The Quatermass Experiment

1953
0h 30m
21
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Professor Bernard Quatermass, Director General of the British Experimental Rocket Group, launches the first manned space flight from Australia. A malfunction sends the rocket and its three m...

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The serial's storyline concerns the first three humans to journey into outer space and to orbit the Earth. John Glen plays the major role of Dr. Gordon Briscoe. On February 20, 1962, almost nine years later in real life, his near namesake John Glenn became the fifth person in space as well as the first American to orbit the Earth. He was the second person overall to orbit the Earth after the first person in space, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961.
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Country of origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Country Released: United kingdom

Filming Location: Studio A, BBC Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London, England, UK

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Color: B/W

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