This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) color educational film was written, produced and directed by African American William Greaves, plus shot and edited by cinematographer and African American Robert Ipcar. The film was narrated by Mexican and American film and televison actor Ricardo Montalban. "Where Dreams Come True" is a 1978 film highlighting the contributions of women and minorities and encouraging more to consider a career at the agency. This NASA documentary includes interviews with astronaut-scientists Kathryn Sullivan (first first American woman to walk in space and former head of NOAA) and Ronald McNair, research psychologist Patricia Cowings, engineer Ruben Ramos, and former astronaut and deputy NASA administrator Frederick Gregory. Much of the world depicted in this film relates to the fledgling Space Shuttle program that was 2 years away from its first mission. Ronald McNair later died during the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L accident eight years later in 1986.
Opening: Dr. Patricia S. Cowings speaks. Title: "Where Dreams Come True", narrated by Ricardo Montalban (:06-1:16). Mission control room at NASA. Men, women, all ethnicities. Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) takes off with the Space Shuttle on its back, piggyback style. Men radio from NASA to the jet. The Director of Shuttle Operations, Isaac Gilham, in the Dryden Flight Research Center (now known as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center) in Southern California. The Space Shuttle Columbia comes in for a landing on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base. Gilham speaks (1:17-4:00). Gilham speaks with a colleague at NASA Dryden, behind him is a UAV or drone with the words "Mini Shifter" (?) on the nose. It looks similar to the Israeli Scout UAV. A NASA test plane. Northrop HL-10 flying aircraft. Johnson Space Center in Houston TX. Space Center complex in Houston (4:01-5:51). Dr. Ronald McNair, a new NASA astronaut and physics professor, speaks outside at the Johnson Space Center complex (5:52-8:36). Dr. McNair is a karate instructor, he shows off his skills. McNair jogs. He wears a helmet and does parasailing. A woman on a sailboat. She does parasailing as well. She is geologist and astronaut Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan who speaks (8:37-11:45). Dr. Sullivan answers a question and continues to speak. Northrop T-38 Plane. Astronaut Frederick Gregory in the cockpit, he takes off in the T-38 test plane and flies over Edwards. Gregory speaks (11:46-14:14). Astronauts walk. NASA employees during various tasks (looking at machinery, in the computer room, turning on computers, testing an astronaut) (14:15-15:52). A man is tested in a rotating chair, he spins repeatedly. Dr. Patricia S. Cowings speaks outside, she's a psychophysiologist, which is the study of the relationship between physiological signals recorded from the body and brain to psychological processes and disorders. These biological signals may be generated by activity of organs in the body or by muscle activity. NASA employees in a wide variety of jobs (15:53-17:58). Computer. A black woman looks up at a launch tower. An Asian man looks at a model of the Space Shuttle. Paul Ernesto Reyes, NASA employee, speaks. He discusses the payloads required for the shuttle. Reyes walks through the NASA plant (17:59-20:29). Men and women look at computers. A woman wears a headset. Reyes speaks. A man and a woman review pictures enlarged on a screen. Space Shuttle. NASA control screen. Reuben Ramos, NASA Communications Systems Engineer, speaks (20:30-22:33). Apollo 11 Lunar Module coming in to land on the moon in 1969 and landing - 'The Eagle has landed.' Dr. Patricia S. Cowings speaks. Cowings works with a man at a computer. Gemini IV spacewalk by Astronaut Ed White (22:34-24:48). Isaac Gilham speaks. Astronaut Frederick Gregory speaks. Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan speaks (24:49-26:41). Dr. Ronald McNair speaks. On the tarmac or in the computer room, NASA at work. Isaac Gilham speaks to men at a meeting. Men and women, of all races work at NASA. Earth as seen from outer space (26:42-28:18). End credits (28:19-29:01).
Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was an American NASA astronaut and physicist. He died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L. He was serving as one of three mission specialists in a crew of seven. Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. A crew member on three Space Shuttle missions, she was the first American woman to walk in space on October 11, 1984. Patricia S. Cowings (born 1948) is an aerospace psychophysiologist. She was the first American woman to be trained as a scientist astronaut by NASA, although she did not travel to space. She is most well known for her studies in the physiology of astronauts in outer space, as well as helping find cures for astronaut's motion sickness.
Duration: 29 minutes
Release Date: Feb. 21, 2025
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