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First Spaceship on Venus (Digitized 8mm, Original Edit)
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First Spaceship on Venus (Digitized 8mm, Original Edit)

digitized 8mm first spaceship on venus cpace edit 12 12 22 720p ::: Picture mixed from 8mm clips, stained & scratched, of the following: -Featured film: ’First Spaceship on Venus’ by Kurt Maetzig [1960, digitized from an 8mm b&w Castle Films abridged version of the feature film. -Clip from Castle Films “Preview Attraction” advertising ’Mighty Mouse’, 8mm b&w film preview -Clip from “COUPON” for ‘Free Film Offer’ with purchase of the original Castle Film purchase of this 8mm silent short film by KEN FILMS INC. 98 Freeman St., Brooklyn 22, N.Y. Audio - cpace_audio original mix on vinyl, including the following tracks played backwards with alternating speeds & scratches: -‘Five Against Seven: Random Canon’ by John Robinson [1962], Recorded by John Robinson Pierce in 1962 -‘Kain En Abel: Verkorte Versie’ by Henk Badings [1957], Recorded by Badings in 1957 -‘I Didn’t Know What Time It Was’ by Dean Elliott & His Orchestra [1952], Recorded by Rodgers & Hart in 1952 History on the film: A spaceship on a mission to Venus uncovers an increasingly sinister secret. Allegedly set in the near-future of 1970 following the “Sputnik” mission to the planet Venus far in space. The ‘First Spaceship on Venus’(German: ‘Der Schweigende Stern’; Polish: ‘Milcząca Gwiazda’ translates to “The Mute Star” in English; also in English: ‘Planet of the Dead’ and ‘Spaceship Venus Does Not Reply’) is a 1960 East German/Polish color science fiction film based on the 1951 science fiction novel ‘The Astronauts’ by StanisƂaw Lem. This film was directed by Kurt Maetzig, a renowned member of the GDR’s The Academy of Arts, and stars GĂŒnther Simon, Julius Ongewe and Yoko Tani. The film was first released by Progress Film in East Germany, running 93 min. Addeddate: 2008-03-03 02:15:21 Director Kurt: Maetzig Publication date: 1960 Usage: Public Domain Topics: sci-fi, venus, space travel, Publisher: Deutsche Film (DEFA) The Mighty Mouse clip is from an 8mm b&w advertisement by Castle Films. Mighty Mouse also has an interesting history
especially in juxtaposition to this science-fiction film made in East Germany adapted from a Polish novel by Lem. The character premiered in the early 1940s.
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