1964 “STUDENTS TRACK THE SPACE AGE” CAPE KENNEDY SPACE RACE CAMP CENTURY / PROJECT ICEWORM 61914

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This educational film “Students Track the Space Age“ is part of a series of movies made by Hearst as part of the “Screen News Digest“ series. This episode examines the space age and space race as seen by students and was presented by the Purdue National Bank of Lafayette. The first segment depicts high school students near Cape Kennedy in Florida and how they utilized old military tracking equipment in order to listen to exchanges between the Cape Kennedy Control Center and Mercury astronauts in orbit. The second takes a look at the construction of Camp Century in Greenland which was initially to be a science and research base though years later it was proved to be a cover for Project Iceworm which was abandoned in 1967. A coun