Footprints on the Moon

A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune. The basic premise for the film is the theory that the television footage from the Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked and actually recorded in a studio by the CIA with help...

Runtime

52m

Director

William Karel

Cast

Philippe Faure, Stanley Kubrick, Richard Nixon

Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

David Sington

Cast

Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Alan Bean

A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the missions and astronaut interviews, the documentary offers the viewpoint of the individuals who braved the remarkable journey to the moon and back.

Runtime

1h 20m

Director

Al Reinert

Cast

Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan

Top Gear presenter James May presents this informative program that examines the historic moon missions. Traveling to America, May meets three of the men who walked on the surface of the moon, learning how it felt and how the now antiquated technology was used to achieve such an historic feat.

Runtime

1h

Cast

James May

Nearly forty years after the moon landing the men on the mission reveal what really happened. On how close the mission came to disaster.

Runtime

53m

Cast

Buzz Aldrin, Gene Kranz, George E. Mueller