Title:
When we left Earth : the NASA missions / produced by Dangerous Films Ltd. ; in collaboration with NASA ; series producer, Kate Botting ; series writer, Ed Fields.
Publication Information:
[Silver Spring, Md.] : Discovery Communications ; [Chatsworth, Calif.] : Image Entertainment, [2008]
©2008
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (approximately 258 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Documentary.
Title and credits from container.
Originally produced for the Discovery Channel in 2008.
Contains 6 episodes from the series.
Special features: Disc 1: NASA film highlights: Four days of Gemini 4; interviews from NASA's archives with Michael Collins, Joe Kosmo; Mercury/Gemini mission clips ; Disc 2: NASA film highlights: Apollo 13; Houston, we've got a problem; interviews from NASA's archives with Al Bean, Gene Krantz; Apollo mission clips ; Disc 3: NASA film highlights: Skylab: the first 40 days; interviews from NASA's archives: Shannon Lucid, James Crocker; Skylab/Shuttle/Hubble mission clips ; Disc 4: Original NASA films include Freedom 7 (May 5, 1961); Friendship 7: John Glenn (February 20, 1962) ; Proud conquest: Gemini 7 & 6 (December 15, 1965); Apollo 8 debrief (December 21, 1968); The flight of Apollo 11 (July 20, 1969).
DVD, anamorphic widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, digitally mastered.
Contents:
Disc 1. Episode 1: Ordinary supermen ; Episode 2: Friends and rivals -- Disc 2. Episode 3: Landing the Eagle ; Episode 4: The explorers -- Disc 3. Episode 5: The shuttle ; Episode 6: A home in space -- Disc 4: Original NASA films.
Summary:
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.
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Language Note:
English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles.
Audience:
TV-PG.
Performer:
Narrator, Gary Sinise.
Production Credits:
Original score, Richard Blair-Oliphant ; conductor, Ben Wallfisch.
OCLC Number:
ocn232161899
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1