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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0014381448221
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Label: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Manufacturer: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Running Time: 258 minutes
Sales Rank: 2581
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Product Description: Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered... Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth and into the great unknown of space! To celebrate 50 years of incredible achievements, the Discovery Channel has partnered with NASA to reveal the epic struggles, tragedies and triumphs in a bold chapter of human history. Along with the candid interviews of the people who made it happen, hundreds of hours of never-before-seen film footage from the NASA archives - including sequences on board the actual spacecraft in flight - have been carefully restored, edited and compiled for this landmark collection.
*Packaged in spectacular, limited-edition tin. *Original NASA footage digitally remastered in high-definition featuring exclusive ''never before seen'' footage *4 hours of bonus footage not seen in TV broadcast.
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Now we're talking. Documentaries in general are just getting better and better and this movie is superb in every way. It should be like the God Father of NASA films. Every time it was on cable (couldn't remember if it was The History or Discovery Channel), I couldn't takes my eyes off of it. It's also the best movie on the subject thus far.
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IMHO, the series presents an objectively accurate historical perspective of the US Space program under NASA's leadership from the early days of Mercury to the ISS. The documentary's content is rich in actual footage and candid interviews with past and current NASA flight crew and staff members.
The only notable negative comment relates to the childlike "Oom De Yada" jingle in the intro, which cannot be bypassed. While it may have an appeal to the "Flower Children" of the day, it is completely ... Read More
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The four disc edition is an exceptional compilation of the history of NASA's manned missions into space. It should be "required reading" for anyone who wants to undertake the pursuit in the discipline of the space sciences or simply expand his/her knowledge of the evolution of the history of Earth's manned space missions and accomplishments.
Tom Sklarsky
Sacramento, CA
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Please forgive the tacky title - but I couldn't resist it. The 4 disc set is pretty bloomin' brilliant - cleaned up pictures and sound mean that this (along with "in the shadow of the moon")has the best images you are going to see this side of Spacecraft films exhaustive (and relatively expensive)collections.
It doesn't just focus on one aspect but covers all of NASA's manned programs.
Extra interviews with various astronauts (including Neil Armstrong and John Young) and a fair range of extras ... Read More
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Not to be missed for those who were too young to remember the race to the Moon or for those who wish to recall the great memories.
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