Underplayed Gems

A Point in Time (1972)

A Point in Time poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
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A documentary produced by the CIA about the Corona satellite spy program. It explains how the satellite system worked to take high-resolution photographs from space during the Cold War.

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What happens

A Point in Time is een Amerikaanse documentaire uit 1972, geproduceerd door de CIA. De documentaire behandelt het satelliet-systeem Corona. De documentaire werd lange tijd slechts intern getoond, omdat er strategische informatie in wordt onthuld. Na het wegvallen van de Sovjet-Unie in 1989 was deze geheimhouding niet meer nodig. In 1995, bij de Piercing the Curtain-conferentie, werd A Point in Time voor het eerst publiekelijk getoond. Omdat A Point in Time gemaakt is door een instelling van de Amerikaanse federale overheid, is de film publiek domein en daarmee vrij te verspreiden. Zie ook de video-verslagen van de Piercing the Curtain-conferentie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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