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A Brief Look at the Space Race

Dec 17, 2014

0h 19m

★ 9.5

Here, we take you to gaze on, perhaps, the greatest period of human history.

Overview

This was a project done for a AP US History course, hence the mundane performances and obvious budgetary restraints. It is in our honor to present you a glimpse into the Space Race.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Rekhaus Productions

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Cast

Nikita Khrushchev

Alex Montgomery

Von Braun/Ivan Voice/Richard Nixon

Luke Henshaw

Alan Shepard/Leonid Brezhnev

Leonide Acevedo

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Gabriel Munoz

Assistant/Marilyn Monroe

Orion Good

John F. Kennedy

Vicente Pina

Yuri Gagarin

Patrick Parani

Lyndon Johnson

Leigh Sena

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