When we left Earth : the NASA missions
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4 videodiscs (approximately 258 min. [i.e. 294 min.]) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet ([14] pages) : illustrations ; 15 cm) - Publisher: [Silver Spring, MD] : Discovery Communications ; [Chatsworth, CA] : Image Entertainment, ©2008.
Contents / Notes
Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Part one: Ordinary supermen -- Project Mercury -- Hazards of space -- First American in space -- Kennedy's goal -- John Glenn -- The new frontier / writer, Ed Fields ; produced and directed by Mary Crisp (2008) (48 min.); Part two: Friends & rivals -- Project Gemini -- The spacewalk -- The Gemini twins -- Rendezvous -- Surviving in space -- The final mission / writer, Ed Fields ; produced and directed by Nick Green (2008) (49 min.); Special features: Highlights from the NASA film: "Four days of Gemini 4" (4 min.); Interviews from NASA's archives: Michael Collins, astronaut (4 min.), Joe Kosmo, space suit engineer/designer (3 min.); Mission clips (10 min.). |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Directors of photography, Rob Goldie, John Halliday, Paul Jenkins ; editors, Mark Gravil, Hugh Williams, Ryan Driscoll, Andy Worboys, Peter Parnham, Dominic Gardiner, Simon Brook, Simon Holland, Chris Wright ; film transfers, Patrick Matthews ; composer, Richard Blair-Oliphant ; conductor, Ben Wallfisch ; NASA archive team, Silvia Gederberg, Rex Ellis, Susan Phipps, John Stoll, Andrew Bush, Margaret Persinger ; consultants, Roger Launius, Chris Riley, Kris Stoever. Friendship 7: Editor, original music, Bruce Herschensohn. Debrief: editor, Bastian Wimmer. The flight of Apollo 11: editor, Bastian Wimmer ; music composed and conducted by Bernardo Segál. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator, Gary Sinise; commentators, Neil Armstrong, Jay Barbree, Gene Kranz, John Glenn, Chris Kraft, Scott Carpenter, Glynn Lunney, Lowell Grissom, Jim Lewis, Frank Borman, Jim McDivitt, Gene Cernan, John Young, Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin, Bill Anders, Susan Borman, Valerie Anders, Bruce McCandless, Al Bean, Fred Haise, Joe Kerwin, Charlie Duke, Al Worden, Gerald Carr, Owen Garriott, Robert Crippen, Story Musgrave, Hoot Gibson, Barbara Morgan, George H.W. Bush, Ed Weiler, Jeff Hoffman, Steve Hawley, Kathy Sullivan, Loren Shriver, Bill Reeves, Milt Heflin, Kathly Thornton, Jerry Linenger, David Wolf, Scott Parazynski, Scott Altman, Mike Lopez-Alegria, Ken Bowersox, Jon Clark, Evelyn Husband, Eileen Collins. Friendship 7: Narrator, Bill Baldwin. Proud conquest: Commentators, Andre J. Meyer Jr., James V. Correale Jr., Charles W. Mathews, Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Charles A. Berry, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Paul Haney, Elliott M. See, W.B Evans, Walter M. Schirra, Thomas P. Stafford. Debrief: Narrator, Burgess Meredith. |
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Originally broadcast by the Discovery Channel on June 8, 15, and 22, 2008. |
Target Audience Note: | TV-PG. |
System Details Note: | DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation. |
Language Note: | In English with optional subtitles in English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired) or Spanish. |
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