To the Moon and Beyond (1964)

Directed by

Con Pederson

Country

United States of America

Runtime

15 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film takes viewers on a journey from Earth out into the universe and back down to the atomic level. It was shown at the 1964 New York World's Fair using a special dome projection system.

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What happens

To The Moon and Beyond is a special motion picture produced for and shown at the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair. It depicted traveling from Earth out to an overall view of the universe and back again, zooming down to the atomic scale. It was filmed in a Cinerama process using a camera with a single fisheye lens and projected onto a dome screen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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