The Astronauts (1960)
- Directed by
- Christopher Muir
- Country
- Australia
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A live Australian television play from 1960 about the space race. It shows a fictional attempt at a manned spaceflight from an Australian perspective.
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What happens
The Astronauts is a television film, or rather a live television play, which aired in Australia during 1960 on ABC. Broadcast originally in Melbourne on 18 May 1960, a kinescope recording was made of the broadcast and shown in Sydney on 27 July 1960 (it is not known if it was also shown on ABC's stations in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth). FilmInk magazine said it may be the only Australian drama about the space race and "the first (to my knowledge) locally written Australian sci-fi drama for the small screen." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day (1960)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.