The Space Movie

This Tuesday was the 53rd anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon, certainly one of the most significant events of the 20th century. In memory of that, here's The Space Movie, a 1979 movie directed by Tony Palmer and featuring the music of Mike Oldfield. 

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the moon landing, director Tony Palmer traces the history of America's space program, from the earliest stages of rocket development tests during the 1920s to the lunar missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Using archive footage and recorded conversations from the NASA archives, Palmer chronicles all aspects of space missions, including preparation, takeoff, spacewalks and finally Apollo 11's arrival on the moon.