Moonwalk One
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Theo Kamecke
Laurence Luckinbill
Mortimer Abramowitz
James Allen
Bill Blachly
Edward Brewer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Moonwalk One provides a documentary record of the Apollo moon mission by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which achieved man's first lunar landing on 20 Jul 1969. The film covers preparation to events following the astronauts's successful return, and explores the concept of space flight as both public show and private adventure. The film begins with pre-dawn shots of England's Stonehenge, which was believed to be man's first celestial observatory, then cuts to the operations at Houston's Space Center before the launch, where the operations crew checks equipment and thousands of observers arrive to witness the take-off. After showing the rocket's blast-off, the film recounts several men associated with rocketry, among them, Copernicus, Einstein, Goddard and Von Braun, and associates them with film clips of animated science fictional characters, Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. The film describes the construction of the space capsule and of the spacesuits, and the daily routines of the three astronauts aboard Apollo 11, Commander Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. After the rocket is shown landing on the moon's surface, the now famous words of Armstrong ("That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind") are replayed. The astronauts are shown accomplishing their scientific tests, placing an American flag on the moon's surface and returning to the mother ship for return to Earth. Upon entering the Earth's atmosphere, the astronauts parachute from their capsule and are rescued in the sea. Parades and other events celebrate the achievement and scientists examine the lunar rock samples brought home by the astronauts. The film returns to Stonehenge and suggests that mankind has begun to unlock the secrets of the universe.
Director
Theo Kamecke
Crew
Mortimer Abramowitz
James Allen
Bill Blachly
Edward Brewer
Urs Furrer
Alexander Hammid
Adam Holender
Robert Icpar
Peretz W. Johnnes
Peretz W. Johnnes
Victor Johnnes
Theo Kamecke
Theo Kamecke
Theo Kamecke
Hideaki Kobayshi
Ziemowit-maria Kozbiol
Edwin Lynch
Charles Morrow
Pat Powell
Richard Rice
James Signorelli
Jeri Sopanen
John Philip Sousa
Francis Thompson
E. G. Valens
E. Robert Velasco
Walter W. Whitaker
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Produced for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for $25,000, the film includes official NASA photographic footage taken from space. Variety and New York Times reviews mentioned the intentional resemblance in the construction of the film to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science fiction classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. According to modern sources, the film contains footage of President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945), the man who launched the first liquid-fueled rocket and who is considered the "father of modern rocketry. Moonwalk One opened in New York as part of the Whitney Museum of American Art's New American Filmmakers series. Filmfacts reported that the film was shown at special museum screenings at museum, then had a limited theatrical release.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1970
Released in United States March 1975
Released in United States 1970
Released in United States March 1975 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Science Fiction Movie Marathon - Excerpts shown) March 13-26, 1975.)
