Earthrise: The Story of the Photo that Changed the World | Short Film Showcase

In 1968, three NASA astronauts became the first humans to orbit the Moon. The Apollo 8 mission also captured a photograph of Earth from space that forever changed the way we saw ourselves.
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Fifty years later astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders reflect on their experience witnessing the beauty, awe, and grandeur of the Earth against the blackness of space. Using archival footage and interviews with the three men, director Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee tells the remarkable story of their journey and the photo that changed the world.
This iconic image offered a perspective that transcended national, political, and religious boundaries. Told 50 years later, Earthrise compels us to remember this shift and to reflect on the Earth as a shared home.
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Earthrise: The Story of the Photo that Changed the World | Short Film Showcase
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[@NatGeo]

The famous Christmas Eve snapshot took 90 seconds to make and kicked off five decades of awareness of our planet’s beauty and fragility. To learn more, read on here: on.natgeo.com/2V5ut1h

[@hybridfumez6204]

27:34 that we were really here. Please NG. Upload a decent documentry

[@hybridfumez6204]

27:53

[@hybridfumez6204]

Ugh ugh spacecraft

[@wolfof]

Can humans that identify as republican stop arguing with people trying to keep the Earth clean and healthy?

[@tayyuxuan9851]

I want to see space in its true form. I want to experience the feeling of situde no other destination can give. I want to cherish this blue marble wrought with suffering. I want to run away from this spherical reality.

[@ndirangugichuki6260]

That statement at 27:23 "why don't we get our act together here on earth first" No true words have ever been spoken before.

[@drumhog89]

I had to rewind a few times to hear that part again.

[@AMaz-zx9sj]

True!

[@tauhidershadKUFNAFLORAN]

people who say that generally want it on their terms.

[@ndirangugichuki6260]

@@tauhidershadKUFNAFLORAN how ?

[@eliasgallegos3058]

This is beautiful! We're all citizens of the world...

[@mistypeek3581]

Elias Gallegos hopefully the racist know that

[@Quanvietdung1]

To this day, in 2023, the Apollo 8 crew is still alive, so amazing

[@jorka4691]

Not anymore.

[@shellieshimmel9148]

The best 30 minutes I've spent in awhile. How poignant they believed these images would bring mankind together as one, dissolve borders, and make us see ourselves as citizens of "The Good Earth," but it only lasted a short time. These men are legends and I'm happy they shared their story for younger generations to learn about.

[@Noone-hk1vf]

30 minutes and 23 seconds*

[@hawaiiman33]

Something that never existed doesn’t have to be dissolved. You just think it because of what we’ve been taught.

[@hawaiiman33]

First of all. Boarders, towns, cities, states, countries do not exist. That idea was used to divide the human race. There should only be regions. We should be living in villages. Which is not primitive, it is just a natural way of living out our existence

[@hawaiiman33]

I’d rather see myself as a human being, which is what I am, what we are.

[@Vbluevital]

Citizens of the earth take care of our precious planet and every living thing upon it.

[@974cerebrate]

We can't. Flat earthers are all around the globe.

[@jaderal]

WOW, now they will listen

[@chickenp7038]

GR. Hollman equality for every living species on earth

[@Deploracle]

@@chickenp7038 Really? Beware cockroaches with huge cans of human RAID. What about all the ants you step on unwittingly each day? How many does your car drive over whilst Tweeting? You're going to have to watch your back at all times. Huge brain cells in a coordinated alcohol attack on you when you least expect it. Mayhem. You know, sometimes its "good to be da' king". Be happy you're big and smart.

[@chloemcqueen910]

Will do

[@CVshorey]

Tiny and insignificant, yet so rare and precious, every one of us.

[@reece8224]

I love when he talked about his religion growing up and how this changed his views on that... beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

[@yanibambang3047]

may Rest in Peace to William Anders(1933-2024)

[@aunnb]

Congrats to all the Astronauts who landed to the moon…You made it…thanks for showing the world what is really out there on outer space

[@kongmik]

they were not

[@Markaras]

The fact that I read this and it is hard to believe probably says something, probably this is why you said it

[@nikoladanilovic5636]

I can't believe how brave those people were. it's unimaginable!

[@sudhishmk308]

If i was sent there for free or paid me for going there as an astronaut id happy go.

[@mr.majestic2667]

@@sudhishmk308 Not me , no way to save yourself .

[@skxj]

I wonder what kind of sandwiches they made for lunch.

[@TheSearchForTruth88]

How brave do you have to be to go on a film set!

[@skxj]

@@TheSearchForTruth88 well hard to answer that unless we know if Alec Baldwin is on the set.....LoL

[@Willdeas04]

Its extremely crazy to look at the moon and think wow humans have been there

[@eastboundeddie1413]

exactly....

[@FrankyPi]

Real shame it didn't continue. Politics was the main motivator and therefore in control of the investment. Funding is the only problem and it's always been. It's sad that U.S military has ANNUALLY SEVEN times the budget of the whole Apollo program (inflation adjusted). If we could only get it together and mostly invest in what truly matters for our progress as a civilization, that would be a great start to a new era of humanity.

[@jackpotsearlytapes]

Will Deas Very crazy..... Unbelievably crazy... Unbelievable. Not possible.

[@ognjenchombe5624]

@@sportydiver 🤣

[@spacegoose1574]

@@kenya24pie lol crackhead keep thinking that

[@it3590]

The fact that we all live on this little blue marble in the vastness of nothing is beautiful & terrifying. It shows how alone we truly are and that there is nothing out there that cares if we live or die or if we are happy or miserable. We have no one to care about us but each other.

[@cristinaanamaria877]

Only that there is God.

[@mobileletsplays4660]

@@cristinaanamaria877 No

[@mobileletsplays4660]

@@cristinaanamaria877 God was imagined by us humans so we don’t feel so alone

[@cristinaanamaria877]

@@mobileletsplays4660 I personally experienced too much with God to be able to ever state that he doesn't exist. The possibility that this Universe came from nothing sounds much more crazier to me, than the existence of God. But of course, each their own.

[@samconduct1356]

​​@@mobileletsplays4660 the Bible tells us it was Jesus who created the universe and everything in it. Science knows nothing of origin.

[@jonarrizabalaga7535]

Doesn’t the music sound like zimmer’s interstellar’s soundtrack?

[@shobhitmathur94]

It is, they just modified a bit

[@jonarrizabalaga7535]

@@shobhitmathur94 i was expecting him to be given some credit

[@ananthupadmanabhan9316]

I was surprised to see that they hadn't even mentioned Zimmer in the credits. 🤔

[@edmundtelmo4961]

Exactly my thoughts. I literally listened to Zimmer and then get back to this. It's BASICALLY the same.

[@joe1hundred]

they definitely used Zimm as a reference no doubt

[@robertscaddan5047]

The poise, humility and shear nerve these three men (and the other 21) showed, and continue to show today is truly inspiring. They're true pioneers, the likes of which we may not see again for a very long time. Thank you gentleman!!

[@Defensive_Wounds]

15:03 - Everyone that has ever lives and died, everything that has ever lived and died, for the 4.3 billion years Earth has been around are all in this one frame! Amazing.........

[@RaysAstrophotography]

Very true. Once we saw our place in our universe, we understood the grandeur of this entire cosmos

[@Kai-ud1sp]

And we understood how small we really are!

[@flamehaze59]

I agree, I'm a space nerd and I love it! 😍

[@quantumblauthor7300]

And then promptly forgot

[@spuriusscapula4829]

​@@quantumblauthor7300 so sad yet so true.

[@J-Gwits]

We are it, the center of it all. We do not live in a goddess endless expansion. Watch... The greatest lie ever told. And see what's right in front of our face

[@Rubmaster]

I just realized why I play the piano. All my other friends play guitar or drums. But I just wanna escape into space while hitting the lowest and highest key at the same time. Beautiful documentary!

[@the.martian]

Came here for a glance but stayed for full 30:22 min! It's that amazing.

[@joe1hundred]

“they should’ve sent poets because i don’t think we captured in its entirely the grandeur we had seen” wow

[@JohnnysCafe_]

Beautiful words 👍

[@adarsh4764]

I loved the "Interstellar" theme like playing in the end credits.❤️

[@windowzombie]

This is why I'm looking forward to the Dear Moon mission.

[@battlethebollocksrodgers9173]

Yeah cuz when I went to the moon I never thought about turning the camera back on Earth I was just like the moon dude

[@raytracer2651]

If every human could see that for them selves, a bullet would never again leave a gun.

[@leeryalt4237]

Flat Earthers: Are you sure about that?

[@chloemcqueen910]

That's deep

[@evanhughes1510]

Dumb comment.

[@raytracer2651]

@@evanhughes1510 I bet you own an AR 15.

[@evanhughes1510]

The lonely mountain. Um, no...

[@Carusus1]

'I don't think the Apollo programme has yet brought as worldly a view, as interlocking a view of humankind that I had hoped. And even today, when I hear people chanting that we ought to go on to Mars, I'm thinking, why don't we get our act together here on Earth first and go to Mars as human beings, and not as jingoistic Americans, or Chinese, or Russians, or Indians. Let's just do it as human beings.' - Bill Anders, Apollo 8 Wonderful film. I remember Christmas 1968. It was magic. "Borman, Lovell, Anders" became a set phrase in my mind.

[@Bundy72]

Watching Earth in the vastness of space is breathtakingly beautiful and put everything in perspective and insignificant.

[@lilross1244]

Not insignificant but part of something much bigger ! 💪🏽❤️

[@beefjezos2713]

this has to be the single most underrated video on KZbin

[@joe1hundred]

those astronauts are absolute legends pure class, when landing and giving credit to the vast system of people that helped. class.

[@NathanLArmand]

Rest in peace Frank Borman. Your gift to all of us will last forever.

[@speedball1919]

The only full Apollo crew that’s still alive today. Let’s hope they have many more years. *Edit RIP Frank Borman 11/7/23 RIP Bill Anders 6/7/24 Jim Lovell still hanging in there @ 96 !

[@Markaras]

Rip

[@ItzSeannyy]

Anders just died today

[@ingridllinas5612]

Woh! That was the picture. Contrasting with those craters,this blue marble was more than surreal.

[@N714RVN714RV]

What an incredible crew and support. They pulled it off. The only thing missing is the Christmas Eve reading from Genesis. I wonder if we will ever experience anything as moving and profound as the mission of Apollo 8 ever again. A watershed moment if there ever was.

[@grazydine2]

Looking at the moon from that vantage point. Must have been a very alien experience. Must be what it's like to look at a dead body...nothing there, haunting, creepy. I wonder what it's like to look at space, and realize you are looking at vast nothingness. Then amidst all of that, there is the Earth, warm, bright, inviting. And then realize the universe doesn't care about the Earth.

[@gabolifavmc]

By far those are one of the bravest and luckiest men to ever live. This crew changed the world. Long live to America, the greatest country in the world. By a Brazilian. 😊

[@TheCream14]

My favorite of all space missions. The Christmas reading is something I'll never forget - and something I refer back to when I get down over this crazy current world of ours.

[@mrcsanselmo]

How beautiful that to talk of what they saw they could only express through poetry.

[@quandung163]

" We learned a lot about the Moon, but what we really learned was about the Earth. The fact that just from the distance of the Moon you can put your thumb up and you can hide the Earth behind your thumb. Everything that you've ever known, your loved ones, your business, the problems of the Earth itself-all behind your thumb. And how insignificant we really all are, but then how fortunate we are to have this body and to be able to enjoy loving here amongst the beauty of the Earth itself " - Jim Lovell said

[@sekarsoeryo8598]

The Earth is beautiful ❤️

[@kongmik]

Its a cartoon

[@ghostie0507]

I wish I could go up there too and experience same thing. Thank you guys for giving me the opportunity to see this. Merry Christmas!👍

[@neville8382]

Ghostie... you have been out there ....where we have been in imagination there we were . You are not your body . We can see independently from our physical eyes . The mind stores all our experiences as memory images . These experiences are experienced either within the body or without . The degree of the reality is entirely up to the individual - with or without the body .

[@Jeffman529]

@@neville8382 yikes

[@aphexmoon767]

I was born in 89. It's even crazier to think that in that picture is the whole mankind but I was not

[@PeaTearGriffinACJ]

I almost cant imagine what this would feel like, standing on the Moon looking at Earth through a telescope.

[@markmakabuhay2009]

That would be a breathtaking view. Wish I could do that, see the earth from the moon.

[@goharhassandar4874]

So I finally get to know the history behind that beautiful picture which used to be in my science textbook back in 6th grade.

[@sandramoore6456]

@fandy final actually the earth rise in these pics , the earth should be at least 5 times bigger. An it's not, the earth is way bigger than the moon.

[@AL-SH]

@@sandramoore6456 imagine believing a bunch of accomplished, highly educated, intelligent, experienced and rational astronauts over a random nobody on KZbin. Oh how silly of me. You are 100% correct. These people went through all the trouble to lie about the moon landing but forgot to adjust the size of earth in the images. You got em! You go Sandra

[@drew7155]

@@AL-SH imagine not having thousands or millions of pictures of the Earth from multiple vantage points. We don't. Why?

[@robertaelenei8799]

CGI .People these days believe everything they are told :)))do your own research

[@trueluscao]

send all politicians to the moon and they will realize how beautiful earth is.

[@johnshields6852]

We all should get a view of earth from space, for real, it obviously has an effect on those who've seen it, some more profoundly than others.

[@Markaras]

I really want to, but it is immposible

[@supermancreations7588]

I you ever feel down in life, just remember we are tiny in this universe and one day we have to leave this universe

[@Anonymous-lw4nq]

You can't leave, you're part of it.

[@supermancreations7588]

@@Anonymous-lw4nq true sumit

[@Will-nn3pb]

We become apart of the universe. When we die we become one with the earth and become one with the universe

[@dipiti8739]

The blue planet looks good.

[@paxvid]

It feels great to be proud of being human ❤ Thanks buddies!

[@ReinierRuneScape]

Absolutely fascinating, one of mankind's greatest achievements.

[@officialtrailer8840]

Change that spelling before you get metood

[@ReinierRuneScape]

@@officialtrailer8840 :(

[@VIKASHSINGH-hf3kt]

Humankind

[@tamsinwood2]

Just the image of our precious blue planet juxtaposed against the grey desolation of the moon has impressed upon me that we hold a precious thing in our hands: our Earth.

[@ProlificPops]

This documentary should be shown in every school around the globe

[@joe1hundred]

Jim Lovell wished his Mom a happy birthday on TV from deep space. She must’ve been feeling quite proud of her son in that moment. that’s awesome.

[@Deventanchi]

...when they realize that they truly are brothers.

[@lohaugustine]

“To see the Earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the Earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold - brothers who know now they are truly brothers.” ― Archibald MacLeish

[@zactaylor2376]

Flat earthers have left the chat

[@papanurgle8393]

Sadly they're still spamming like morons.

[@Jack-gg3gg]

There is one on my comment

[@Artman1]

You have to realize most of them are just trolling.

[@joe1hundred]

lol i came straight here to see the mental gymnastics they would have to do to in order explain this one and it does appear that they have indeed left the chat

[@themorgan9805]

They would if this video actually showed any real images of a globe 😂 oh wait they don't exist .. oops

[@flamehaze59]

Oh my gosh... This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen! 😍😍😍 Just imagine you are able to see this LIVE!

[@xx_rnlambo_xx992]

No goal is to big no dream is to small ,Apollo was that dream and that goal. God bless you all and happy New Years

[@MrLou000]

God??

[@marco-5394]

Love to the earth from France❤️ That is extraordinary documentary

[@greatdouble8966]

Noone cares that you are from France

[@rozzgrey801]

@@greatdouble8966 The Great Double speaks for no-one.

[@carycase5563]

@@greatdouble8966 Great double must be a flat earther disgruntled over this video

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Okay this is epic

[@xx_rnlambo_xx992]

Avery Lopez-Baines que viva Cuba Btw I’m Cuban and American

[@AtypicalPaul]

We humans are so so tiny!

[@robmccarthy9420]

Yes their BRAINS are very tiny

[@ahmedibrahimhassanhajiali]

The Earth value is imaginable and appreciable as if though the rest of the creation in the universe are escorting to endorse the beautiful Earth.

[@ahmedibrahimhassanhajiali]

The Earth is safeguarded by the protection of its surroundings. Love the Earth on which we are all sailing.

[@jeffersonstarships7653]

such a beautiful documentary. moved me to tears.

[@DaveCowan]

Call B.O.B the rapper right now, and get him on the next manned mission to the moon, let him see the world in all its "spherical" glory....

[@SimPilotMika]

The earth is too precious, let’s save it together

[@j-user3708]

Earth is beautiful indeed.

[@blancaroca8786]

those astronauts commentaries like at 27.00 are true wisdom and in millions of years these recordings will be celebrated as marking the begining of a new phase for humankind. How terrible that most people today barely realise what it is about

[@oldjack-mi8gk]

Between the masterful editing and the music, this is one of the best documentary films I have seen. 'They should have sent poets...' -- then Vaughan-Lee shows us that these three pioneers are indeed poets.

[@siyamcelanxuseka297]

This is fascinating to watch.

[@kongmik]

Its fantasy also

[@Brahma072]

A beautiful, moving documentary.

[@christianawai2589]

The way they by default turned to Jim Lovell gave me chills in a good way 😊

[@laddoo678]

@15:55 Isn't that music from interstellar? The earth looks magnificent from space.

[@ChrisBryant-g2g]

It also proved the Earth is not flat thank you God bless😊❤

[@Bondek1996]

"Thank you Apollo 8. You saved 1968."

[@jasonjansen9831]

Our planet is so beautiful.

[@rishivardhan801]

Earth looks blue because blue light is scattered more than any wavelength of visible light in Earth's atmosphere and ocean

[@AviChetriArtwork]

Very interesting!

[@carloS-jy1fl]

i watched this high and it literally felt like i was on the moon

[@Premus101]

10.01 there is a face on the planet. Went so well with the piano background. Earth looks so lonely

[@catherinegarrido5876]

So touching, we have so much to change as humankind

[@aditthiyansa5395]

Greatest achievement for humans

[@samuellittle1286]

Only thing flat earthers sphere is sphere itself.

[@Ghost249]

now this is a shamefully under-rated comment!!!

[@thezentrucker]

Lol! That’s funny! 😂🤣😆

[@user-tr2qq6hh2t]

Underrated

[@richardhowlett3559]

Only thing Globe Earthers ignore is the truth.

[@chadwick2629]

I dont use this word often but this is epic

[@tarekbania432]

i don't know why but this film shattered me

[@anuradhapotnuru9024]

Yes it is about the blue marble and it was so great. Lovely video from Nat geo and go project . And I wish you a Merry Christmas

[@dr.jamesolack8504]

One of the best documentaries on KZbin......IMHO.

[@krisf6313]

What a great "Sphere" planet we lived in.

[@ognjenchombe5624]

?

[@Project2457official]

Its an oblong spheroid.

[@thegreatdivide825]

@@Project2457official *oblate.... You nearly got it

[@mariograce5486]

Amazing movie, amazing pictures! Some parts got me thinking of things I never thought before

[@creatureconnor]

It's a small world after all!🎶🌔

[@rosalindmartin4469]

Splendid documentary. It WAS A MOMENT OF GREATNESS FOR HUMAN ABILITIES. There was envy ...immediately... why can't I do that. Me Me Me. Tho humans will fight over anything.

[@markovilla1]

A beautiful and poignant short film... can someone please explain to me how anyone can give this a 'thumbs down'?????!!!! THAT.. is nearly as incredible as the amazing achievements of the Apollo program, that met it's goals barely 65 years after the Wright brothers worked out how to power an airplane... a stunning testament to human ingenuity when we put our minds to something. Peace all ;-)

[@Bundy72]

Absolutely true!

[@Tbone42tx]

Because it's Fake!

[@alanluscombe8a553]

I’m not religious but I am fascinated with what these men did during the space race. I believe the earth rise and reading genesis on Xmas eve while orbiting the moon is one of many kinds finest moments. Just something about it

[@j.f.fisher5318]

I feel like we are on the verge of a cultural shift as more and more people are able to see our world from this perspective. And of course it will start with the wealthy few, but they through their enormous power to create or destroy are also those who most urgently need to experience this shift in perspective for all our sakes, and for the sake of the whole planet.

[@ndirangugichuki6260]

True

[@basedhumanofficial]

oh it'll be a shift, but obviously not one that you've been programmed to believe.

[@vivekpal1004]

"... even today when we hear people chanting that we ought to go on to Mars, I'm thinking you know why don't we get our act together here on Earth first and go to Mars as *human beings* not as jingoistic Americans or Chinese or Russians or Indians. Let's just do it as human beings ..."

[@psionicinversion]

sad thing is that isnt how were built. but if something like independence day the film happened and we knew they'd be coming back we'd all pull together because we will all have someone collectively to fight. Thats our problem, star trek is a nice idea where we all strive to better ourselves with no money involved and do it for the good of humanity well never going happen really

[@Billy2011C]

Awesome achievement, how people can deny what we have done is such a shame. Ive tried to look at things from their perspective but what I see is just ridiculous.

[@jackpotsearlytapes]

BillyCBoxingFan We?

[@Billy2011C]

@@jackpotsearlytapes Yes we, the human race.

[@jackpotsearlytapes]

BillyCBoxingFan Keep on dreaming.

[@justanormalinvestigator2640]

@@jackpotsearlytapes No. You keep dreaming.

[@TheSearchForTruth88]

Because it never happened! We have never been above low Earth orbit, anyone who goes beyond that point would die to radiation!

[@ianbuchan1793]

Thats the photo which killed the Flat earthers theory

[@alexsiemers7898]

Nah, they just insist that computer animation of realistic quality was a thing in the 60s.

[@ayrusification]

I'm still thinking as to what to type that can describe this!!!

[@larriciasanders4591]

Whats so crazy is they still didnt capture the whole entire world 😩 just imagine if they did a 360 tour around it

[@mmoon1860]

I can see TONY STARK THERE 👾

[@RayyanAlarmouti7767]

And I can see goku blasting kamehameha wave

[@mirror4820]

We all are citizen of earth 🌎❤🤝

[@mauvevanvalleryvinz4913]

The flat earthers would insist this is a just a Hollywood movie.

[@Quanvietdung1]

Frank Borman passed away on November 7, 2023, at the age of 95. Borman, along with Lovell and Anders, were the three people who took that Earthrise photo

[@YouFightLikeACow]

One of the coolest shorts ever. Also that music is straight ripped from Interstellar

[@BadassRaiden]

I love how the soundtrack sounds like a remixed version of a piece from Interstellar. So moving..

[@PTreacy1]

What a magical experience. Perhaps the sad thing about the Apollo 8 mission is that it came in such a condensed period of firsts in space exploration, ironically driven by nationalism! But what a step it was in the consciousness of humans. Arguably more significant than Apollo 11.

[@tracyruth4247]

This was awesome! That has to be the best picture in history! I think if I were on Apollo, it would make me believe in God all the more! We are the only thing sustaining life, and with such beauty and color! I hope humans can redirect their thinking of just how precious our planet is, and how we all need to do better in saving it! 🌎