Live from the Moon: Film, Television and the Space Race
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Review ""This delightful, easy-to-read, detailed chronology of manned American and Soviet missions starts with the development of space photography. It proceeds to describe the politics, the contrasting openness and secrecy, the one-upmanship, the dedication/enthusiasm of the astronauts, and the US-USSR rivalries... [R]eaders will appreciate the challenges resulting from the deadline to land on the moon by the end of the 1960s and how they were met. Space enthusiast Allen provides fascinating descriptions of the waxing and waning interest of both the major news networks and the public when firsts were made, failures occurred, challenges were faced, and problems needed resolution. Summing Up: Highly recommended."" --CHOICE Read more About the Author Michael Allen is Senior Lecturer in Film & Electronic Media at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of 'Family Secrets' (1999), a study of D.W. Griffith's feature films, and of 'Contemporary US Cinema' (2002). He is also editor of 'Reading "CSI"' (I.B.Tauris, 2007). He has been a space enthusiast since he was ten years old. Read more
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