Destination Moon (Sci-Fi, 1950) John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers | Movie, Subtitles

UP UP UP Seven miles a second! The first manned trip to the moon, happening in the (then) near future, and being funded by a consortium of private backers. Assorted difficulties occur and must be overcome in-flight.

00:00:00 Full length movie - Title credits
00:01:47 Rocket launch
00:07:58 Fantasies of the moon
00:11:59 Woody woodpecker explains space travel
00:18:17 Space race is on
00:22:59 Public opinion & safety
00:32:08 Trip to the moon
00:39:04 Zero gravity space sickness
00:47:30 Outer space
00:54:17 Rescue mission
00:57:04 Landing on the moon
01:02:24 Welcome to the moon
01:16:50 Preparing for the return to Earth

Director: Irving Pichel
Writers: Alford Van Ronkel, Robert A. Heinlein, James O'Hanlon
Stars: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Budget: US$ 592,000

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[PhilipAlvers]

Watched this when i was 6 in the early 60's. Still enjoyed watching it again, great film. Still stands up well 74 years after it was made.

[MovieMakingMan]

For a 1950 movie the earth looked so realistic. They didn’t know what our planet looked like from space until over a decade later. When I worked at Johnson Space Center I was an engineer, designer and suit subject. I knew a lot of technicians who worked in the suit lab in building 7 at JSC. After moon landings and return to earth the suits were sent to the suit lab and techs refurbished them. Part of the process was vacuuming the suits. Because moon dust stuck to the suit so well technicians were able to vacuum dozens of vials of dust. I was good friends with an old timer named George. I went over to his place and he said he wanted to show me something in his garage. He had a dozen 5 inch test tubes full of moon dust. Even though NASA heavily guarded moon rocks they never thought about the large quantity of dust that would be collected on suits. I always regretted not asking George for a test tube full of moon dust. He would’ve given me one.

[CreamedCheesed]

"Do we go to lunch or do we go to the moon?" Great line! I also loved the sound the space boots made.

[thurin]

thank you robert anson heinlein for inspiring a generation with mankinds destiny. i hope we'll yet make you proud.

[christopheschwartz]

Merci pour ce magnifique film de SF des années 50! Je l'avais vu pour la première fois dans un petit cinéma indépendant à Paris! Les salutations de France! 😊👍💙🤍❤

[larry-frzr]

I've been watching sci-fi and horror movies for most of my life. I remember watching this movie the first time on a black and white TV around the age of eight, that's over sixty years ago. God I feel old and young at the same time. For good or bad, things are happening faster

[hugorazo]

One of my favorite science fiction movies from the 50's!

[alantasman]

This truly was visionary for the time and was an inspiration to many engineers who later worked on the the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs. It was an inspiring film which for the most part was scientifically accurate. Also, it was prescient in envisioning a future in which private industry is actively engage in the conquest of space. This film has always been one of my favorites in the sci-fi genre.

[camdenmcandrews]

The most important historical fact for Destination Moon is the writing credit to Robert A. Heinlein, who wrote the original novel, the first draft of the screen play, and served as a consultant during the production. It is the only one of Heinlein's stories that has been accurately adapted to film.

[tonyf.]

I saw this at our local theater when I was 8. That was in the summer of 1960. It was one of those Saturday Matinee double feature specials with a cartoon before the first film and old war newsreels during intermission. I am 70 now.

[Titanberg]

I have always ben Amazed by thematte painting of the lunar landscape by Chelsea Bonestell! Simply breath-taking!

[duanehamilton]

Thanks for putting this movie up. This was actually a pretty good movie! For 1950 it got a lot of stuff right. I have seen some more modern pictures where the physics was all messed up. I think I saw this flick when I was a little kid, still several years before the Apollo 11 flight. Nice nostalgia.

[guruofendtimes]

Buzz Aldrin recommended this to me to watch.

[Omar-wqdz]

Retro science fiction stories are always fun to check out

[larrybliss]

When the ship lifted off from the moon, the mountains disappeared from view in the porthole but the Earth stayed visible--nice touch of realism!

[armadillotoe]

I grew up in the 50s and 60s. I loved science fiction. Watching these movies and reading sci-fi books were a very important part of my childhood. I still love that genre.

[zrxdoug]

The best.
I've owned this one since DVDs became a thing, but it still makes me sit down and watch every time it pops up in a stream or broadcast..this time is no exception.
Thanks for posting!

[teresas]

Great movie … I was very impressed this being a 1950s scI- fi movie. It seemed quite plausible to me than others films about space travel at this time. That cartoon convinced me! Lolol. Special effects were really good. And filmed in color was a nice change from the very many black and white films made at the time.

[rongendron]

In 1951, at age 5, I saw the 'coming attractions' for 1950's "Destination Moon" at my local theater!
(We got films late!) It was the first time that I ever saw 'color film' & seeing the different colored
spacesuits, astounded me! The movie was prophetic, in that they predicted that private industry
would one day, lead the way in Outer Space exploration! Superb special effects for the mid 20th Century!

[plawker]

Way ahead of its time, remarcably prescient, right down to the first words said on the moon. Few movies, or tv series were as factual for decades. I still remember watching this as a young boy, rite down to the spacesuit falling from the airlock door.