The Big Bounce

IMDb link: 1020941
IMDb rating: 5.1 (13 votes)
Genres: Short, Documentary
Director: Jerry Fairbanks
Cast: Larry Thor and others

Release year: 1960
Runtime: 15 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: satellite dish, new jersey, project echo, bell laboratories, california, jet propulsion laboratory, balloon, aluminum, under sea phone cable, television transmission

Plot:

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.

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