
Apollo 11(2019)
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.

The moon is the subject here. Man's fascination with the moon (via animation) is presented, as is the moon's usage in popular culture (from Shakespeare to nursery rhymes to popular songs). Also, superstitions and suppositions associated with the moon is presented. Then scientific research on the moon is shown, followed by plans for (and then a simulation of) an actual trip around the moon.

Wernher von Braun
Self

Frank Gerstle
Rocket Ship Crew
Richard Emory
Rocket Ship Crew
Frank Connor
Rocket Ship Crew
Leo Needham
Rocket Ship Crew

Walt Disney
Self - Host (uncredited)
Ward Kimball
Self (uncredited)
Dick Tufeld
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Man and the Moon is a documentary, tv movie, animation film released in 1955 exploring themes of space travel, rocketry, spaceship, man in the moon. Directed by Ward Kimball, it stars Wernher von Braun, Frank Gerstle, Richard Emory. The moon is the subject here. Man's fascination with the moon (via animation) is presented, as is the moon's usage in popular culture (from Shakespeare to nursery rhymes to popular songs). Also, superstitions and suppositions associated with the moon is presented. Then scientific research on the moon is shown, followed by plans for (and then a simulation of) an actual trip around the moon.
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