Genres: Space Race
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
MILITARY MEN TALKING LIKE CRUDE MILITARY MEN – Tom Wolfe’s book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it. Thrilling, funny, charming and electrifying all…
October 4th 1957, and the Russians take a huge leap forward in rocketry when they successfully launch Sputnik 1 – the world’s first artificial satellite. Over the years the Soviets would with their space achievements, and it was America’s turn to respond. Moon Machines in the US and UK is a Science Channel HD documentary miniseries consisting of six episodes documenting the engineering challenges of the Apollo Program to land a man on the Moon….
Tom Hanks, Imagine Entertainment and HBO present From the Earth to the Moon, the dramatic story of the unforgettable Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts, from President John F. Kennedy’s historic speech, through the first manned expeditions into space, to the defining moment of the space program – putting a man on the moon. “One small step for man…one giant leap for mankind.” Powerfully told as never before through the unforgettable performances of Cary Elwes,…
In the early morning hours of December 21, 1968, three astronauts strapped themselves into a tiny capsule perched atop the most powerful rocket ever built. They were about to attempt the most daring, dangerous mission in the history of exploration: a journey from the earth to the moon. If they succeeded, they would realize a dream that had captured people’s imaginations since time began. If they failed, the United States would be forced to cede…
Technical troubles scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew in director Ron Howard’s chronicle of this true-life story, which turns a failed journey into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
1969 documentary film covering the flight of Apollo 11 from vehicle rollout to splashdown and recovery. Footprints on the Moon contains footage filmed by the astronauts themselves as well as the vast film crew assembled at Cape Kennedy and the Houston Space Center. Directed by William Gibson, the film also includes television transmissions from space, many of which have never been seen by the general public.
What it was like by the men who went. Only 24 men have left low earth orbit. IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON combines archival material from the original NASA film footage, much of it never before seen, with interviews with the surviving astronauts, Starring Apollo 11 Command Pilot Major General Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin. also including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt….
The Dish is a 2000 Australian film that tells the story of how the Parkes Observatory was used to relay the live television of man’s first steps on the moon, during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. It was the top grossing film in Australia in 2000.
With a combination of documentary footage and animation, the science and history of rockets, and the effects of space travel on man are illustrated. “Man in Space” is an episode of the American television series Disneyland which originally aired on March 9, 1955. It was directed by Disney animator Ward Kimball. This Disneyland episode (set in Tomorrowland), was narrated partly by Kimball and also by such scientists Willy Ley, Heinz Haber, and Wernher von Braun;…
Apollo 11 is a film consisting solely of archival footage, including 70 mm film that was previously unreleased to the public, and does not feature narration or interviews. Made in 2019, the documentary film is edited, produced and directed by Todd Douglas Miller. It focuses on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, the first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon. Miller’s team used the facilities of Final Frame, a post-production firm in New York City,…