This 1970 ACI educational film is one of the “Man Into Space” series hosted by Jet Propulsion Lab scientist Albert Hibbs. This is circa 1968. This episode is entitled, “Pioneers and Modern Rockets”.

Opening titles: “Man Into Space The Story Of Rockets And Space Science Part II: Pioneers and Modern Rockets” (:06-:23). Saturn V rocket takes off from launch pad. Dr. Albert Hibbs is the host. The rocket slowly goes into the sky. Flames shoot out of the back.(:24-2:13). Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory. Robert H. Goddard, an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Scientific theories written on paper. Dr. Hibbs explains a rocket on a piece of paper (2:14-4:12). Goddard shows his rocket design. Goddard makes a rocket. He stands in front of a blackboard. A rocket test in 1926. Newspaper headline: “Moon Rocket Man’s Test Alarm Whole Countryside.” Charles Lindbergh and Robert Goddard. Goddard in New Mexico. Rocket test. Goddard stands ear a rocket (4:13-6:21). Wires and gadgets inside Goddard’s rocket. Rocket test, rocket flies into the sky. Men run from a shed and enter a car and drive off. The rocket is retrieved by the group. Goddard and a man hold a rocket. Hermann Oberth a physicist and engineer. He is considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. Oberth’s rocket design. Inside the rocket is shown in the design (6:22-8:42). The men at work inside the space capsule via a design by Oberth. Oberth’s designs for capsules and a space station. Oberth’s rocket sketched out (8:43-10:16). Dr. Hibbs explains rocket gases. A rocket takes off from a launch pad. Rocket heads for space. Dr. Hibbs explains a rocket returning and writes on a pad (10:17-12:15). Oberth’s equations. German Rocket Society. They build a liquid fueled rocket and launch it. They also build a solid fueled rocket. The society put a rocket skyward and launch it, it goes high into the sky (12:16-13:54). A rocket is used on the back of a car as a rocket motor. Rocket motor on a boat, boat spins out. A plane type glider is launched and crashes onto the ground but keeps going forward. Another glider moves forward but stops. A rocket powered backpack goes off and the flame hits a man’s back, his friends put snow on his back. A rocket torpedo (13:55-16:01). Wernher von Braun, aerospace engineer and space architect. He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany and a pioneer of rocket and space technology. von Braun builds a rocket and tests the engine. They rebuild and test them again. A rocket on a launchpad. A taller rocket is wheeled out. A giant rocket being built by the Germans. von Braun and his colleagues have created a rocket. Rocket takes off, the V-2, the world’s true first missile (16:02-18:29). von Braun comes to White Sands, NM. American rocket testing is here. Americans study the parts. V-2 rocket is reassembled. Rocket is ready to be fired. Rocket is fired into the air (18:30-20:07). Tracking station, radar. 1950s, large military rocket program. Thor rocket, Titan rocket, Atlas rocket – all are launched (20:08-21:42). Saturn rocket is launched. Dr. Hibbs stands near an F-1 engine which powers the Saturn V. Dr. Hibbs speaks to the viewer about the F-1. Early rocket attempts (21:43-23:28). End credits (23:29-24:24).

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