Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Guion Bluford.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Bluford, Guion Stewart, 1942-
• Crowe, Larry F.
• Hickey, Matthew
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 56 min., 46 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

NASA astronaut, aerospace engineer, military officer and engineering executive Guion S. Bluford, Jr., was born on November 22, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his B.A. degree from Pennsylvania State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology, each in aerospace engineering. After completing U.S. Air Force training in 1966, Bluford flew 144 combat missions in Southeast Asia as an F4C fighter pilot and trained future Air Force and West German fighter pilots as a T-38 instructor pilot. Bluford was selected for the austronaut program in 1978, interrupting his work as branch chief in the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory. He was the first African American to fly in space, and to return for his second, third, and fourth visits. He logged more than 688 hours in space. In 1993, Bluford retired from NASA and the U.S. Air Force to become a senior aerospace industry executive.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Guion Bluford
• Guion Bluford

Subject

• Bluford, Guion Stewart, 1942- > Interviews
• Bluford, Guion Stewart, 1942-
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Astronaut Military Officer

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

OCLC

994208817

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Guion Bluford.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States. naf

Playing Time

025646

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Larry Crowe, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

Event

Recorded Westlake, Ohio 2013 May 9.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Astronaut Military Officer.

Added Author

Bluford, Guion Stewart, 1942- interviewee.

Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.

Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.