This day - 1961

This film is about the moment when, perhaps for the first time, all of Earth's people shared a common joy in the waking of a common dream. The first man in space. Although the 'space race' was co-opted in service to the Cold War, it wasn't a war in people's hearts, even then. Like the screaming baby who grew to be an artist, space programs have grown out of the 'race' and 'contest' phase to become glorious examples of international scientific cooperation and profound expressions of a global hope for humankind's future.