Destination Moon (aka Operation Moon) 1950 DVD Color Shown in original aspect ratio Approx. 93 min. Playable in North America (the US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Starring: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Erin O'Brien-Moore and Dick Wesson. Written by Rip Van Ronkel, James O'Hanlon (based on the novel ‘Rocketship Galileo’ by Robert A. Heinlein). Directed by Irving Pichel. Produced by the great George Pal! A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist (John Archer, Warner Anderson and Tom Powers) conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger. The Woody Woodpecker cartoon used in the movie was updated and then used by NASA to explain space travel to the public.
