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Production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: In a production still for "Destination Moon," an astronaut in a space suit is floating away from the spaceship. Two of his companions stand on the hull of ...
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Spacewalking astronaut scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: An astronaut walking on the hull of a spaceship has become untethered from his safety line. The knees of the technician operating the prop safety line can ...
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"Destination Moon" production still with actors and technicians.

Date: 1950
Description: Five crew members surround a large Technicolor camera on a crane. In the background is a large set of the surface of the moon with four astronauts standing...
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Three astronauts pull a rope in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Three astronauts stand on the hull of a spaceship holding a rope extending out of the frame. Behind them is the black of space and bright stars.
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Three astronauts in a production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: An astronaut uses gas from a tank to propel himself back to the spaceship as two other astronauts look on. (Cables used to "fly" the actors can be seen as ...
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Production still for "Destination Moon"

Date: 1950
Description: Executives and crew for the 1950 science fiction film "Destination Moon" look into the rotatable space ship interior set. The tall, white-haired man in gla...
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Scene still from "Federal Man"

Date: 1950
Description: Two men with drawn pistols in a parking lot in a scene still for "Federal Man."
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Production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Technicians for the 1950 science fiction film "Destination Moon" look into the rotatable set of a spaceship interior. A rotatable Technicolor motion pictur...
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Putting on a spacesuit, production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Actor Tom Powers is being dressed in an astronaut costume for "Destination Moon." On the right are Warner Anderson, already in costume, and the director Ir...
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"Destination Moon" scene still with Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, and John Archer.

Date: 1950
Description: "Destination Moon" scene still with the actors Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, and John Archer in the control room of a spaceship. Wesson and Arc...
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Warner Anderson in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Actor Warner Anderson struggles with his spacesuit in a spaceship's airlock in a scene still for "Destination Moon."
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Astronauts in their bunks in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Photographed at an angle, four astronauts are strapped into their bunks in a spaceship interior. From top left, proceeding clockwise, the actors are John A...
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Four astronauts in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Three astronauts are strapped into their bunks (left to right, John Archer, Tom Powers, and Warner Anderson), but Dick Wesson has begun to float free. (The...
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"Destination Moon" scene still with Tom Powers, Warner Anderson, and Dick Wesson.

Date: 1950
Description: "Destination Moon" scene still in the crew quarters of the spaceship with the actors Tom Powers, Warner Anderson, and Dick Wesson.
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Publicity still for "T-Men"

Date: 1947
Description: Actress Mary Meade is threatened by the shadow of a revolver in a publicity still for the 1947 Eagle-Lion release "T-Men." Pinned to the wall behind her by...
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Publicity still for "T-Men"

Date: 1947
Description: Actress Mary Meade is menaced by a man in silhouette, possibly Paul Fierro, in a publicity still for the 1947 Eagle-Lion release "T-Men." The shadow of gra...
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"Destination Moon" scene still with Tom Powers, Warner Anderson, John Archer, and Dick Wesson.

Date: 1950
Description: Counter-clockwise, the actors Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, John Archer, and Dick Wesson (playing the harmonica) are in the control room of a spaceship. Arc...
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Dick Wesson in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: In a demonstration of weightlessness, Dick Wesson sits sideways on a ladder in the interior of a spaceship. Floating near him, hung by threads, are a sandw...
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Scene still with elk and Leatrice Joy

Date: 1949
Description: A mad elk attacks Leatrice Joy in a scene still for the 1949 western "Red Stallion in the Rockies."
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"Destination Moon" production still.

Date: 1950
Description: An actor in a space suit "floats" in front of a background of stars. Below him is a safety net and a technician watching on the right.

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