The Big Bounce (1960)
The story of the Echo communications satellite program, developed by Bell Laboratories, that eventually resulted in telephone calls being able to be made through satellites.
- Date of release
- 1960-03-11
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Jerry Fairbanks
Casting
- Larry Thor — Narrator (voice)
Interesting facts
The Big Bounce is a 1960 American film directed and written by Jerry Fairbanks. It follows Project Echo and was financed by Bell Labs.
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