Close-up on the Planets
Computer animation and footage from NASA space missions explain how our solar system evolved and the place Earth has within the system.
16mm to Mars
105 minutes
This presentation of vintage space cartoons showcases the way we considered space travel in decades past.
This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2019
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Destination Moon (Woody Woodpecker segment)
When a Woody Woodpecker cartoon is shown to potential investors to persuade them of the viability of space travel, it fills the screen, addressing you, the viewer, as well as the bankers, thus nearly drawing a comparison between the two audiences who need to be educated and primed for a future space mission.
How Not to Fly to Venus (The Big World of Little Adam)
Johnnie and the D.K. Robot
After Johnny has played with his toothpaste and goes to bed, he dreams of visiting the delicious planet Yum-Yum, full of candy. All seems super-sweet, until a villainous robot and his D. K. ray causes trouble for astronaut Johnny and his unclean teeth. Made for toothpaste company Gibbs.
Moon Man
In this classic story by one of the world's best-loved and acclaimed storytellers for children, the man in the moon looks down on the happy, dancing people on Earth every night, wishing he could join them. He hitches a ride on a passing comet, but quickly finds himself thrown into jail by people who see him as an invader, rather than a friendly visitor. The Moon Man, however, has a most unusual -
Over the Hill to the Moon
How does a spacecraft overcome the conflicting gravity pulls when traveling from earth to the moon? Makes the problem understandable by analogizing the gravity fields of earth and the moon as a "hill" between the two planets. From the Space Science series.
