October 20th,1957-September 7th, 1969 {CBS}
Walter Cronkite hosted this Sunday-evening documentary series, which presented filmed reports on a wide variety of historical and scientific subjects. In January of 1967, the show's title was changed to The Twenty-First Century.
Walter Cronkite presents an hour-long report on satellites, space and space travel, to learn where we stand in our efforts to solve the mysteries of space and conquer it. Cronkite has been traveling around the country, visiting scientific and military installations and talking with space authorities. Today he presents his findings.
there are filmed interviews with rocket experts Dr. Wernher Von Braun, Dr. Krafft Ehricke, James Dempsey, and General John Medaris; Dr. James Van Allen, designer of earth satellites; and Captain Iven Kincheloe, who plans to take a plane beyond the earth's atmosphere next year.
The scientific controversies about space are outlined. A Soviet film previews man's conquest of space.