The story of the Echo communications satellite program, developed by Bell Laboratories, that eventually resulted in telephone calls being able to be made through satellites.
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Larry Thor as Narrator (voice)
Larry Aicholtz Sound
United States 11 March 1960
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".....well so much for the easy way out!" Touching scene from the 1969 movie "The Big Bounce". The movie available on DVD stars Ryan O'Neal Van Heflin ...
The story of the Echo communications satellite project and how scientists learned to bounce a radio signal off a big balloon. Written by Robert Engel and Leo S.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1960:
01 January 1960
Though a piece of meat figures in this film the real subject is, before you judge something not just a steak, think twice, as for instance the way two people in a situation present themselves to each other.
22 September 1960
Milja, living in Kristiania in the late 1800s, becomes pregnant, but the father of the child, Julius, is not around after the child has been born and Milja decides to adopt it.
20 May 1960
The film tells the story of two twins separated in childhood who reunite when they are older. One of them has grown between outlaws and has become one of them, a murderous bandit who frightens the region.
05 February 1960
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
07 November 1960
Two plays by William Saroyan portraying writers stymied, inspired, frustrated, excited, listful, wistful, slothful, awed, unnerved, perhaps corrupted and perplexed by the promise and let-down writing holds for them.
01 October 1960
During World War II, a group of British soldiers are captured by the Japanese, tortured and their hands are cut off.
09 June 1960
María Antonia, Beatriz and Leonor are three classmates who are anxiously awaiting the celebration of their 15th birthday.
16 February 1960
Encompassing three hugely popular double acts, The Crazy Gang were one of Britain's best-loved, most enduring variety troupes – their antics delighting audiences for over three decades from the early 1930s and their career taking in numerous Royal Command performances.
12 December 1960
Little Jerguš's father was killed by gendarmes. To help his mother, the boy is hired as a laborer, then goes to the factory, to the city, but, unable to withstand the cruel exploitation, hoping to become free and independent, returns to the mountains, where his father once fought for the good of the people.
12 September 1960
Charlie Gedelius has spent the last years abroad as a golf trainer. In Copenhagen, Denmark, he meets young Lena, who happens to be his brother-in-law's mistress.
02 January 1960
The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.
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