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Faster than Sound
published by the Public Broadcasting Service
NOVA's Faster than Sound is a short history of how Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1. It includes interviews of the key people involved, including audio recording of their recollections. There is also a section about record speeds on land and water.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Waves and Pendula
- Acoustics
- Sound Reproduction
- Wave Motion
= Doppler Effect
= Shock Waves
- Informal Education
- High School
- Reference Material
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- General Publics
- Learners
- text/html
- audio/realaudio
- image/jpeg
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 1997 PBS
Has a copyright or other licensing restriction.
Keywords: shock waves, sound barrier, speed record
Record Creator: Metadata instance created June 3, 2010 by Foha Rafiq
Record Updated: Jun 03, 2010 by Ed Lee
Last Update
when Cataloged:		 October 1, 1997
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AIP Format
(Public Broadcasting Service, Arlington, 1997), WWW Document, (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/).
AJP/PRST-PER
Faster than Sound (Public Broadcasting Service, Arlington, 1997), <https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/>.
APA Format
Faster than Sound. (1997, October 1). Retrieved April 28, 2025, from Public Broadcasting Service: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/
Chicago Format
Public Broadcasting Service. Faster than Sound. Arlington: Public Broadcasting Service, October 1, 1997. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/ (accessed 28 April 2025).
MLA Format
Faster than Sound. Arlington: Public Broadcasting Service, 1997. 1 Oct. 1997. 28 Apr. 2025 <https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/>.
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@misc{ Title = {Faster than Sound}, Publisher = {Public Broadcasting Service}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {28 April 2025}, Month = {October 1, 1997}, Year = {1997} }
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