Doctors in space. Living room in the void / produced for the Educational Television and Radio Center by KUHT, University of Houston in co-production with the Department of Defense.

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Date
1958
Main contributor
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Summary
Discusses protective devices for flyers in space. Demonstrates the Air Force partial pressure suit. Explains the effects of "explosive decompression." Presents a design for a three-stage rocket vehicle, and points out special features of the cabin unit. Features Colonel Henry M. Sweeney, former director of research at the School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Air Force Base, and Mr. Krafft A. Ehricke of General Dynamics Corporation.
Contributors
Strughold, Hubertus, 1898-1986; Ehricke, Krafft A.; Peyton, Green, 1907-1968; Bauer, James L.; National Educational Television and Radio Center.; KUHT-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.); United States. Department of Defense.; National Educational Television Film Service; Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Publisher
NET Film Service
Genres
Educational television programs.; Science television programs.; Television interviews.; Nonfiction television programs.
Subjects
Space ships; Space suits; Space medicine
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Physical Description
1 film reel (approximately 29 min.) : sound, black and white ; 16 mm
Notes
Originally produced for television in 1958.

Creation/Production Credits

Script, Green Peyton; director, James L. Bauer; art director, George L. Collins; photography, Paul G. Schlessinger.

Local Note

Gift to the IUB Libraries from Instructional Support Services.

Performers

Host: John Rider, PhD (Physics Department, University of Houston); guests: Hubertus Strughold, MD, PhD (Chief, Dept. of Space Medicine, School of Aviation Medicine, U.S. Air Force), Col. Henry M. Sweeney (Director of Research, Shool of Aviation Medicine, U.S. Air Force), M/Sgt. Louis A. Kusey Jr. (Physiology Dept., School of Aviation Medicine, U.S. Air Force), Krafft A. Ehricke (Chief, Pre-Design and Systems Analysis, Convair).

Statement of Responsibility

produced for the Educational Television and Radio Center by KUHT, University of Houston in co-production with the Department of Defense.
Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: 7835006; OCLC: ocn1078638152; OCLC: 1078638152

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