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On the Threshold of Space is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert D. Webb released in USA on 29 march 1956 with Guy Madison
On the Threshold of Space (1956)
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Add to a movie listOn the Threshold of Space is a 1956 Drama directed by Robert D. Webb, starring Guy Madison, Virginia Leith and John Hodiak. Historical depiction on tests done to prepare US for space travel.
^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p250.
^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957.
^ On the Threshold of Space at the Internet Movie Database.
Synopsis
Much of the plot depicts the testing of downward firing ejection seats from B-47 Stratojet bombers that were conducted at Eglin AFB, Florida, initially between 7 October and 21 October 1953, when nine tests were conducted of the seat from a B-47 over Eglin's water ranges over the Gulf of Mexico, by the Air Proving Ground, at an altitude of 10,000 feet and various speeds. A second series of tests was also conducted beginning 8 July 1954 after refinements to the system. These tests were recreated in the film, shot at Eglin in 1955, with a different Stratojet from the one in the actual missions.Actors
Guy Madison
(Capt. Jim Hollenbeck)
Virginia Leith
(Pat Lange)
John Hodiak
(Maj. Ward Thomas)
Dean Jagger
(Dr. Hugo Thornton)
Warren Stevens
(Capt. Mike Bentley)
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