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Wernher von Braun
A brilliant but conflicted German engineer races to build the future of space exploration, from the horrors of wartime rocketry to the dawn of the American space age.
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In short · Wrote for eight decades — 9 credits.
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Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis(2021)
Self
Apollo: Missions to the Moon(2019)
Self - Rocket Scientist, NASA
Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race(2014)
Self
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie(1995)
Self (archive footage)
In Search of Ancient Astronauts(1973)
Self - Scientist
Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11(1969)
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I Aim at the Stars: The Wernher von Braun Story is a 1960 West German-American biographical film that details the life of German rocket engineer Wernher von Braun. The film covers his early interest in rocketry in Germany, his key role in the development of the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II, and his later work with the U.S. Army following the war. It also emphasizes his contributions to the launch of Explorer 1, the first satellite successfully launched by the United States.
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- Camp Confidential: America's Secret NazisSelf · 2021
- Apollo: Missions to the MoonSelf - Rocket Scientist, NASA · 2019
- Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space RaceSelf · 2014
- Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb MovieSelf (archive footage) · 1995
- In Search of Ancient AstronautsSelf - Scientist · 1973
- Mars and BeyondHimself · 1957
- The Twentieth CenturySelf · 1957
- Man in SpaceSelf · 1955
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