Terrified Americans After Sputnik (1957) Launched. What They Said On NYC... I was not more than 10 years old at Broad St. School in Providence when they explained this creepy " Cold War " threat to us kids .

@patriciablue2739 2 years ago I love the fact that the last guy was just a regular man on the street that knew history enough to be critical. @drewpall2598 2 years ago I love these man-on-the-street interviews you don't know what they're going to say and usually they say what in their mind. great write up in your description it gives a little background on what was going on back then. 😊👍 Thanks, David Hoffman @idiotwind2248 2 years ago Found it interesting that 1 said he didn't believe it happened. He more or less called it " fake news" I also love those man on the street interviews in NY. The streets & blgs in the background. Black & white film. Yeah...Good stuff @beccacolinwhitman1765 2 years ago Love the content. You do a very good job at keeping the interest going throughout. I’ve learned more from you now than probably about 90 percent of the people I have met. Thank you loads. ! @rickdaystar477 2 years ago I remember Sputnik and the local evening news told us when it could be seen flying over one night. We saw it when my dad brought my brother and myself out into the night to see it. It seemed scary to us kids especially at that time of getting under our desks in school and the general fear of " the Bomb" We had a makeshift bomb shelter in our basement which made it even more real to us. Propaganda kept us in fear of the Soviet Union. @brianarbenz1329 2 years ago Because Sputnik was launched, the U.S. built more schools, passed the first federal aid to education, started the President's Physical Fitness Program, and issued a call for reading improvement initiatives that resulted in Dr. Seuss publishing "The Cat in the Hat." All thanks to a little beeping steel ball that posed no threat to us. So thanks, Sputnik. You gave me my childhood!