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Live from the Moon: Film, Television and the Space Race

Live from the Moon: Film, Television and the Space Race

Allen, Michael

Paperback

TelevisionFilm StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1845111702
ISBN13: 9781845111700
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: Jul 15 2009
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

We choose to go to the Moon, not because it is easy but because it is hard. President John F. Kennedy's words spoke of an American enterprise that rivalled, and echoed, that of the discovery and settling of his own country a century before. At the height of the Cold War between America and Russia, hundreds of spacecraft, both manned and robotic, travelled into outer space - the New Frontier. They sent back awe-inspiring images and sounds from Earth orbit, the Moon, and the planets of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus; they also overturned our preconceptions about our own planet. Live from the Moon is the exploratory story of this remarkable cultural and political phenomenon. Expert and enthusiast Mike Allen examines these images sent back from space, their use as propaganda, their value as drama and entertainment, and their spiritual role in shaping humanity's changing view of itself across the second half of the twentieth century.

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