- Proving adept at every possible camera trick, Segundo de Chomón was brought by Charles Pathé to his studio at Vincennes, near Paris, to make trick films in imitation of Jules Verne (such as this one, inspired by A Trip to the Moon (1902)).
- Georges Méliès' best-known film, A Trip to the Moon (1902), is inspired by Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" and H.G. Wells' "First Men on the Moon". In 1908, Segundo de Chomón made Excursion to the Moon (1908), an imitation of Melies' work, which is preserved with the original Pathe Freres stencil color.—Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)
- A number of astronomers are discussing a means for reaching the moon and finally decide to have a huge cartridge built, large enough to hold four of their number, and which when shot out of a cannon would finally reach lunar territory. The next scene is in the foundry, where the men are at work on the huge bullet, and the one following shows the massive thing complete. The men enter by a door on the side, and after bidding their fellow students good-bye the door is closed. A squad of gunners swing it into the cannon, the fuse is lighted, and the next view shows the distance between them and the moon becoming lessened. The bullet finally reaches its mark and lodges in a ravine and the astronomers emerge. They gaze about them and then begin to explore the strange land. The heat, however, becoming very oppressive they shed their outer garments and lie down for a nap; but while they slumber it begins to snow suddenly and they are soon up and getting into their coats quickly. They now journey to a cave where peculiar imps shoot through the air and disappear in flashes of flame. Flowers and queer plants grow and develop before their very eyes. They soon find themselves surrounded by a number of multi-colored demons, who, apparently, are the inhabitants of this strange planet. These demons seize the visitors and carry them off to their king. Here they are seen in a weird chamber where the monarch, a grotesque looking individual entertains them with dancing girls. One of the astronomers becomes infatuated with the leading dancer, and seizing his opportunity and likewise the girl, escapes. The indignant monarch, unable to capture him, orders his knights to send the other astronomers back to now marched up a mountain, to where where they came from. The latter are the huge cartridge is embedded and are closed up in the gigantic bullet. Some of the Luna-ites now put their shoulders to it and it is soon rolling heavily off the moon into space. Down, down, down it shoots and lands in the courtyard of the college from which they had started out. Here their fellow students come to the rescue, and amid much rejoicing the brave astronomers are decorated with medals and other badges of honor.—Views and Film Index (February 1, 1908)
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