Over the hill to the moon

United States, 1985

Film
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Episode of Series “Space Science”.
How does a spacecraft overcome the conflicting gravity pulls when travelling from earth to the moon? This program addresses this problem and also dramatises an entire lunar flight through the use of animation and exciting live footage.

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production company

Journal Films

Duration

00:08:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1985

Appears in

Space Science

Group of items

Space Science

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323837

Language

English

Subject categories

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Gravity

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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