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Production still for "Destination Moon"
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Cast and crew of the 1950 science fiction film "Destination Moon" are on a lunar set including one leg of a gigantic spacecraft. Facing out, Lionel Lindon, the cinematographer, is having a discussion with a man seated behind the large Technicolor camera on a crane. Two astronauts are in the background on the moon's surface.
1950
Eagle-Lion Films, Inc.
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WHi 112744
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