Overview - Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory

Overview

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, the people associated with the Allegheny Observatory defied the odds to make enormous contributions to the founding of astrophysics and early aviation.

Cast

• Name: Cain Alexander

  Character: Young Samuel Langley

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• Name: Kurt Bell

  Character: Self

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• Name: Robert R. Bell

  Character: Josiah King

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• Name: Len Caric

  Character: Harvey Childs

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• Name: David Conrad

  Character: Narrator

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