Space Ship I Launches

Weltraumschiff 1 startet is a 1940 German Science Fiction short film about man's first mission to the Moon. It has a runtime of 23 minutes. It priered in Berlin as part of a film festival in July 1940 and was released to theaters on November 7, 1940

Action
It's June 13, 1963 at the Friedrichshafen airship shipyard. The directors of the shipyard announces manned rocket flight to the moon and provides a brief summary of the advancements in Rocket technology and details of space travel including the mission to circumnavigate the Moon. Commadore Hardt who has invented the rocket will be commanding the mission and is interviewed via radio prior to launch. The rocket propells up a ski ramp into space and navigates around the moon before returning to the Earth.

Production
The film was produced by Bavaria Films.

Reception
It's special effects have been called 'Milestones' by the Encylopedia Astronautica.

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