On the Threshold of Space

On the Threshold of Space is a 1956 Drama directed by Robert D. Webb, starring Guy Madison, Virginia Leith and John Hodiak. Historical depiction on tests done to prepare US for space travel.

Actually, we feel that the star of the movie will be the Air Force and the progress it is making in the Aero Medical field, said Robert Webb, director, in commenting on the movie.It will deal with the Air Forces work in the aero medical field and will include actual shots of experimentations with the Air Force sled being made under direction of Lt. Col. John Paul Stapp, Air Force surgeon, who appeared on the cover of the Sept.1955 issue of Time magazine. ........

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