stephenb
06-08-2010, 09:44 PM
Sometime ago I was fortunate enough to watch Mark Gray's fabulous DVD productions of the US space program. I was so impressed that I decided to purchase the first (of hopefully many) DVD box sets released by Spacecraft Films.
My first, and only purchase to date is Project Mercury.
Let me paint you a picture: Take every single piece of film footage you have every watched of the NASA's Mercury program - every launch, every splashdown - from every TV show, movie and documentary. Then multiply that by ten! That is how much archival footage is on this 6-disc set. Now having a long-time interest in the US space program, I thought I'd seen everything. Well, I was stunned! There is footage in this set that I could never imagine existed. Here are just some highlights:
Project Mercury - An original one-hour documentary detailing the development and flight history of Project Mercury.
The Astronauts - Project Mercury - NASA film on the selection and training of the Original Seven Astonauts. Features a score by the USAF Orchestra.
Selection Medicine - Footage from several examples of the testing done during the selection of the original seven, including Carpenter, Slayton, Grissom and Glenn during testing.
Selection Press Conference - Announcement of the selection of the original seven astronauts, April 9, 1959. The press conference is not complete.
Footage of Weightlessness, Procedures and Centrifuge Training.
Hours of high speed film footage of every Mercury launch, on-board film footage, complete audio of the missions from launch to splashdown.
I cannot even begin to list everything here, so a full disc listing of the contents are at: http://02e5a89.netsolstores.com/projectmercuryanewfrontier.aspx
This box set hits about AUD$120 (including postage), but it's the most expensive set released by Spacecraft Films (The Project Gemini box set a lot less, about AUD$60). They also have a box set for every Apollo mission, several DVD's on the Saturn V, and the Space Shuttle.
Of course these DVD sets will only appeal to a small market, however if you are a space follower, you will truely appreciate the attention to detail and the committment which has gone into preserving so much archival material.
http://www.spacecraftfilms.com/
http://02e5a89.netsolstores.com/projectmercuryanewfrontier.aspx
My first, and only purchase to date is Project Mercury.
Let me paint you a picture: Take every single piece of film footage you have every watched of the NASA's Mercury program - every launch, every splashdown - from every TV show, movie and documentary. Then multiply that by ten! That is how much archival footage is on this 6-disc set. Now having a long-time interest in the US space program, I thought I'd seen everything. Well, I was stunned! There is footage in this set that I could never imagine existed. Here are just some highlights:
Project Mercury - An original one-hour documentary detailing the development and flight history of Project Mercury.
The Astronauts - Project Mercury - NASA film on the selection and training of the Original Seven Astonauts. Features a score by the USAF Orchestra.
Selection Medicine - Footage from several examples of the testing done during the selection of the original seven, including Carpenter, Slayton, Grissom and Glenn during testing.
Selection Press Conference - Announcement of the selection of the original seven astronauts, April 9, 1959. The press conference is not complete.
Footage of Weightlessness, Procedures and Centrifuge Training.
Hours of high speed film footage of every Mercury launch, on-board film footage, complete audio of the missions from launch to splashdown.
I cannot even begin to list everything here, so a full disc listing of the contents are at: http://02e5a89.netsolstores.com/projectmercuryanewfrontier.aspx
This box set hits about AUD$120 (including postage), but it's the most expensive set released by Spacecraft Films (The Project Gemini box set a lot less, about AUD$60). They also have a box set for every Apollo mission, several DVD's on the Saturn V, and the Space Shuttle.
Of course these DVD sets will only appeal to a small market, however if you are a space follower, you will truely appreciate the attention to detail and the committment which has gone into preserving so much archival material.
http://www.spacecraftfilms.com/
http://02e5a89.netsolstores.com/projectmercuryanewfrontier.aspx