Rickels follows out the postwar career of Wernher von Braun and his V2 rocket as caught on Disney TV. Because Nazi Germany can be seen as the first realization of science fiction, which reached a highpoint in films by Fritz Lang, the genre had to start over again as a postwar American exclusive. But repressed German science fiction was lurking in the margins before returning in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and the redesign of Tomorrowland. P.K. Dick's The Simulacra augured the return of repressed German science fiction and the prospect it carried forward of collective mourning.

In VOICEOVER, film material is recommended for watching while listening to the lecture. ...

Excerpt from the 1955 Disney TV show starring Wernher von Braun. The film should be muted while viewing.

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