A Trip to the Moon / Le Voyage dans la lune - 1902

A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la lune) is a 1902 French black and white silent science fiction film. It is loosely based on two popular novels of the time: From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne and The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells
The film was written and directed by Georges Méliès, assisted by his brother Gaston. The film runs 14 minutes if projected at 16 frames per second, which was the standard frame rate at the time the film was produced. It was extremely popular at the time of its release and is the best-known of the hundreds of fantasy films made by Méliès. A Trip to the Moon is the first science fiction film, and utilizes innovative animation and special effects, including the iconic shot of the rocketship landing in the moon's eye
t was named one of the 100 greatest films of the 20th century by The Village Voice, ranking in
This Version features a Soundtrack by Erich Wolfgang Korngold & Laurence Rosenthal

[@koreanjaefish]

If only movies like Gravity and Interstellar were as scientifically accurate like the spectacle we see here.

[@leftmikerightmike]

Gravity kind of was. The entire plot was built around George Clooney dying because of an imaginary force pulling him away.

[@GeerHedVR]

This movie is 110 years old.. And I dare anyone here on youtube remake this video from scratch.. and do it better.

[@yourmajesty7592]

I remember this movie. I was an extra in it 😊

[@irened.]

@@yourmajesty7592 Pfft! That's nothing! I just uploaded a film that's 118 yrs old and I did the special effects! XD

[@jazzram_]

I just did and I did not save it ;(

[@delphzouzou4520]

Guys, this movie isn't made to be scientificaly accurate, neither was Star Wars. It's a dream, a fantasy, an acid trip without LSD, a fairy tale made with a lot of imagination and technical inventions.

[@gatheringleaves]

+Delph Zouzou How inisightful

[@64roo]

Agreed Opiates were big round that time though :)

[@SamuelWirajaya]

As an aspiring engineer, I feel deeply offended. I do not know for sure whether NASA has been bullshitting us. It is entirely possible, but I don't see why Apollo missions were scientifically impossible. *Humanity is technologically more developed than you probably think.* Even the Ancient Greeks and Chinese know how to make things move on their own, through hydraulics and pneumatics. 19-20th century engineers developed electric motors. Wartime engineers developed radio technology, and perfected control theory. We had television technology, even in the 1960s. I don't see why the engineers at NASA can just steal all these technology to MacGyver an automated TV camera that filmed the lander taking off from the moon. Rockets? The Ancient Chinese knew that technology. Tsiolkovsky and von Braun perfected that. Radiation shielding? What did the 1940s bombers at Hiroshima use to protect the pilots from getting cooked from their own atomic bomb? Now just make them thicker to protect those filthy astrynaughts. Air con? We can just use the same technology as scuba diving and hospitals catering to lung-sick patients, they are totally not new technologies. Hook them up to the A/C system. Navigation? Ever heard of gyroscopes? They are fun things, and the mechanics of the gyroscope was pretty well-understood even in the 1700s, thanks to L. Euler. *Yes, most of these technologies are terribly expensive at that time, so NASA conspiracy could be real. But I just don't see why moon landing is impossible using 1960s technologies.* Remember that Soviets were also racing for the moon. If KGB had somehow reasoned that moon landing is fake, the Soviets would be dying to tell the whole world that Apollo is bullshit. Yet they did not. None of these can be explained by straight answers. Try learning any engineering (not just space engineering) only by getting straight answers, you can't. In fact, the beauty of our technology lies in the complexity that emerges from simple physical laws; those complexities can't be explained by simple comments in the press releases. --- That said, could we just stand back and reflect what wonders has mankind did in the past 10 millennia? And what can we do to shape our future? It's truly, truly marvelous; there is no point in second-guessing ourselves; there is no point to be bothered with petty politics of all this.

[@santiagorestrepo6339]

well well, aspiring engineer. I hope once you advence in your courses you will find that Newtons third law (action reacion), requieres a medium (air or water) to enable the propulsion forces to act on it....So if Space is a vaccum then there is no way rocket tecnology could possibly work on the vaccum. And Yes, NASA has been deceving the public long time ago....We could say is the biggest propaganda corporation in the earth

[@SamuelWirajaya]

rockets, unlike jet engines, can work in vacuum, and it is consistent with Newton's third law. do you even know what a rocket is, and how is it different from jet engines? explain the difference between the two and we can start debating the above point.

[@louisbrasil4090]

Back at the time when Cinema was FRENCH. A time without Hollywood.

[@Pubs9495]

in those days, thomas edison basically had a monopoly on american film thanks to one of his patent companies

[@TheSamukaCan]

Was an european time. Its impressive how a war can change a country. Before WW1, US didn't exist..

[@jordan554]

star wars better

[@zamirstuff]

@@Pubs9495 Even he "pirated" this movie screening a copy in US before Méliès had a chance

[@irened.]

We invented the very best of things: film, cinema, perfumes, cooking, baguettes, fromage, fashion etc. That's why yanks hate us cos everything is better in French and in France! XD EDITING so YT doesn't truncate my words: Also we rewrote and then dubbed Jerry Lewis to actually make him FUNNY!

[@edddddization]

who the hell even downvotes a 1902 black and white sci fi film? Sorry, were the special effects not good enough for you?

[@boojay111]

morons

[@terminatorx2545]

It’s really good imo. It’s amazing to watch people that were born in the 1800s. How animated they were!

[@vandread]

People who get it in their recommendations who din't want it there. Or people who where looking for something else... Or mabye just misclicks

[@captainsternn7684]

@@terminatorx2545 Very true, especially with how stoic they all seem in their pictures!

[@irened.]

Francophobes, that's whom!

[@fatallegend1]

"We need to get a man on the moon." "Uhh...... we could put them in a giant bullet and shoot them at it?" "..........BRILLIANT! But wait, how are they supposed to get back to Earth?" "Oh. That's easy. Just have them push the bullet off the edge and they'll fall back down." "GENIUS"

[@nebby_ya_boi257]

Creative at least

[@jillybeanss]

I remember watching this with my dad when I was younger. I have fond memories of this film because it was something silly, genius, and enjoyable all wrapped into one 12 minute movie, and it brought us closer together. But for some reason, I never bothered to ask what it was called. By chance, I rediscovered not only the film but its backstory by watching Hugo a couple weeks ago. I'm so glad I found this again. Thank you, Melies, for making life a little more enjoyable :)

[@lpBren]

remember to always take your umbrella with you when going to the moon

[@oscarlobaton979]

This is very good to be the first SCI FI of the history!

[@TheEinstein78]

An elegant masterpiece that captures the possibility of shapes to come.

[@MaGsHQ]

It's crazy to think that every single person in this is dead, and probably has been for a very long time..

[@gatheringleaves]

+Scalith_ Not necessarily...

[@MauricioCalderonisme]

+Scalith_ Cool cat loves you

[@gc3k]

Why would it be? It was made 110+ years ago

[@kimberlysmith579]

Scalith_ Except the moon 🌝

[@michaelheston5176]

thats a good short for 1900s 5 stars

[@darkeyeFRANKY]

Omg i remember crying when the scenes frm this movie came up on Hugo -- its so beautiful!!!(:

[@thomasminecraftnl]

They dreamed about visiting the moon, they had never seen it.

[@thecakeisalie7070]

That's the secret plans to the Death Star on that chalk board!

[@SwAxiJoHn]

HOLY SHIT BEST ACTION MOVIE EVER. Best CGI better than any other move!

[@quatlego]

beats gravity

[@Pizza_Rat]

quatlego Beats interstellar

[@serguzestable]

When do you think computer was invented lol

[@SwAxiJoHn]

Mustafa Kesim I don't know because there is people that are years a head of us right now with more advance technology than a computer

[@serguzestable]

***** CGI stands for Computer Generated Imagery so i was pointing out the fact that there was no computer back then, therefore there was no CGI

[@PremierPrep]

I find George Melies' work really inspiring! He was so far ahead of his time. He also helps remind us that no matter what our resources are, we can make great movies. I love watching films such as this that were so influential to all filmmakers. LIKE ME! :)

[@HackaseSky]

got here from Hugo :D

[@abbeyBominable123]

same here

[@HanunahAyesha]

me too

[@chrismoreno142846]

Me to

[@chrismoreno142846]

its a book check it out its really good

[@simontheewok]

That too was a great movie. And I've always had an odd likeness for this Trip to the Moon movie since I was a kid.

[@CjBerry]

If you havent seen it..i highly rcommend HUGO directed and co-produced by Martin Scorsese and adapted for the screen by John Logan..a lovely film with Georges Méliès at the core of the plot

[@maramardhiah]

Cj Berry it was also produced by johnny depp who is very much a fond of this petite cinema verite

[@Oliveyou_xx]

This is one Of my favorites!! the Good Old days, I never get tired Of this movie. Love it!! ♥

[@dickwintered]

I think it's incredible how much people could manipulate film without CGI and all that effects way back in the 1900s. That's use of imagination and creativity! Despite the limitations of shooting theatrically, this is just incredible.

[@0rnami]

I am glad that Hugo brings these films into the minds of viewers. I believe that the heart of film making was in it's infancy, when it wasn't about making money. Back then, film makers had the time of their lives watching their imagination come to life on the screen and breathing life into the wondrous ideas they had. Films, I feel, had a heart and a soul in those days, and they were made with love. Hugo is an exceptional film by my standards, and I mean that in the truest sense of the word.

[@matthewspence7476]

Holy shit I can't believe how amazing the audio is for that time.

[@niamhrk8451]

The original film has no sound, somebody has added sound for this KZbin video.

[@Willy-nu3oc]

this was made during the silent era

[@hpribot]

A true classic, thank you for posting.

[@HunterJumper731]

"if you ever wonder where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made." Random Hugo quote.

[@eliasthompson2337]

Taylor McCrea haha cool to see someone referencing that fantastic movie

[@wonkabo]

I would say the effects are pretty damn good for the 1900s

[@olgaidzhilova42]

I love this music so much. The movie is really well done and to me is like a fantastic dream. Some people here, in the comments, think that their understanding of the Universe is much more thruthful than the one shown in this movie. Well, I feel sorry for them. That's kind of limited thinking. As if I was proud of being able to count "2*2" (having no idea of differential equations and other stuff) as someone could only count "1+1".

[@Kathabreua]

"Hugo" brought me here, too. Great, great story about the origin of films. It's good to know more about Méliès.

[@tRiStA8143]

I'm glad this is in The Invention of Hugo Cabret. That is my favorite book(:

[@clockworkasmr411]

That bearded scientist is such a BAMF. Smashing aliens with an umbrella, throwing their king around like a flimsy ragdoll, dragging a rocket from the moon to earth with his bare hands... Norris, Willis, Statham, Schwarzenegger, Lee, Stallone, Jackson...none of them have shit on him. The original action hero: random bearded old 1902 space scientist.

[@GaelicCelt1990]

Based on a True Story.

[@harvestercommander3250]

GaelicCelt1990 how is this based on a true story?

[@galactica604]

@@harvestercommander3250 r/wooosh

[@Endless0067]

This was really interesting watching it with some modern trance and techno music.

[@RTilly12]

I loved "The Invention of Hugo Cabret". I read it about five years ago and just got to watch the movie. After the movie I had to see if George Melies was fact or fiction. So glad I did this is MARVELOUS!!

[@elijahhh02]

7:44 i laughed my head off LOL

[@Smorfty]

If NASA really went to the Moon. Where are the Moon-mushrooms?

[@pippypenguin]

I had read about this movie before Hugo (the movie or the book), because it was an article on the first sci-fi movie. I saw Hugo recently, and it blew my mind when I saw the picture of the bullet in the man on the moon's eye. The fact that Hugo incorporated real events from George Melies's life is amazing. I imagine that many of the other movies of George Melies depicted in the movie actually existed. 200 of the 531 movies made by Melies have been saved, according to Wikipedia.

[@leocdc7]

Thanks Hugo for remember me the magic of movies. Thanks Melies for follow your dreams, and let us have our own.

[@locant23]

Just think Everyone who was in or work on the movie is dead.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Thanks, Captain Sunshine.

[@wonkabo]

I'm Very Angry It's Not Butter Yeah, but it was a cute kitty who said it...

[@simontheewok]

I was just thinking the exact same thing. Great "movie" though. For as old as it is it was done well.

[@quatlego]

just think everyone who has commented on this video will die someday

[@locant23]

quatlego I wont, I know that I can live fforever

[@mariiamaatta4762]

Who came here after watching Hugo?

[@kylecartoons2010]

Me

[@Willy-nu3oc]

ha, expected

[@artschoolkid9299]

Mariia Määttä or after reading the book

[@sophiaviernes2814]

Mariia Määttä well actually reading the book...:/

[@SM-ih6dt]

I was watching porno.. I dont now what happened

[@SnarkyBark1]

"Hugo" brought me here. What a wonderful film honoring the movie innovator, Georges Melies!

[@yogisie]

Unlike misterjim100, I have a GREAT appreciation for fine filming! It's amazing that they had no concept of spacesuits or anything. I often wish that space travel was that easy. A wonderful film!

[@MrDouche11100]

Anyone else think this is creepy as hell?

[@erikk9448]

1902

[@ximenalafken7305]

No.

[@pindaryahashua]

Very

[@albertor9879]

I wonder what people at that time thought about this film

[@pelicanman96]

Alberto Ramirez It seems like they didn't care what they were watching, they just thought it was fun to watch moving pictures.

[@RealLifeFinance]

It was first movie had to be amazing.

[@ElthrosXL]

This is what I call, original. I wish I could thank George for practically giving birth to narrative film!

[@Minecraftineer998]

at last, a magical masterpiece forever restored on youtube

[@Aiur]

Needs more Smashing Pumpkins

[@nagato188]

HOLY CRAP. I was listening to them before I started watching this, and after, as I read the comment section (Neverlost). Are you a magician?!

[@GarfieldthaGreat672]

TONIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT

[@debopopoola2159]

How this didn't win Oscar wearies me

[@skunkjobb]

+Debo Popoola (popson) It could be that the Academy Awards (a.k.a. Oscar) was introduces in 1929 with two years of retroactive awarding. This film is from 1902.

[@bobbyelias9642]

This movie should be every history textbook for being one the first movies ever made.

[@druca]

Saw this in my film class. It's amazing how far filmmaking has come :D

[@JackoReaper]

i was waiting for the smashing pumpkins to start playing.

[@GameDjeenie]

4:30 - 4:46 Majora's Mask

[@Slubrabeis]

This film was created in 1902, the same year as my great-grandfather was born. To be honest, I wish I was him. I love this period of history. Now these days, we are to many on this planet. And everyone just think about themselves. I don't want to be born in 1996, I want to be born in 1896! Tnx for uploading, and sorry my bad English.

[@willliam87]

Awesome. Thank you Hugo for showing me this.

[@heatheredwards4088]

Hey! I think I know the story! So some guys are dressing up in some weird pajamas and playing instruments, then we see majora's mask moon coming and then a bullet appears in it's eyeball and it pukes on the earth while cast of duck dynasty walks out and we see the most scientifically accurate film ever!

[@thahdeepseadivuh7501]

Anyone else get creepy vibes from this?

[@dscribbz]

Hugo didn't bring me here, I came here on my own. I saw the film when I was a freshman in high school, and fell in love with Melies work. He's the reason I decided to go into film.

[@TheManwithafan]

Honestly, how can anyone dislike this video? its part of their history

[@notimportant8806]

Question: was the music added to the film later, or was it in originally? Btw: thank you for uploading this. It's amazing to see how far film has come and how it has drastically changed. Many films today have no artistic value.

[@fokak0]

in 1902 there is oxygen on the moon wooooooooooow

[@masterassassinofdota]

+B. Ibrahim It was 1900!

[@RKStrikerJK5]

+TheReaperOfSouls Even back then scientists were aware of there being no lunar atmosphere.

[@cameronbarnes4196]

+B. Ibrahim That's why this is called a fiction film smh

[@gatheringleaves]

+Cameron Barnes Emphasis on the FICTION part...

[@LFOVCF]

And the daftest thing about it, IS YOUR COMMENT!

[@arkeshajay]

More than anything else, this speaks to me of the joy of film making. And imagination, of course.

[@xijinmusic]

I was in absolute awe of the action scenes the first time I watched this, still am. The moon king body slam!

[@windowsuserwhats9plusten]

Is that moon from majoras mask?

[@2012YoutubeWasBetter]

Holy acid

[@Lakate91]

One of my favorite movies right here!

[@htascon]

This is simply awesome!!! Thanks for uploading!!!

[@josefzalusky7307]

Still better than Twilight.

[@giusweep]

I love this movie; so well done for it's time, and it's amazing to see how far film has come.

[@TheChristianWulf]

I remember watching this film 10 years ago didn't know the name of it but with a little research I found it. It's timeless to me!!!

[@gatheringleaves]

Wow this movie was insane I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Like the part when the moon men started attacking literally just came out of nowhere but I kept watching regardless. Very Powerful, Ahead of it's time film.

[@NBALJFan23]

The moon face gave me nightmares when I was a kid and watching Hugo made me remember it again lol

[@liquid3600]

How else but by the grace of the internet would I be able to watch this 110 year old masterpiece in my underpants???

[@foodlovingpig]

You've got to admit, those special effects have held up a lot better than a lot of the more modern effects. It just goes to show that effort, ingenuity, and skill will go a hell of a lot further than technology.

[@bb1111116]

George Méliès, you were brilliant!

[@silvereagle2061]

Thanks to those to preserve these works of art.

[@SoccerPlyr2002]

i love this video its so amazing that this film was made over 100 years ago and that its still around its a miracle!

[@Kblog777]

It must have been absolutely mindblowing for ppl to see this back in the day. Would have been considered state of the art, kinda like Avatar now, but way more groundbreaking and astonishing, given that film was still a new art form.

[@soyanoli]

One of my most favorite!

[@user-gy4wh4hl4m]

это то,что искал!Спасибо автору за проделанную работу.

[@cuppalentilsoop]

'Hugo' brought me here, too. What a beautiful tribute!

[@georgeclarke3678]

For 1902, this is brilliant! Not long after Jules Verne put the words to paper in From Earth to the Moon and the sequel, Around the Moon, here it is.

[@farnazboustani1405]

I love this movie it is so awesome thanks for uploading It!!!

[@astephens1963]

I just watched Hugo. I had heard of George Melies. And have seen this many times. But as usual Scorcese made me appreciate something even more. Truely this was a great man. I understand Edison and the Lumiere Brothers put the technology together to make it possible. But this man and Porter made movies people can enjoy possible.

[@rileyc515]

I had heard of this before the movie Hugo, but I had never seen it. Thank you for posting it.

[@whybreakfast9654]

Beautiful.

[@greenkitty82]

I've always liked silen films like Charlie Chaplin and the old classics as they really engage me but Hugo was great as it taught me more about George Melies and his work who was brilliantly played by Ben Kingsley. Thanks for uploading!

[@boodlewoodle]

That shot of the moon with a rocket in it is just wonderful

[@vjs0902]

I can't even believe this was done in 1902. Amazing.

[@jenniferjuniper97]

Brava! Tres bien! Merci!

[@RubyRed2013]

Amazing so cool that they could find the film and put it on youtube!!!!!!

[@BenRussell]

Wow, just incredible!

[@juliedawson7755]

Oh my gosh, this is amazing to see how far we have come with our movies now! WOW! 10 minutes long the would be like 5 hours now. Then movies were only like 1 minute long.

[@winterweib]

A thought I often have watching old movies, pics etc.And which I had as a child in a bus or so:'One hundred years later nobody of us will still be alive.We have so much sorrows but nobody will remember'.This was really sad too.

[@FryGuyClass30]

Woooooooahhhhhhhhhh MIND BLOWN!

[@Mucic333]

This is so beautiful.

[@Sava12242]

So thankful for artists such as Melies and Scorsese....keep the film history and its ancestors alive!

[@irishelk3]

That was fantastic.

[@NASCARFAN160]

Hugo brought me here. :,) All I can say is that that was a wonderful film!!!! :)

[@robertbennett9063]

Right up there with 'First Men in the Moon' - fifties classic.

[@mumbmax]

Realmente incrivel este filme... Visionario detalhes surpreedentes!! BRAVO, BRAVO

[@mizzshelyn]

For someone born in 1996 to comment as such, you definitely have a bright future ahead of you.

[@Michelle-je9jk]

Classic and vintage love it