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

Name: Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-04-18
Duration: 62 min

A story of ingenious minds in a little known place, whose remarkable stories of tenacity and determination in the pursuit of furthering science and technology have nearly been forgotten.

TMDb 0.04/18/2012•1h 2m

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Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory

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Budget

$260,000

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