Tube "satellite hoax " Conspiracy Music Guru ❤

[@abiyamabimelech-yaoh9071]

Lmao 😆😆🤣 🤣😭 😭💀

[@ernasuciani1891]

First Satelite Artificial during cold wars used Radio Spying.

[@sanres]

let's honour the unsung hero of this historical mankind's achievement: SERGEI KOROLEV, 6-YEAR GULAG PRISONER TURNED HERO OF SOVIET UNION.

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Korolev really does not get enough credit nowadays for his contribution to the field of aerospace, rocket science, and humanity as a whole.

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Russian scientists and engineers.. simply best at that age