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ROAD TO THE STARS (1957) Georgi Solovyov, directed by Pavel Klushantsev. A landmark man-into-space film from the man who gave us Planet of Storms. The first half of this short 50-minute feature is mainly about the soviet space program, focusing on scientific contributions of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and other famous soviet scientists. Actual scientific aspects of rocketry are discussed. However, in the second half, the film turns into a science fiction film, with many great outer space scenes of rockets, space stations, moon landings, and astronauts in space—all told as a tale of outer space. There are some fairly amazing shots of miniatures and other great special effects. A true must for all die-hard space opera fans. English subtitles. Beautiful color, from 35mm.
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