"Here are the facts that fiction never dreamed of..." 01 January 1959 Factual 55 mins
The history of the beginning of man's reach for space travel. Some previously classified American and Russia footage is inter-spliced with Mike Wallace interviewing people about their first-hand experiences.
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Mike Wallace as Narrator
David L. Wolper Director
United States 01 January 1959
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The Race For Space” is a 1959 made-for-television documentary film directed by David L. Wolper and narrated by famed newsman Mike Wallace.
The Space Race refers to the 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals the Soviet Union and the United States for supremacy in spaceflight ...
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1959:
22 July 1959
With a single, basic plot theme, this well-wrought drama of ultimate tragedy engages the viewer and gives pause for reflection.
16 September 1959
Written by the great librettist Tong Tik-sang, and featuring Lee Tit's elegant direction and superb performances from Yam Kim-fai and Pak Suet-sin, "Butterfly and Red Pear Blossom" brings Cantonese opera to cinematic life.
12 March 1959
Meant to be a diatribe against yellow journalism and current social ills, this weakly limned drama by Josef von Baky features a reporter who works for one of the tabloid papers.
14 February 1959
En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory.
11 December 1959
Pazhani has two children — Chandiran and Meena. Meena is married. Chandiran loves Pankajam. His father and grandmother want him to marry a relative girl, Thangam, who is very helpful to the family.
06 August 1959
Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means.
02 December 1959
The Lourmel couple are taking part in the final round of a TV game show: the wife has to answer questions; if she fails, her husband drives a racing car to make up the lost minutes.
01 June 1959
Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant (Jimmy Clanton) who doesn't know he has won.
13 November 1959
Paul Dixon (Dermot Walsh) is a fiercely competitive racing driver whose meteoric career is cut short after he is paralyzed in a collision.
03 October 1959
An Italian drama directed by Leopoldo Savona.
20 May 1959
Vicky de Berlin, a female gangster, haunted by wartime memories , runs a floating night-club in Brussel.
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