00:00:14 1.36 |
ASSEMBLE OF COSTUMED ACTORS DRESSED AS WIZARDS AND TOY SOLDIERS SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF PROFESSOR AT CHALK BOARD, IN GREAT HALL WITH GREEK COLUMNS, LOTS OF ROUSING PIANO MUSIC AND GESTURING, PROFESSOR DRAWS ROCKETSHIP ON BLACKBOARD POINTING AT THE MOON, VERY EXCITED GROUP OF WIZARDS, PROFESSOR THROWS THINGS AT WIZARDS
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00:02:10 117.47 |
WIZARDS TAKE OFF THEIR ROBES AND CHANGE INTO 19TH CENTURY STREET CLOTHES WITH TOP HATS
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00:02:44 151.34 |
WORKERS WITH HAMMERS BUILD A ROCKETSHIP, GENTLEMEN ARRIVE TO SEE THE ROCKET
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00:03:29 196.93 |
19 CENTURY GENTLEMEN CLIMB ON ROOFTOP DECK WITH TELESCOPES, OVER CITY BUILDINGS
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00:03:47 215.28 |
GIRL DRESSED AS SOLDIERS GUARD SCAFFOLDING AND ROCKETSHIP, 19TH CENTURY GENTLEMEN ARRIVE AND ENTER ROCKET WITH THEIR UMBRELLAS
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00:04:54 281.68 |
GROUP OF GIRLS IN SHORT SHORTS PUSH ROCKET AND CHEER
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00:04:58 286.07 |
GIRLS DRESSED AS SOLDIERS IN CEREMONY AS MAN LIGHTS THE FUSE OF THE ROCKET AND PEOPLE WAVE GOODBYE
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00:05:21 308.45 |
ILLUSTRATION OF THE MOON SURROUNDED BY CLOUDS, CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON PERSONIFIED MOON WITH ROCKET IN ITS EYE
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00:05:38 325.37 |
GENTLEMEN EXIT CRASHED ROCKET ON MOON'S SURFACE, THEY WAVE THEIR HATS AS THE EARTH RISES AND THE ROCKET DISAPPEARS
-THE MEN YAWN AND GO TO SLEEP AS COMET AND STARS APPEAR IN THE SKY, WOMEN'S FACES IN THE STARS, FADE TO PLANETS, SATURN -WOMEN FADE AWAY AS MEN WAKE UP SNOW FALLS, THE CLIMB DOWN UNDER THE MOON'S SURFACE |
00:07:46 453.72 |
MOON CAVE INTERIOR , GENTLE MEN ENTER, UMBRELLA GROWS INTO A MUSHROOM AND PIXIE OR DEVIL APPEARS AND SCARES THE MEN, DISAPPEARS IN PUFF OF SMOKE
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00:08:43 511.21 |
GROUP OF MOON MEN (LOOK LIKE AFRICAN NATIVES) CAPTURE EARTH MEN AND BRING THEM TO THEIR LEADER, A FIGHT AND CHASE ENSUES, MOON MEN KING IS VAPORIZED
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00:09:11 539.1 |
EARTH MEN FIGHT WITH MOON MEN AND ARE VAPORIZED, BEAUTIFUL STYLIZED MOONSCAPE
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00:09:33 560.63 |
EARTH MEN FIGHT OFF THE MOON MEN AND ENTER ROCKET, ROCKET IS PULLED OFF CLIFF AS MOON MEN WATCH
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00:10:08 595.86 |
ROCKET LANDS IN THE WATER, GREAT SPECIAL EFFECTS
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00:10:14 601.87 |
UNDERWATER SCENE WITH SUNKEN BOAT AND SEALIFE, ROCKET FALLS AND RISES
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00:10:27 614.82 |
BOAT TOWS ROCKET TO SHORE
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00:10:32 620.2 |
END TAPE
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Description: EARLY CINEMA GEORGE MELIES FILMS. USES CAMERA TRICKS-TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY TO MAKE PEOPLE & OBJECTS APPEAR & DISAPPEAR, CHANGE FORM, MAGIC TRICKS, ETC.
Keywords: 1900's
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