1960 Sci-Fi Classic | 12 To The Moon

[@operatorjeffdeathstar7759]

Just love the vinyl lawn furniture attached to the bulkhead...Lol

[@rosella0555]

Ned Roberts Assistant Producer was my Uncle. This week I was looking at old photographs... and found a few personal pictures of behind the scenes. Interesting.... thank you for having this 🎥 movie on KZbin 😮

[@tenaatv]

Wow, that's a cool fun fact! Glad you enjoy the movie :)

[@BoltRM]

Cool that the ship is named the Eagle 👍

[@BoltRM]

I enjoyed that movie ! ;)

[@josephnash2081]

When I was a boy in the 1960s and the real effort to reach the Moon was unfolding before my eyes, I watched every one of these movies that attempted to visualize space travel as I could and found them compelling viewing. They have NOT aged well.

[@matthewhyatt281]

Well, they were made in a different time and decade, Joseph.

[@charlottewhyte9804]

me too I was into this at age 12 in 1962. All my projects were about space ,my class mates were amazed,asked me questions,never stopped. wow I was busy.

[@Boards-dont-hit-back]

I guess you won't be big in 'First Spaceship on Venus' then 🤗

[@TheFiown]

In the last moon exploration movie I saw, the woman on board wore a bustle and they laid a table with porcelain and silver for dinner with candles ! This is one step up !

[@vonzigle]

Thanks!

[@melihozuyar9843]

Happy to see Muzaffer Tema a Turkish player RIP

[@pergrytt8427]

just few seconds

[@muratcivan1992]

I am Turkey.Muzaffer Tema Which minutes

[@muratcivan1992]

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[@cheryljohnson247]

Great movie! Takes us back to what science fiction started out as. I enjoyed the innocence of it.

[@davidking3812]

Too funny! I am thinking of the scene showing the backyard aluminum folding chaise lounges. Budget issues were just...astronomical!

[@hensonrobert5547]

I love the dog walking around

[@barrypitzer130]

Absolutely one of the best worst space movies ever made! Loved it!

[@billg2025]

I remember those old triple tail Connie's, most beautiful aircraft ever made.

[@GeneOlson]

I liked this sci-fi flick. I kept thinking it was real but in the back of my mind I tried remembering it is just a movie. Great sets and rocket ships, and of course, weapons. Realistic effects.

[@Autostade67]

This movie may be cheap but its post WW2 political stance is exact to period and very galvanizing...I can't think of any other Science Fiction film from this period where an African character has a key role, the aggressors from that conflict have been culturally rehabilitated and the Holocaust is referenced outright. Bravo.

[@electricelf-music]

In other words, it is straight up American Liberal propaganda lol

[@bridebooking1209]

​@@electricelf-musicThere's an implicit argument that the way forward is to distance ourselves from the truth of the past, i.e. the Nazi doctor's son changing his name and "working so well" with the Israeli who's unaware of his real identity. Sounds more like conservative propaganda to me, a bit like banning so-called CRT. In any case it's all pretty surprising in this sort of film.

[@louiseclark7967]

@electricelf-music I don't understand why a world with equality and kindness is such a threat to you..

[@davidhewson8605]

The props were so realistic : fighter survival suits/ Bell helmets , garden chairs , polystyrene rocks , and moonscapes with bubbly craters . Nuke powered ship made such a racket in space vacuam. Its ok but only several cats , spider monkeys , dogs and bugs were killed in the making of this film ! . I learn more and have a laugh with subscribers more than anything . I love these chaotic and hilarious sci-fi flicks . Cheers all and thanks . Dave .

[@Autostade67]

The reason you see the stars through the rocket is a simple matter of budget: footage of the rocket was shot against a black background and then superimposed over a second length of footage - both probably packed into an optical printer and exposed against a third negative. To remove the stars would have require rotoscoping - a painstaking process where a black matte of the rocket travelling against a white background is created frame by frame. The rocket is exposed against this. I believe also the same matte would have to be used against the star background, as well. That a mere 8 years later The Discovery would she shown against those spectacular moving star fields in '2001' - it still looks freaking amazing today! - boggles the mind.

[@RickTheClipper]

Such a nice insight into US psychology

[@mikelabor7688]

I love old movies, especially if the space ship has tons of floor space! We have birds, monkeys, cats and a dog too? And what in the world are those weird braids along the back of arms, and across the back, on "space suits"?

[@brianhiles8164]

Spider webs, from _Space Spiders._

[@wzman2006]

@@brianhiles8164 Those suits they were wearing were fighter pilot g suits from the 50s. They were laced up like a corset, that's the braids you see. Modern g suits still use this lacing on legs and waist, but they're hidden by a flap of nomex fabric. G-suits were and still are custom fit. Had to get one refit after gaining a few pounds on vacation.

[@vicmaris9579]

​@@wzman2006 Exactly! I remember back in the late 50's or early 60's you could buy these high altitude suits surplus complete with the helmet.

[@japhfo]

Hurrah! Unusual. I enjoyed that. Mostly for the right reasons

[@abirios7515]

Not a bad movie at all I enjoyed it thank you glad it is in KZbin😊❤

[@oneoffour63]

Gotta love the high tech space ship back then, astronauts blasting off in the comforts of lawn chairs..

[@mikelabor7688]

Agreed! Lawn chairs in outer space!

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Well if pigs can fly, Kermit can ride a bicycle & The Muppets have already been there, why not? Science FIKSHUN.

[@davidcottee2808]

They were chosen because they were easy to fold up and stow away.

[@duncanspiers8855]

Larry Walters showed us the way to high tech. Eat your heart out, Larry.

[@lars9168]

I like how the astronauts seemingly first met inside the spaceship xD

[@MovieMan-gh2qn]

I couldn't help but notice...the hand held "flashlights" used in the cave had extension cords powering them. I liked the explanation as to why the helmets had no face shields. I did see a shield when the captain put his helmet on at 7:32 to 7:35. All in all, it's a pretty decent story for a low budget movie and considering what they thought at the time that made a good story. Hey! It's a space movie! We can't ignore it because we don't have that many.

[@davidcottee2808]

Invisible electromagnetic ray shields. Very convenient!

[@retroitcomplex]

It's brilliant in many senses, more a theater play than a movie. It touches key aspects of first contact topics in a very reasonable and hard sci fy way, i.e. no super cyborg or alien "action movie killing machines eating humans" but rather a first contact scenario that (as espected and as history tells us) goes wrong and escalates to a smart planetary attack involving climate change events and atomic science aligned with the debate of the era. Just brilliant if you know to look a it. Some FX solutions made me laught, but it ads to the charm of it, and they're smart, it's obvious de visual side of the movie was completelly not important to the makers, but the situation it reperesents and the possible implications and fears the the people of that era had about going to space, atomic power, alien life, and geopolitics, and even telekinesis are very well represented in this to me now new fave classic.

[@MegaLivingIt]

The cute cocker dog was the star.😅

[@BoltRM]

I enjoyed that! ;)

[@tenaatv]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@matthewhyatt281]

12 to the Moon. "Starring an International Cast!" , yelled the cinema lobby cards. "Name us!" yelled the poor actors, "Or we won't go!" Very well then, but not all 12, ten who were doctors. There was Ken Clark, who played Captain Anderson (who??), British bloke Tom Conway (true brother of British bloke George Sanders), Anthony Dexter (best known for portraying Rudolph Valentino), Robert Montgomery Jr (son of you-know-who) and Francis X. Bushman (best known for appearing in the original silent version of Ben-Hur!). On the production side, there was David Bradley (who often directed Pete Smith Specialities - bleeearrgghhh!), De Witt Bodeen (writer of Cat People (1942) for Val Lewton NB don't tell John Carpenter that!) and John Alton (one of Hollywood's unsung photographic geniuses!). Oh, there was also special effects man Howard A. Anderson (formed his own group, Howard A. Anderson Co, and did some of the special effects for Jack the Giant Killer (1962)). Anyway, off these 12 go to the Moon, in their rocket. There is a model rocket, but the launching is stock footage of a real rocket. Well, it was done on a very low budget and it was for drive-in teenagers, who were looking for a cheap cinematic thrill, in those days! The story looks utterly absurd and silly, nowadays, and the audience sadly does not see the beings encountered on the Moon at all. Why not? Beings on the Moon, I hear you say, dear reader? Yup! Then again, this film was made in the days when many people still thought that the Moon, and other planets in the solar system, were inhabited by alien beings. The film is definitely watchable, but that's about all. Again, another of those curios from the past.

[@rosella0555]

Wow... you know a lot about this film 🎥 My uncle Ned Roberts was in the crew ... I am a retiredelementaryschoolteacher..... I just found some old behind the scenes pictures amongst the tons of Memorabilia I inherited in Los Angeles County 🌴 Just researching for sale .... Any ideas on who would buy such items? You seem to know a lot Thank you 🤝 Miss Rosella 🌹

[@matthewhyatt281]

@@rosella0555 Hello, there. I got a lot of knowledge of this film, from a certain book written by a certain British bloke called Denis Gifford (sadly, now deceased). I am terribly sorry, but I would not really know who would buy those old behind the scenes pictures (apart from collectors of such memorabilia, that is). Sorry about that.

[@michaelfuller4955]

@@matthewhyatt281

[@matthewhyatt281]

@@rosella0555 Regrettably not, Rosella, I am very sorry. By the way, I got a lot of information about this film from Denis Gifford's book: Things, Its and Aliens: Lobbycard posters from Sci-Fi shockers, as well as The Aurum Film Encyclopedia of Science Fiction films, by Phil Hardy. But it was nice to know that your Uncle Ned Roberts was in the crew.

[@matthewhyatt281]

Apologies - I forgot I had replied to your message already!

[@pi.actual]

They got one thing right - 12 people went to the Moon.

[@davidcottee2808]

And the name of the spacecraft too!!

[@jeancoppin6353]

Suddenly at the point they've landed and are entering the airlock, an errant, frantic voice came to me: "is there air?!?! You don't know!!!!"

[@jeancoppin6353]

😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@MegaWam1]

The launching seats are actually “lawn chairs”. I guess they plan on sunbathing when they get to the moon.

[@Nebulasmoke]

The lawn chairs are hilarious 😂😂😂😂

[@johnharris7353]

Hey save $ !!!

[@noncompliant4316]

At least the Eagle landed!

[@teresaarvidson44]

well that was easy, "we can all take our motorcycle helmets off now" lol

[@alonzoalvs8226]

it was amazing thnx

[@pennyarcade2]

Wow, they certainly cut some corners on this movie. I too saw it when it first came out and back then criticised it for running roughshod with scientific facts. Now I realise, of course, that having 'proper' spacesuits, and simulating the 1/6 Lunar gravity would have been beyond the poor studio's budget. They could have, however, afforded some thicker paper to make the space ship because you can see the background stars through the model (the launch sequence). Finally, one woman and 11 men....?? surely not a good look these days.

[@Madbandit77]

Two women.

[@pennyarcade2]

@@Madbandit77

[@pennyarcade2]

@@Madbandit77 Hi Roy, thank you. - my brain probably glazed over....

[@ClementeValdez-n7w]

Pool side chairs and all.... what a budget!!!!....the Japanese scientist is/ was hot!!!!

[@mercury4metal]

Well, apparently there’s a breathable atmosphere on the moon, because the Astronaut Helmets had no face shields. 🤣

[@constantgardener19]

Pay attention: the face shields were electromagnetic (and thus invisible).

[@l고맙습니다l]

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[@rb2712]

Doctor Who must have built the ship. Small outside and very big inside. 😂

[@numbersix8919]

Just watch from 1:10:12 to 1:12:12 - Space Madness!

[@teresaarvidson44]

this movie should have been called "cat lovers in space" hahahahaha

[@marinowilsonjoemama]

Smoke a blunt,go to the moon now!😅😅😅

[@Carly_Jay]

The only thing missing in this movie is … Nope, nope, that showed up at time factor … All in 74+ minutes.

[@OldJoe212]

Space travel was much more refined 63 years ago. Where did we go wrong?

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Leaving 🌎.

[@parrot0051]

LOL being on the moon in space suits really air force fighter outfits with helmets without any glass so there must be air on this Moon LOL.

[@voiceofreason162]

10:35 - Flies into space out of the atmosphere... behind the stars... like you do.... watched it to the end. Excruciatingly bad. Tick off wishlist. Need coffee and a defibrillator.

[@Boards-dont-hit-back]

If I was on the moon, I'd air on the side of caution.🤔

[@randylewis7220]

A international crew in 1960 can you imagine were the US and the world would be if it were true. I was 4 and already was a spaceman but by the time I entered the public school system and experienced racism full on my dreams dashed because I was just glad to make it home every day everyday.

[@japhfo]

42:49 / 1:14:46 Glsd to see thay have realised that under bombardment they should spread out and not bunch up.

[@Autostade67]

God - sorry about all the typos below - I need new glasses - but I think you can figure out what I was trying to say.

[@ronferguson4379]

Using atomic power but there is still an exhaust spluttering like a skyrocket. What next.

[@teresaarvidson44]

at least they have stars.......

[@18661873]

How many Gs can those lawn chairs withstand?

[@jmh6823a]

The lawn chairs cracked me up! 😂

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Evidently all of 'em.

[@lorraineschieffer4257]

And they are walking around as the ship is ascending from Earth!

[@michaelcavanaugh2708]

What's with the helmets? No glass to protect their faces. Well I guess if they had glass covering their faces they COULDN'T breathe. the moon MUST HAVE FRESH AIR

[@moonroach1]

25:32 One of the greatest B-movie science handwaves of all time.

[@japhfo]

Pumice Base to Earth Central Control "The Eagle has landed"!

[@teresaarvidson44]

if they communicate with thought waves, then why are they sending hyrogliphics?! this is too funny....

[@tomdis8637]

I remember seeing this movie in the early 60s - probably 1961 - at the Lawrence Park theater in Broomall, PA at the Saturday Afternoon Matinee. It was exciting then…but whoo, what a stinker of a movie! I laughed at the WWII Army surplus FM tank radio on the wall…complete with hand-scribbled channel numbers! They used a bunch of surplus junk to fake up the instrumentation. Sets were cheesy, acting was terrible, it stunk on ice! 😂😂😂

[@garryferrington811]

Well, now I'm going to go and have a really great time watching some paint dry.

[@constantgardener19]

🤣

[@EgsmithEgjohn]

Did that doctor learn to take blood pressure when she was on the moon?

[@grigorirasputin9507]

budget space travel, ..folding lawn/beach chairs, no glass or whatever for the helmets.. 🤣

[@jeancoppin6353]

Oh, but the helmets had a magic something or other, much better than glass...

[@SS08947]

The dog, cat, monkeys etc....their natural bodily functions could be problematic in zero G. And their helmets seems to be open to the vacuum of space....that could also be a problem.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Science FICTION, NOT a documentary.

[@teresaarvidson44]

5 min. in, and i'm laughing my head off. Why the animals, is this noah's ark? and they're strapped onto lawn chairs!

[@rodemarieaguirre8884]

Where did the dog go to poop and pee? And the cat and monkeys...

[@TWOCOWS1]

PC in the 60s??

[@darioalvarez2336]

Lastima que no esta en español

[@MegaWam1]

Where are the Russians, Germans, Koreans, Arabs, Indians, Philippines, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Samoans, Australians on this journey? You left out a lot of great people, cultures, and brain power. The only person that could lead in this movie is a White man. Why not a woman? What’s up with all this? 🚀

[@constantgardener19]

Only room on board for 12 my friend. And remember: this was 1960. It took Star Trek several incarnations before it got Captain Janeway!

[@PCMcGee1]

Let's play Spot The Propaganda!

[@RobertWilliams-mk8pl]

I like the cheap lousy old sci-fi movies. Like a cup of coffee that taste like cigarettes and meat

[@alext8828]

Why would Columbia Pictures produce such a crumby film?

[@unowen-nh9ov]

They didn't, they bought it for distribution from independent because of public interest in the space race, Columbia began as Poverty Row with notoriously awful studio head, NO studio produced all classics, 1 reason Hollywood is called dream FACTORY.

[@lumenpraetorius4592]

Wow what a lame movie filled with one absurdity after another.

[@Mickt6]

Holy smoke at this time moon had full gravity . Even at this time they knew better

[@jamielacourse7578]

Thank goodness for USAF surplus.........

[@jeffreyperretti4414]

To much commercials.

[@jonp4846]

Not one commercial here.