Rare Walt Disney Space series from 1957, speculating about Mars. Remember, almost 50 years ago, only Sputnik had gone up 2 months earlier!
Walt does the intro to the 6 part program, leading into talk about Man's history of looking up into the sky. Great, almost un-Disney-like animation.
Tom D'Alimonte
Missing Pieces
Nashua, NH
Mars as seen in the news and entertainment of the times. Cool little 'generic' Mars episode at the end. Enjoy.
Rare Walt Disney Space series from 1957, speculating about Mars. Remember, almost 50 years ago, only Sputnik had gone up 2 months earlier! (more)
The 1962 Gerry Anderson predecessor to the Thunderbirds TV series! Filmed in 'Supermarionation' (Puppets!) Steve Zodiac and his cr The 1962 Gerry Anderson predecessor to the Thunderbirds TV series! Filmed in 'Supermarionation' (Puppets!) Steve Zodiac and his crew aboard the Fireball XL5 spaceship roam the galaxy, long before Capt Kirk!
Part 3 includes the great end credits!
How life on Earth evolved & how it might relate to how it would evolve on the other planets. Similar to the prehistoric episode in Fantasia, yet goes beyond it, to space!
Rare Walt Disney Space series from 1957, speculating about Mars. Remember, almost 50 years ago, only Sputnik had gone up 2 months earlier!
The history of Mar's observations from Earth, with all the mixups and false leads! The '50s scientist is a gas, knowing what we now know.
Rare Walt Disney Space series from 1957, speculating about Mars. Remember, almost 50 years ago, only Sputnik had gone up 2 months earlier!
I remembered this favorite part from when I was a kid and in the '90s on a midnight show of 'Disney Presents'. Some of the stuff is so eerie & non-Disneyish!
Rare Walt Disney Space series from 1957, speculating about Mars. Remember, almost 50 years ago, only Sputnik had gone up 2 months earlier!
Werner von Braun worked with Walt Disney to produce this section about how we might get to Mars. This was actually sent to President Eisenhower & was the current thinking at the time, which became so scaled down to what we did to get to the moon!
Rare Walt Disney Space series from 1957, speculating about Mars. Remember, almost 50 years ago, only Sputnik had gone up 2 months earlier!