1975SPACE EXPLORATION
A NUMBER OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE THAT THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE IN OUTER SPACE. FROM THE MONSTROUS MARS LIFE FORMS OF HIS FAMOUS 1938 RADIO BROADCAST, "THE WAR OF THE WORLDS," WELLES TAKES UP THRU SCIENCE FICTION TO SCIENCE FACT - TO THE NEW VIEW OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE NOW EMERGING FROM PROBES TO THE PLANETS - TO INTERSTELLER DISCOVERIES AND FINDINGS ABOUT THE NATURE OF LIFE ITSELF. THE FILM IS A FASCINATING PORTRAYAL OF A CONTEMPORARY SCIENTIFIC CONCLUSION THAT INTELLIGENT CIVILIZATIONS EXIST IN THE UNIVERSE - A REAL PICTURE AS ASTONISHING AS ANY SCIENCE FICTION. AWARD WINNING. THE RINGS OF SATURN. CONCERNS UFO'S, ALIENS, EXTRATERRESTRIALS.
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STILL OF COSMOS
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| 01:26:50 24.33 |
SWIRLING CLOUDS, SKIES
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| 01:27:08 42.12 |
ECU OF OLD WOMEN AND MEN
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| 01:27:27 61.62 |
OLD 1930S RADIO
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| 01:27:31 64.97 |
MS OF MEN LISTENING
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| 01:27:43 77.37 |
ORSEN WELLES SITS IN LIBRARY WITH GLASS LAMP OVERHEAD, TALKS ABOUT H. G. WELLS AND THE "WAR OF THE WORLDS" BROADCAST
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| 01:28:51 145.12 |
CU OF OLD WOMEN REMINISCING ABOUT WAR OF THE WORLDS BROADCAST
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| 01:29:38 192.27 |
GEORGE WALD AND OTHER SCIENTISTS, PANEL DISCUSSION MEMBERS
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| 01:30:11 225.31 |
ORSEN WELLES IN LIBRARY
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| 01:30:19 233.31 |
GEORGE WALD SPEAKS ABOUT EXTRA-TERRESTIAL LIFE
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| 01:30:30 244.26 |
CARL SAGAN SPEAKS
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| 01:30:51 265.27 |
ORSON WELLES, IN DIMLY LIT ROOM
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| 01:30:59 273.17 |
STILL OF UNIVERSE
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| 01:31:16 290.88 |
MS OF ORSON WELLES, DRAMATICALLY LIT, TALKS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE AND MARTIANS IN THE WAR OF THE WORLDS STORY, SLOW ZOOM TO CU
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| 01:34:57 511.68 |
CLIPS OF MARS, MONTAGE OF HISTORIC DOCUMENTS AND MAPS OF MARS
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| 01:35:52 566.03 |
MS OF ORSEN WELLES TALKING
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| 01:36:03 577 |
NASA COMMAND CENTER, SCIENTISTS TALK ABOUT PICTURES OF MARS
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| 01:36:19 592.94 |
MS OF ORSEN WELLES IN DARK LIBRARY
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| 01:36:31 605.57 |
ZOOM INTO PHOTOS OF MARS SURFACE
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| 01:37:35 669.31 |
NASA SCIENTIST, ENGINEEER ON PHONE IN COMMAND CENTER
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| 01:37:48 682.68 |
PHOTOS OF THE UNIVERSE
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| 01:38:13 707.42 |
SCIENTIST ON PHONE
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| 01:38:18 711.9 |
ORSON WELLES SMOKING IN BIG CHAIR, HOLDING BOOK AND TALKING ABOUT MARS AND MARTIANS
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| 01:38:41 735.61 |
MICROSCOPIC IMAGES, GROWING AND ADAPTING
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| 01:39:03 757.85 |
VARIOUS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS, DESERT, FROZEN MOUNTAINS, OCEANS
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| 01:39:13 767.16 |
BLACK SCIENTIST POURS STEAMING LIQUID FROM LARGE VESSEL
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| 01:39:22 776.14 |
AERIAL VIEW OF ATOMIC REACTOR
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| 01:39:36 790.87 |
MICROBE
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| 01:39:46 800.5 |
BLACK SCIENTIST WORKS IN LAB, CUT TO EQUIPMENT GAUGE
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| 01:39:54 808.44 |
MONTAGE OF VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC IMAGES, MICROSCOPIC, LAB TECHNICIANS AT WORK
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| 01:40:13 827.31 |
SHOTS OF PLANETS AND THE UNIVERSE
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| 01:40:32 846.71 |
ORSON WELLES IN LIBRARY
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| 01:40:45 859.34 |
VARIOUS IMAGES OF MARS, TALKS ABOUT DUST STORM AND VOLCANOES AND RIVERS
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| 01:43:10 1004.38 |
IMAGES OF SATURN AND JUPITER, SATELLITE ORBITS
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| 01:44:09 1063.47 |
VIKING SPACECRAFT
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| 01:44:22 1076.7 |
ORBS IN SPACE, UNIVERSE IMAGES
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| 01:44:57 1111.15 |
ORSON WELLES TALKS ABOUT EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENT LIFE
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| 01:45:10 1124.57 |
PANEL OF SCIENTISTS AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY INCLUDING CARL SAGAN, ASHLEY MONTEGUE, RICHARD BERENDZEN, DEAN OF DIVINITY AT HARVARD, PROF. PHILLIP MORRISON, GEORGE WALD
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| 01:45:45 1159.43 |
MS CARL SAGAN SPEAKING ABOUT INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, CUT TO AUDIENCE LISTENING, 1970S
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| 01:46:21 1195.76 |
MS RICHARD BERENDZEN SPEAKING, CUT TO CU OF CARL SAGAN AND OTHERS
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| 01:47:12 1246.83 |
CARL SAGAN SPEAKS ABOUT ESTIMATED MILLIONS OF CIVILIZATIONS
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| 01:47:37 1271.91 |
PROF PHILLIP MORRISON SPEAKS, ANIMATED
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| 01:47:53 1287.63 |
MS OF CARL SAGAN WITH GLASSES, CUT TO LARGE SATELLITE DISHES
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| 01:48:50 1344.69 |
AUDIENCE
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| 01:48:57 1351.47 |
PROF PHILLIP MORRISON SPEAKING WITH HIS HANDS, CRACKS JOKES, CUT TO LAUGHING AUDIENCE
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| 01:51:06 1480.43 |
SCIENTIST, RICHARD BERENDZEN WITH THICK GLASSES SPEAKS
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| 01:51:29 1503.4 |
ORSON WELLES CONCLUDES
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| 01:52:01 1535.27 |
PROFESSOR MORRISON DESCRIBES CONCEIVABLE ALIEN JOKINGLY
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| 01:52:36 1570.48 |
ORSON WELLES IN LIBRARY WRAPS UP PROGRAM, DISCUSSES HUMAN BEHAVIOR, ZOOM OUT, LIGHT DIMS
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| 01:53:32 1626.7 |
CREDITS, NASA PRODUCED
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| 01:53:35 1629.4 |
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