Rendezvous in Space (1964) [N/A]
Featuring:
Marcia McBroom, Jim Backus, Mel Blanc
Written by:
Frank Capra
Jonathan Latimer
Tedd Pierce
Directed by:
Frank Capra
Release Date:
September 10, 1964
Original Title:
Rendezvous in Space
Genres:
Animation | Documentary
Production Companies:
Frank Capra Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 16
This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of space exploration. It was produced by the Martin-Marietta Corporation for exhibition in the Hall of Science at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Frank Capra's last film was a documentary for Martin Marietta Corporation, shown at the Hall of Science Pavilion of the New York World's Fair of 1964-1965. After a series of scenes of Earth from space, narrator Danny Thomas gets various opinions on space travel from "the man in the street" (actually, actor Sid Melton and players from other Capra films like Charles Lane, Alan Reed, Doodles Weaver and John Litel, plus a black woman, an Asian man, a heavyset woman, a man with a large family, and a no-nonsense type who says knowledge isn't expensive, ignorance is.) Animated sections illustrate the invention of gunpowder, a typical space shuttle visit to resupply a space station, and the problems to be overcome living for long periods in space.
