Man Who Sold the Moon
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Man Who Sold the Moon. DESCRIPTION: While Apollo Ten was making it’s dramatic dress rehearsal for a moon landing in July, a sculptor in Cornwall has been making Moons of his own. His glass fibre models are so accurate, even Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman is among his customers! SHOTLIST: MLS Apollo 10 on launching pad. MCU astronaut Colonel Thomas Stafford in space suit. Commander Cernan in space suit. Commander John Young in space suit. MS Apollo taking off. MS mock lunar landing module. MS mock up of lunar landing module in orbit around moon. MCU pan from model of moon to Arthur Wightman working on mapped surface of moon. MS pan from model of moon to Arthur Wightman working on mapped surface of moon. CU surface of moon (model) Sculptor Arthur Wightman peels rubber mould from glass fibre. MS Wightman walks from cottage with fibre glass model of moon. MS Wightman places unfinished glass fibre moon alongside finished model. LS Wightman painting model of moon. CU Wightman painting model of moon. CU finished model of moon. MCU finished model of moon.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Arts and crafts; Science and technology; Space; Military
- Locations
- United States of America; Cornwall; United Kingdom
- Card file number
- 94769
- Credits:
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- Camera
- John Wanstall
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 147
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