The Space movie

The Space Movie contains footage especially made available by NASA and the US National Archive, and includes never before seen colour film of the lunar landscape, man’s historic first walk on the moon, Mars, Venus and beyond. Music by Mike Oldfield.

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Credits

director

Tony Palmer

co-producer

Richard Branson

Simon Draper

Duration

01:30:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300658

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1983

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