The film consists of NASA footage taken by astronauts from as early as 1965 to 1975, covering an entire decade of space exploration by the United States, and the most exciting one, I have to say. It includes on-board camera shots of Saturn V first stage separation, arrival at Skylab space station, footage taken from Gemini spacecraft of Agena stage, spacewalks by Gemini and Skylab astronauts, the interior of Skylab station with astronauts activities, footage of Apollo moon lander in space, Apollo 17 astronauts on the Moon surface and return to Earth. Many shots are interwoven with those of Earth from space.
Although this is documentary footage there are no dialogues or any commentary in it - just very nice electronic music throughout the film. The way the shots are picked and assembled and the original music written for the film has this wonderful surreal and romantic effect, as if it is a part of a motion picture. The events are shown in a non-linear fashion in the first half of the film so do not use it as a time-line of what happened - it goes from Skylab back to Gemini and then onto Apollo moon missions. It's short and not intended to be technical or educational and should be enjoyed for its artistic quality by anyone who loves space. I think the work done by the director, composer and editor is first class. I guess in a way it's a tribute and a nostalgic look at the era that ended with final the Skylab mission in the mid-seventies before Space Shuttle took over a few years later. It is available on YouTube (was when I wrote this) so go enjoy this little masterpiece. Highly recommended.
Although this is documentary footage there are no dialogues or any commentary in it - just very nice electronic music throughout the film. The way the shots are picked and assembled and the original music written for the film has this wonderful surreal and romantic effect, as if it is a part of a motion picture. The events are shown in a non-linear fashion in the first half of the film so do not use it as a time-line of what happened - it goes from Skylab back to Gemini and then onto Apollo moon missions. It's short and not intended to be technical or educational and should be enjoyed for its artistic quality by anyone who loves space. I think the work done by the director, composer and editor is first class. I guess in a way it's a tribute and a nostalgic look at the era that ended with final the Skylab mission in the mid-seventies before Space Shuttle took over a few years later. It is available on YouTube (was when I wrote this) so go enjoy this little masterpiece. Highly recommended.
