Overview
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.
Cast
- Liev Schreiber as Narrator
- Walt Disney as Self (archive footage)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)
- Mamie Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)
- Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)
- Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
- Mao Zedong as Self (archive footage)
- Henry Kissinger as Self (archive footage)
- Nikita Khrushchev as Self (archive footage)
- Hubert H. Humphrey as Self (archive footage)