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.
Cain Alexander
as Young Samuel Langley
Kurt Bell
as Self
Robert R. Bell
as Josiah King
Len Caric
as Harvey Childs
David Conrad
as Narrator
