1975SPACE EXPLORATION
THIS FILM FOLLOWS THE DEVELOPMENT AND LAUNCH OF HELIOS WHICH ORBITS THE SUN CLOSER THAN ANY MANMADE OBJECT EVER HAS. WITH A MONTAGE OF ART WORKS DEPICTING MAN'S FASCINATION WITH THE SUN OVER THE CENTURIES, THE FILM LEADS INTO PRESENT-DAY TECHNOLOGICAL EFFORTS TO GRASP THE SIGNIFICANCE AND INFLUENCE OF THE SUN ON OUR PLANET.
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CU VARIOUS NEWS ANNOUNCERS SPEAK OF THE JOINT (USA, GERMANY) UPCOMING LAUNCHING OF ROCKET (HELIOS) AT CAPE CANAVERAL, "TO BRING THE FEATURES OF THE SUN WITHIN THE UNDERSTANDING OF US ALL". CU "HELIOS CAPSULE ROTATING RAPIDLY DURING LAB TESTS.
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AERIAL VIEW ROCK ON LAUNCH PAD AT CAPE CANAVERAL. TITLE: "PARTNERSHIP INTO SPACE" SUPER-IMPOSED OVER LAUNCH PAD.
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GREAT VIEWS OF THE SUN, INCLUDING FIERY SURFACE. VOICE OVER, "MEN HAVE BEEN FASCINATED BY THE SUN SINCE THE BEGINNING.
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MONTAGE OF ART WORKS BY MYAN, AZTEC, EGYPTIAN, AND OTHER ANCIENT CULTURES DEPICTS MAN'S FASCINATION OF THE SUN. VARIOUS DRAWINGS OF THE SUN BY CHILDREN, WHO SEE IT WITH A SMILING FACE.
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GOOD SHOT LARGE REAPER CUTTING WHEAT ON FARM. VOICE OVER, "IT (THE SUN) IS A FORCE OF BOUNTY"
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MS TALL AFRICAN NATIVE FARMER, WALKS HIS WIND BLOWN ARID FARM LAND SEEING THE DEVASTATION DONE BY THE SUN. CU PAN SHOTS BODIES OF STARVED TO DEATH CATTLE AND FARM ANIMALS, SCATTERED ABOUT ALONG THE PLAIN.
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SHOTS OF LAUNCHING PAD WITH ROCKET AND "HELIOS" VEHICLE ABOARD READY FOR LIFT OFF. "IT IS ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE MISSION EVER
TO NE LAUNCHED". |
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VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN AND AMERICAN SPACE EXPERTS SIT AT THEIR COMPUTERS AND MONITORS BEFORE THEM.
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MOTOERCADE AND LIMO WITH FORMER GERMAN CHANCELLOR
GEARHARDT AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET PULL UP TO WHITE HOUSE FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT WITH PRESIDENT JOHNSON IN 1966. |
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MS PRESIDENT JOHNSON GRACIOUSLY LEADS CHANCELLOR GEARHARDT AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET UP STAIRS TO AIRFORCE ONE AND FOLLOWS HIM, FOR FLIGHT TO CAPE CANAVERAL.
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| 00:03:05 180.83 |
MS GEARHARDT, BACK TO CAMERA, AND PRESIDENT JOHNSON, WITH MEMBERS OF BOTH CABINETS SIT AND CHAT IN "AIR FORCE ONE" DURING TRIP TO THE CAPE. THEY WERE READY TO TALK ABOUT ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT SPACE PROGRAM.
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| 00:03:15 190.83 |
CU SHOT SECRETARY OF STATE MCNAMARA ,SITS NEXT TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON, SPEAKING TO GEARHARDT ACROSS TABLE. CU FACE SHOT GEARHARDT. CU FACE SHOT PRES. JOHNSON. VOICE OVER, AS PARTNERS THEY WILL MAKE GREATER STRIDES IN UNDERSTANDING SPACE".
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| 00:04:46 281.83 |
THREE YEARS LATER ..... LS PAN GSW I(GERMANY'S COUNTERTPART TO NASA) N HEADQUARTERS IN BONN, GERMANY, WGERE "HELIOS MISSION WAS PLANNED IMN 1969.. "GERMANY WILL BUILD THE SPACE CRAFT, U. S WILL SUPPLY THE TITAN CENTAUR ROCKET AND LAUNCH PAD AT CAPE CANAVERAL.
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TO 00 06 15 - CU GERMAN SPACE SCIENTIST, DR, PHILIP POSCHER (?) SPEAKS OF PROJECT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTIGATING THE SUN AND CLIMATE CAUSES RELATING TO EARTH.
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| 00:06:15 370.83 |
AERIAL PAN HUGE MESSERSCHERMIDT COMPLEX, PLANTS IN HEART OF BAVARIA, WHICH WAS AWARDES AS PRIME CONTRACTOR FOR PROJECT "HELIOS". 3 PROTOTYPE MODELS.
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TO 00 08 20 VARIOUS SHOTS STRUCTURAL MODEL OF "HELIOS" BEING ASSEMBLED AND MIRRORS BEING ATTACHED TO REFLECT THE INTENCE HEAT OF THE SUN. MS PROJECT MANAGER HANS SPITZER EXPLAINS MIRRORS, AS ASSEMBLY IS SHOWN..
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| 00:08:16 491.83 |
CU VARIOUS SHOTS :HELIOS" SPINNING RAPIDLY AS IT IS TESTED.
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VARIOUS SHOTS SCIENTISTS DOING SPECIAL TESTS ON 2ND PROTYPE, TO STUDY THE DUNS INVIRONMENT.. "OF SPECIAL INTEREST IS THE SOLOR WIND, OR FLOW OF PROTON AND ELECTRON PARTICLES CAUSED BY FLARES ON THE SUN'D SURFACE.
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| 00:08:47 522.83 |
SCIENTIEST EXPERIMENT TO TEST EINSTEIN THEORY OF RELATIVITY BY MEASURING THE CURVTURE OF LIGHT NEAR THE SUN..
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AERIAL VIEW NASA JET PROPULSION LABARATORY IN PASADENA, CAL, WHERE THE CAPSULE WHICH WAS FLOWN IN TO BE TESTED IN HEAT CHAMBER. VARIOUS VIEW CAPSULE BEING TESTED. SIMULATOR WAS DESIGNED TO EXPOSE CAPSULE IN HEAT CHAMBER AT 700 DEGREES, 11 TIMES THE HEAT OF THE SUN AT THE OUTER LIMITS OF EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
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| 00:09:15 550.83 |
SCIENTIST READS COMPUTER PRINTOUT WHICH SHOWS THAT THE CAPSULE WILL FUNCTION AS PLANNED.
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VARIOUS SHOTS HELIOS BEING PLACED IN A POWERFUL CENTRAFUGE TO MEASURE SPACE CRAFTS ABILITY TOMEASURE FORCE OF ACCELERATION AT LIFT OFF ( 2,4 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST).
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MS CENTERFUGE SPINS RAPIDLY. THE COMPUTER INDICATED THAT ALL SYSTEMS ARE STABLE. HELIOS HAS PASSED THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE.
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ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOWS PATH HELIOS TAKES AROUND THE SUN INCLUDING ITS CLOSEST TO SUN. AFTER 120 DAYS THE CAPSULE IS BEHIND THE SUN. DURING THIS PERIOD, THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION WITH EARTH.
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GOOD SHOT SKYLAB IN ORBIT (JUNE 1973) WHERE SKYLAB RETURNED 25,000 UNIQUE PHOTOS OF THE SUN. SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE THAT SUN WILL BURN FOR ANOTHER 5 BILLION YEARS.
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GOOD SHOT OF FIRESTORM ON SURFACE OF THE SUN. "IT'S ENERGY IS CREATED BY NUCLEAR FUSION, BUT LITTLE ELSE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE SUN SURFACE".
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SHOT OF CALM OCEAN AND HORIZON WITH SUN. "SOLAR RESEARCH IS VITAL OVER PHYSICAL CONDITIONS ON THIS PLANET". "A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUN CAN HELP US COPE............". SEA ROLLING INTO SHORE. ANOTHER SHOT OF SUN SURFACE AND THE TURBLANCE THEREON.
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AIRLINER IN FLIGHT OVER OCEAN. "COMPASS NEEDLE MAY SWING ERRATICALLY" (ON PLANE). SHOTS OF SHIPS AT SEA. "SHIPS COMMUNICATIONS CAN BLACK OUT". STORMS,HURRICANES CAN BE ANTICIPATED IF WE UNDERSTOOD ....."
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LS GOOD SHOT LARGE RED BALL (THE SUN) ON HORIZON.
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ZOOM IN HELIOS IN LAB BEING PREPARED FOR SHIPMENT
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PAN HUGE JET AIRLINER IN WHICH HELIOS IS TO BE TRANSPORTED FROM BAVARIA, GERMANY TO CAPE CANAVERAL, U. S. "ALMOST SIX YEARS AFTER CONCEPT WAS BORN".
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SPECIAL CONTAINER WITH "HELIOS" SEALED IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, IS LIFTED ONTO THE AIRLINER. JET AIRLINER TAKES OFF TOWARDS CAMERA.
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SIGN IDENTIFIES BUILDING AT CAPE CANAVERAL, "LOCATED ON A MAN MADE ISLAND ON THE BANANA RIVER, WHERE THE LAUNCH VEHICLE IS ASSEMBLED..
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VARIOUS SHOTS LAUNCH VEHICLE TITAN BOOSTER AND CENTRAL STAGE CENTAUR ROCKET ARE ADJOINED. ALSO SHOWN ARE OTHER BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. "HELIOS IS THRUST INTO ORBIT THROUGH A 4 STAGE EMISSION PROCESS".
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CU TILT DOWN TITAN 3 AND THE BOOSTER ROCKETS. "THE TITAN 3 IS THE 2ND MOST POWERFUL ROCKET EVER TO HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED". IT WEIGHS 2.4 MILLION POUNDS.
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LARGE SPECIAL CONTAINER CONTAINING "HELIOS" FINALLY ARRIVES AT CAPE CANAVERAL. WORKERS UNLOAD IT OFF PLANE ONTO TRUCK. LS TRUCK LEAVES AIRPORT.
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VARIOUS SHOTS SCIENTISTS AT CAPE CANAVERAL ATTACHING "1HELIOS" TO ROCKET SYSTEM. "A GERMAN SPACE CAPSULE IS JOINED TO 4TH STAGE OF AMERICAN CENTAUR ROCKET".
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GOOD SHOTS CENTAUR SHROUD BEING PLACE OVER "HELIOS" TO PROTECT IT.
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LS HUGE SCROUD WITH "HELIOS" INSIDE IS MOVED TO LAUNCHING PAD BY LARGE FLAT BED TRUCK.
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SHROUD WITH HELIOS IS CAREFULLY LIFTED OFF FLAT BET TRUCK AT LAUNCHING PAD. CU HARD HAT ENGINEER WATCHES SHROUD BEING LIFTED.
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MS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF "MISSION HELIOS", PROJECT MANAGER GILBERT OUSLEY(?) SPEAKS OF THE JOINT PROJECT. VARIOUS SHOTS LAUNCH PAD BEING PREPARED AS HE SPEAKS.
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LS ROCKET ON PAD READY FOR LAUNCH. GERMAN REPORTERS COVERING THE LAUNCH TAKE TOUR OF LAUNCH AREA.
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MS PAN REPORTERS SEATED AT PRESS CONFERENCE. PROJECT MANAGER OUSLEY SPEAKS TO THEM OF MALFUCTION ON PROJECT WHICH HE SAYS SCIENTISTS ARE WORKING ON.. TELLS OF ANOTHER TEST TO RUN BEFORE LAUNCH. "SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT". CU FACE SHOTS OF REPORTERS.
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CU GERMAN ENGINEER FRANZ BLITZER, SPEAKS TO REPORTERS.
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MEMBERS OF GERMAN PARLIAMENT AS WELL AS HIGH OFFICIALS FROM BOTH COUNTRIES ARRIVE IN 1
WASHINGTON, EXIT AIRLINER. THEY COME TO VIEW THE LAUNCH AND CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF GERMAN AND AMERICAN COOPERATION IN SPACE. |
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VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN, AMERICAN OFFICIALS SIT IN GALLERY OF CONNTROL ROO WHERE MANY OTHER IMPORTANT SPACE PROJECTS TOOK PLACE.
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A FULL SCALE MOCK UP OF APOLLO - SOYUZ SPACE CRAFT ON DISPLAY IN ROCKET ASSEMBLY ROOM, VIEWED BY THE POLITICIANS.
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LS ROCKET ON LAUNCH PAD AT NIGHT. "AS NIGHT SETTLES THE EFFORTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS ABOARD HELIOS INTENSIFIES".
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VARIOUS SHOTS OFFICIALS SEATED IN AUDITORIUM LISTEN TO AMERICAN DOCTOR JAMES FLETCHER, WITH AN ADDRESS BY GERMAN AMBASSADOR VON STATTEN. CELEBRATE THE JOINT EFFORTS OF BOTH COUNTRIES OF THE PAST DECADE. VOICE OVER NAMES THE PAST PROJECTS. THEY EXCHANGE GIFTS.
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LS VARIOUS VIEWS LAUNCH OF "HELIOS" AT NIGHT. VOICE OVER, "HELIOS, FREE OF ALL ITS PROBLEMS, BEGINS ITS JOURNEY TO THE SUN".
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VARIOUS SHOTS RADAR TRACKING FLIGHT OF HELIOS AS A NETWORK OF TRACKING STATIONS FOLLOW ITS PATH. MAP OF EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, SHOWS HOW THE TRANSMISSIONS EXTEND FROM CALIFORNIA TO GERMANY, THEN TO AUSTRALIA AND SO ON.
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CU GERMAN PROJECT MANAGER FOLLOWED BY AMERICAN COUNTERPART TELL OF THE FUTURE OF THE CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT WHICH WILL EXTEND TO 1980.
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ZOOM IN RADAR DISK IN FIELD IN GERMANY. VOICE OVER, "GERMANY HAS CREATED A YEARLY BUDGET TO 1980"
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CU GERMAN MINISTER OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SPEAKS OF "A NEW ERA OF SPACE COOPERATION, AND AMERICAN - EUROPEAN COOPERATION AS WELL".
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VARIOUS ANIMATED DRAWINGS OF ROCKET LAUNCHES AND IN FLIGHT AS VOICE OVER GERMAN MINISTER TELLS OF AMBITIOUS PROJECTS.
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ANIMITAD DRAWINGS SHOW LAUNCHING OF "SPACE LAB" SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH IN 1980. IT WILL INCLUDE GERMANY'S FIRST COOPERATION IN A MANNED SPACE VENTURE.
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NEW SPACE VEHICLE(SPACE SHUTTLE, BUILT BY THE U.S. CONTAINING A SPACE LAB. BOTH SPACE LAB AND SHUTTLE CAN BE USED MANY TIMES. ANIMATION SHOWS SHUTTLE HATCH OPENING AND LARGE SPACE LAB DEPOSITED IN ORBIT. "THE REDUCTION OF COST WILL ENABLE A LARGE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO WORK IN SPACE".
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ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS ASTRONAUT FLOATING AROUND IN SPACE LAB AS HE WORKS.
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VIEW OF EARTH AS SEEN FROM SPACE. SHOTS OF FIRESTORM ON SURFACE OF SUN.
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