The Real Right Stuff
2020
6.6 (16)
1 hr 30 min
English
The true story of the first Americans in space.
The story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury 7, told through archival news & radio reports, newly transferred & previously unheard NASA mission audio recordings, and more rare & unseen material.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 1895 Films, National Geographic
Keywords
- nasa
- biography
- space
- historical
- archive footage
- space race
- space research
- usa history
- man in space
- space flights
- spacecraft accident
- space capsule
- first man into space
- history of mankind
- history and legacy
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Top Cast
Tom Wolfe as Self (archive footage)
John Glenn as Self (archive footage)
Frank McGee as Self (archive footage)
Ralph Renick as Self (archive footage)
Virgil Gus Grissom as Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite as Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
Alan Shepard as Self (archive footage)
Top Crew
Tom Jennings · Director
James Everingham · Composer
David Tillman · Editor
Chris Morcom · Producer
Abe Scheuermann · Producer
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