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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

Captain charles e yeager Flew the experimental x-1faster than the speed of sound In level...

Archive announcer:
Captain charles e yeager Flew the experimental x-1
faster than the speed of sound In level flight

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Archive announcer: Captain charles e yeager
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Flew the experimental x-1 faster than the speed of sound
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In level flight.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:05
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Brook Lapping Productions

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Movie Summary

Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
The first man in the world to accomplish this feat. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
The first man in the world to accomplish this feat.
Dwight: They sent me down to edwards to interview - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Dwight: They sent me down to edwards to interview
Narrator: But yeager is skeptical about integrating - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Narrator: But yeager is skeptical about integrating
The chief of staff general curtis lemay - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
The chief of staff general curtis lemay
Do what you have to do, yeager, but get - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
Do what you have to do, yeager, but get
Evidently the pressure was so great from the white house, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Evidently the pressure was so great from the white house,
Dwight: He was totally shocked that the - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Dwight: He was totally shocked that the
Air force announces dwight is to start phase one - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Air force announces dwight is to start phase one
Lewis: The first phase is the academic qualifications, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Lewis: The first phase is the academic qualifications,
They really take these men to their physical limits to see - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:12
They really take these men to their physical limits to see
Paul: When he gets to phase two, the black press explodes. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Paul: When he gets to phase two, the black press explodes.
Lewis: Ed dwight just becomes bigger and bigger as this goes - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Lewis: Ed dwight just becomes bigger and bigger as this goes
Every step he takes becomes increasingly important. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Every step he takes becomes increasingly important.
Dwight: It fed all my emotional needs - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Dwight: It fed all my emotional needs
This is definitely a sign of progress for the negro - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
This is definitely a sign of progress for the negro
Graves: People wanted to see him and listen to him and know that - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:10
Graves: People wanted to see him and listen to him and know ...
Learning how to do maneuvers and these men - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
Learning how to do maneuvers and these men
Yeager: We're turning out - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Yeager: We're turning out
Arch: A 29-year-old negro says he's anxious to go into space. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Arch: A 29-year-old negro says he's anxious to go into ...
He's captain edward dwight of the air force, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
He's captain edward dwight of the air force,