Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory

Name: Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-04-18
Duration: 1 h 2 min
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Cain Alexander, Kurt Bell, Robert R. Bell

20122012
TV-PGTV-PG
1h 2m

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Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory (2012)

UNDAUNTED: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory tells the surprising untold stories behind the invention of mechanical flight and the founding of astrophysics.

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This film tells the surprising story of how the Allegheny Observatory has been a world leader in the study of the stars since the 1860s. Self-educated, and often facing unrelenting hardships... Read allThis film tells the surprising story of how the Allegheny Observatory has been a world leader in the study of the stars since the 1860s. Self-educated, and often facing unrelenting hardships, the people associated with the Allegheny Observatory defied the odds to make enormous co... Read allThis film tells the surprising story of how the Allegheny Observatory has been a world leader in the study of the stars since the 1860s. Self-educated, and often facing unrelenting hardships, the people associated with the Allegheny Observatory defied the odds to make enormous contributions to the founding of astrophysics and early aviation. Among its many distinction... Read all

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The film's Executive Producer, William Peduto, was elected Mayor of Pittsburgh in 2013.

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The people that did this movie are certainly undaunted themselves for producing a story that is long overdue.

I watched this movie from the OMNIMAX theater in Pittsburgh, then borrowed it from the Carnegie library of Pittsburgh to watch it a second time.I plan on obtaining more copies so that my 3 children and 7 grandchildren can watch it. This movie is long overdue in describing in an amazing way the history of Old Allegheny and Pittsburgh. Two separate and then one amazing area of our country that has never been given proper credit for what it did for our country. This area helped to build this country and helped us win two world wars. Carnegie,Frick,Thaw,Langely,Schwab,Brashear,Mellon, Heinz and Westinghouse. Pittsburgh leaders not only in industry but in the study of the heaven and planets and stars.Leaders in air flight and astrophysics. The Observatory in Riverview park is not just a place to walk your dogs around .It was and still is a vital part of the history of science in the country . Thank you Dan Handley for an excellent presentation of an amazing story.

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