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Title:

When we left Earth [videorecording (DVD)] : the NASA missions / produced by Dangerous Films Ltd. ; in collaboration with NASA ; series producer, Kate Botting ; series writer, Ed Fields.

Format:

[videorecording (DVD)] :

Publisher:

Image Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

4 videodiscs (ca. 258 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Manned space flight--History.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--History.
Space flight--History.
Astronauts.
Outer space--History.--History.

Other Authors:

Botting, Kate.
Fields, Ed.
Sinise, Gary.
Dangerous Films.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Discovery Channel (Firm)
Discovery Communications, Inc.
Image Entertainment (Firm)

Notes:

Documentary. Narrator, Gary Sinise. Originally produced for the Discovery Channel in 2008. Contains 6 episodes from the series. Special features: Disc 1: NASA film highlights: Four days of Gemini 4; interviews from NASA's archives with Michael Collins, Joe Kosmo; Mercury/Gemini mission clips ; Disc 2: NASA film highlights: Apollo 13; Houston, we've got a problem; interviews from NASA's archives with Al Bean, Gene Krantz; Apollo mission clips ; Disc 3: NASA film highlights: Skylab: the first 40 days; interviews from NASA's archives: Shannon Lucid, James Crocker; Skylab/Shuttle/Hubble mission clips ; Disc 4: Original NASA films include Freedom 7 (May 5, 1961); Friendship 7: John Glenn (February 20, 1962) ; Proud conquest: Gemini 7 & 6 (December 15, 1965); Apollo 8 debrief (December 21, 1968); The flight of Apollo 11 (July 20, 1969).

Contents:

Disc 1. Episode 1: Ordinary supermen ; Episode 2: Friends and rivals -- Disc 2. Episode 3: Landing the Eagle ; Episode 4: The explorers -- Disc 3. Episode 5: The shuttle ; Episode 6: A home in space -- Disc 4: Original NASA films.

Summary:

Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered. Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth.

UPC:

014381448221

Locations:

WUPB305 -- Arnolds Park Public Library (Arnolds Park)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

LTAX046 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Centerville (Centerville)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KTPC296 -- Mediapolis Public Library (Mediapolis)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)