To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
Narrator: Nasa's campaign attracts
Please log in to add to collections.
Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier

Nasa'scampaign attracts A record 8,000 applicants

Narrator: Nasa's
campaign attracts A record 8,000 applicants

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.252
Narrator: Nasa's campaign attracts
00:00:02.327 --> 00:00:04.885
A record 8,000 applicants.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:12
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Brook Lapping Productions

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

Several African American pioneers of the Space Race.
Its revolutionary design allows it to carry a crew - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:08
Its revolutionary design allows it to carry a crew
Paul: When they knew that the crew cabins were going - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Paul: When they knew that the crew cabins were going
Not only can we put different types of people professionally - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:11
Not only can we put different types of people professionally
Narrator: And in January 1978, nasa selects - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:13
Narrator: And in January 1978, nasa selects
Finally, it looks like america is on the verge of getting - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Finally, it looks like america is on the verge of getting
But quietly, two months later, cuban arnaldo tamayo mendez - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:12
But quietly, two months later, cuban arnaldo tamayo mendez
Arnaldo tamayo mendez is an unlikely candidate - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
Arnaldo tamayo mendez is an unlikely candidate
Born to a poor family in eastern cuba and orphaned - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
Born to a poor family in eastern cuba and orphaned
(mendez speaking in foreign language) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
(mendez speaking in foreign language)
So I used to see the fighter jets flying overhead. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
So I used to see the fighter jets flying overhead.
Narrator: The cuban revolution - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
Narrator: The cuban revolution
He's a top combat pilot and at just 19, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
He's a top combat pilot and at just 19,
1300 miles north in philadelphia, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
1300 miles north in philadelphia,
We had a fighter pilot come in to my base, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
We had a fighter pilot come in to my base,
And he was a tuskegee airman, and he was impressive. - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:04
And he was a tuskegee airman, and he was impressive.
I remember walking out of that saying, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:05
I remember walking out of that saying,
(rhythmic electronic theme) - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:09
(rhythmic electronic theme)
I saw this thing about flying in space, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:07
I saw this thing about flying in space,
I got this call from this guy and he said I'm from nasa, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:06
I got this call from this guy and he said I'm from nasa...
Narrator: In 1978, now a married family man in ohio, - Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier 00:13
Narrator: In 1978, now a married family man in ohio,