Man and the Moon (1955)

Man and the Moon

1955

Documentary TV Movie Animation

Synopsis

The moon is the subject here. Man's fascination with the moon (via animation) is presented, as is the moon's usage in popular culture (from Shakespeare to nursery rhymes to popular songs). Also, superstitions and suppositions associated with the moon is presented. Then scientific research on the moon is shown, followed by plans for (and then a simulation of) an actual trip around the moon.

Credits

Director

Ward Kimball

Cast

Dick Tufeld as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Frank Connor as Rocket Ship Crew

Frank Gerstle as Rocket Ship Crew

Leo Needham as Rocket Ship Crew

Richard Emory as Rocket Ship Crew

Walt Disney as Self - Host (uncredited)

Ward Kimball as Self (uncredited)

Wernher von Braun as Self

Crew

Art Stevens (Animation)

Charlie Downs (Animation)

Con Pederson (Animation)

Jack Boyd (Animation)

Joe Hale (Animation)

Julius Svendsen (Animation)

Marvin Aubrey Davis (Art Direction)

Robert H. Justman (Assistant Director)

Charles P. Boyle (Director of Photography)

Edward Colman (Director of Photography)

Lloyd L. Richardson (Editor)

Sam Horta (Editor)

Frank Armitage (Layout)

Kendall O'Connor (Layout Supervisor)

George Bruns (Music)

Al Dempster (Painter)

Bill Layne (Painter)

Ward Kimball (Producer)

Harry Tytle (Production Supervisor)

Edle Bakke (Script Supervisor)

Bertram C. Granger (Set Decoration)

Robert O. Cook (Sound)

George Lowerre (Sound Engineer)

Wernher von Braun (Technical Advisor)

Eustace Lycett (Visual Effects)

Ub Iwerks (Visual Effects)

John W. Dunn (Writer)

Ward Kimball (Writer)

William Bosche (Writer)

Director

Ward Kimball

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Duration

53 min

Original Poster

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