National Air and Space Museum Archives
Growing Up With Rockets Collection
Vanguard Productions
Yasecko, Nancy
NASM.2012.0024
Archival Resource Key
13 Cubic feet
6 boxes
86 Sound tape reels
5" Open Reels
2 Videodiscs (DVD)
Total runtime of 1:13:21
43 Video recordings
Total runtime of 33:14:55
1 Electronic discs (CD)
25 Sound cassettes
145 Film reels
143 16mm film reels - runtime of 40:24:65
2 35mm film reels - runtime of 58:23
1957-2011
bulk 1980-1990
The documentary film Growing Up With Rockets, produced by Vanguard Productions and Nancy Yasecko and released in 1984, is the story and personal reminiscences of the children, now grown, of those who worked at Cape Canaveral. The film discusses the Bumper Project (using captured V-2 missiles after World War II); Sputnik; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs; and ends with the first flight of Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) in 1981. Nancy Yasecko offers first person commentary with rare archival film, newsreels, excerpts from NASA promotional films, home movies and contemporary footage.
In 1990, under the auspices of Citizen Exchange Council (CEC), a NY-based Soviet-American exchange organization, Growing Up With Rockets was included in the American Documentary Showcase. The Showcase was the first uncensored collection of American documentary films ever to reach general audiences across the USSR.
Materials primarily English; some Russian.
Growing Up With Rockets Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of approximately thirteen cubic feet of material related to the production and marketing of the documentary film
Growing Up With Rockets including audio tapes; motion picture film and video recordings, scripts, post-production notes, reference material, correspondence, financial information, interview transcripts, news clippings, information regarding distribution contracts, event programs, photographs, and project descriptions and flowcharts.
The researcher should note that the collection also contains 16mm film and rollettes, U-Matic cassettes, VHS tapes, 1 inch videotape, 3/4 inch videotape, and DVD. There are 191 motion picture items totaling 75:51:35. Audio tape formats include compact disc; 1/4 inch reel to reel; audio cassettes; and records in various sizes. There are 128 audio items in total. These items are not included in the container list but a NASM Archives staff person can assist you regarding access.
Arrangement
Organized into 6 series:
Series 1: Production
Series 2: Events
Series 3: Publicity
Series 4: Reference
Series 5: Other
Series 6: Oversize
This collection was arranged at the time of processing to better reflect its main areas of subject matter.
Within series, file units were placed in chronological order with undated material placed at the end of the
series. Original folder titles were kept. Archivist's description appears below folder titles.
Processing Information
This collection was arranged at the time of processing to better reflect its main areas of subject matter. Within series, file units were placed in chronological order with undated material placed at the end of the series. Original folder titles were kept. Archivist's description appears below folder titles.
Biographical / Historical
Nancy Yasecko is a media artist and educator who grew up and is still living on the Space Coast of Florida. She graduated from Cocoa Beach High School in 1972,and received her B.A. from the University of South Florida in 1975, and her M.A. in Instructional Technology from the University of Central Florida 1997.
Nancy Yasecko is also the proprietor of Vanguard Productions, located on Merritt Island, FL, a producer of film and video for PBS broadcast and non-profit and governmental organizations.
Her film
Growing Up with Rockets was included with the first group of US documentaries to be screened in the former Soviet Union in the American Documentary Showcase, Glastnost Tour 1990.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Nancy Yasecko, Vanguard Productions, gift, 2012
Preferred Citation
Growing Up With Rockets Collection, Acc. 2012-0024, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Motion pictures (visual works)
Movie scripts
Transcripts
Photographs
Audiotapes
Videotapes
Astronautics
Clippings
Rocketry
Scripts (documents)
Documentary films
Space vehicles
Manned space flight
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Production
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
4.5 Boxes
1978-1996
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order with undated material placed at the end of the series.
Scope
Contains various materials produced by the making of
Growing Up With Rockets
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1978-1996
1
1
Note
Re: proposals, potential distribution
Letters (Early)
Archival Resource Key
1979-1981
1
2
Note
Requests for endorsements, support
Shoot: Bumper, STS-1
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
1
3
Note
Production notes
Signed Release Forms
Archival Resource Key
1980-1986
1
4
Note
Of people appearing in the film or contributing materials used in the film
Kennedy Space Center Film Catalog
Archival Resource Key
1981
1
5
Archive Search Log
Archival Resource Key
1982
1
6
Archive Duplication
Archival Resource Key
1982-1984
1
7
Note
Accounting material, invoices and correspondence re: archival film reproduction
South Carolina Arts Commission Equipment Invoices
Archival Resource Key
1982-1986
1
8
Note
Studio and equipment rental paperwork
Project Contacts
Archival Resource Key
1982-1986
1
9
Script Binder
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
1983
1
10, 1-2
Note
Film outline, comments and recommendations, various drafts of film narration & scripts
Log [of] Original Material
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1983
2
3-4
Sound Effects Notes
Archival Resource Key
1983
2
5
Note
Notes and rerecording log
Flyers / One-Sheets
Archival Resource Key
1983-1984
2
6
Contacts
Archival Resource Key
1983-1990
2
7
Music
Archival Resource Key
1983-1998
2
8
Note
Recording session invoices, composition notes, PBS cue sheets, sheet music
Titles, Keys, Credits
Archival Resource Key
1984
3
1
Production Post Process
Archival Resource Key
1984
3
2
Sound Mix Sheets
Archival Resource Key
1984
3
3
Finished Script
Archival Resource Key
1984
3
4
Lab: Timing, Invoices
Archival Resource Key
1984-1986
3
5
WNET/PBS
Archival Resource Key
1985-1986
3
6
Note
Notes & correspondence re: licensing
Copyright
Archival Resource Key
1985-1987
3
7
Note
Certificate of Registration for
Growing Up With Rockets
Producer Services Group -- Distribution, Broadcast-International
Archival Resource Key
1985-1993
3
8
Insurance
Archival Resource Key
1986
3
9
Note
Notice of Insurance and correspondence re: a Media Special Perils Policy
Ironwood Productions, Non-Theatrical Distribution
Archival Resource Key
1991-1994
3
10
Note
Correspondence, quarterly reports, study guides
Cape to Kremlin, 7/14/94 [Symposium: Growing Up With Rockets: Reflections from the Cape to the Kremlin, 1993-1994]
Archival Resource Key
1994
3
11
Proposal [for Complete Funding]
Archival Resource Key
undated
3
12
Interim Budget
Archival Resource Key
undated
3
13
Archival Footage, Purchased
Archival Resource Key
3
14
Note
Stock footage breakdown
Shoot: 1980 Reunion Cocoa Beach High School Class of 1970
Archival Resource Key
undated
3
14
Note
School class list, production plans, interview questions
Photos / PR
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
1
Note
Stills created from the film along with portraits and publicity photos of Nancy Yasecko
Conforming Log
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
2
JK Notes
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
3
Note
Notes relating to tests and operations done with 8mm and 16mm film on a JK Optical Printer
Project Descriptions
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
4
Note
Production flowchart, pitch descriptions
Covers - VHS
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
5
WMFE-TVIn The Shadow of the Moon Original Transcript
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
6
Events
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1983-2011
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order with undated material placed at the end of the series.
Film Festivals
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1983-1990
4
7-8
Note
Programs, catalogs and correspondence
Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
1985-2011
4
9
Note
Correspondence & promo materials re: showings/screenings
CCCP U.S. Doc Showcase
Archival Resource Key
1990
5
1
Note
Report on the American Documentary Showcase in the USSR, publicity/tour materials for the Showcase, itineraries, Russian press materials, correspondence, distribution agreement
Premiere -- South Carolina
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
2
Publicity
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
1985-1990
Publicity
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
1985-1990
5
3-5
Note
Correspondence, press releases, newspaper/magazine reviews and articles, listings of film and TV airings
Reference
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1957-1997
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order with undated material placed at the end of the series.
Publications
Archival Resource Key
1986-1993
6
1
Note
Catalogs, correspondence re: distribution, 1 publication (with a review of the film)
South Carolina State Art Collection Catalogue
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
2
Newspaper Reference Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1957-1997
6
3
Note
Mostly from early 1980's Florida papers
Reference
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
1961-1989
6
4-6
Note
Air Force press materials (including 7 B&W photographs of different rockets with id and history on the back,) "From Sand to Moondust…A Narrative of Cape Kennedy, Then And Now," "Summary Report. NASA Impact on Brevard County" Florida State University 1966, "Astronauts Fact Sheet" NASA 1982, study guide for PBS' "The Great Space Race," Brevard County Data Abstract 1981, assorted fact sheets, newspaper/magazine articles, notes
Other
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
undated
[Photographs of] NASA Safety Posters
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
7
Oversize Materials
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
1 Boxe
1985
[The State Newspaper & Layout Materials]
Archival Resource Key
1985
7