Wernher von Braun

Acting

Wernher von Braun

Born — Died

1912-03-22 — 1977-06-16

Place of birth

Wirsitz, Germany [now Wyrzysk, Poland]

Known for

Acting

Credits

21 titles

Werner Von Braun was a rocket pioneer and became the world's leading rocket scientist. Starting his career as a Nazi SS officer in the 1930s, and leading the team that developed what became the V-2 rocket, over 3,000 of which were eventually launched at England and Belgium during the later years of WWII. Following the war, Von Braun and 1600 other Nazi scientists were relocated to the United States via Operation Paperclip. Von Braun went to work for the US Army building early ballistic missiles, but was eventually absorbed into NACA, which became NASA, and became the first Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center, whose primary task was development of the Saturn V heavy-lift rocket syste…

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Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

1960s · 3 titles

1950s · 4 titles

Mars and Beyond poster
8.7

Directed by renouned animator Ward Kimball, ' Mars and Beyond' is a lighthearted exploration of the history and future of Space Travel as understood back in 1957! Theories from scientists and philosophers are discussed. Focusing on Mars. Ideas from science-fiction authors H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs are brought to life with colorful animation. Pulp science fiction comics of the time are parodied. Life on other planets is considered, profiling each of the planets in the solar system from the perspective of what would happen to man on them. A masterpiece of animation and sci-fi that was way ahead of it's time. Ward Kimball was perhaps the most inventive of all Disney animators and probably the only one who admitted to experimenting with psychedelic drugs in the 60's. Also the only animator who Walt Disney ever called a "genius."

Mars and Beyond

1957

Man and the Moon poster
7.0

The moon is the subject here. Man's fascination with the moon (via animation) is presented, as is the moon's usage in popular culture (from Shakespeare to nursery rhymes to popular songs). Also, superstitions and suppositions associated with the moon is presented. Then scientific research on the moon is shown, followed by plans for (and then a simulation of) an actual trip around the moon.

Man and the Moon

1955

Man in Space poster
6.8

With a combination of documentary footage and animation, the science and history of rockets, and the effects of space travel on man are illustrated.

Man in Space

1955

No artwork available
NR

This black & white educational film is about the challenges we face in outer space.

The Challenge of Outer Space

1955

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