Ep 12: Le Voyage Dans La Lune
From the Earth to the Moon: A Retrospective Podcast on The Apollo ProgramShow Notes
The story of the final lunar mission, Apollo 17, is told as a pseudo-documentary set several decades after the fact. Simulated interviews of various characters such as Emmett Seaborn and flight director Christopher C. Kraft Jr., in old-age makeup, are included. The documentary is interspersed with the story of early French film maker Georges Méliès' creation of his vision of a trip to the Moon, the 1902 Le Voyage dans la Lune. Scenes from the original film are merged with the recreation of its filming.
Episode 12 links:
Le Voyage Dans La Lune (1902, B& W, complete)
Le Voyage Dans La Lune (1902, hand coloured, complete)
Nice documentary on Apollo 17
Apollo 17 LM Ascent Stage liftoff from moon
Apollo Lunar Surface Journal Apollo 17 page
Jack Schmitt Interview
Trailer for “The Last Man on the Moon” documentary about Gene Cernan
Gene Cernan interview
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