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'' For All Mankind '' is a 1989 documentary film documenting the Apollo missions of NASA. It was directed by Al Reinert with music by Brian Eno. The film provides 80 minutes of real NASA footage, mostly taken on the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. The focus of the documentary is on the human views of the space flights, and the original mission footage is provided along with the voices of the astronauts, from interviews and from the actual mission recordings. Among those providing narration are Jim Lovell, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad, Jack Swigert, and Ken Mattingly. The film concentrates on the beauty of the Earth as seen from space. ''For All Mankind'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1990.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NY Times: For All Mankind )〕 ==Specific Views== Several unusual or memorable views are included:- * The fires of the Bedouin tribes in the Sahara desert, seen as dots of light in the extreme darkness. * Sunrise over the edge of the earth. * A space-walk floating in silence over the earth, despite travelling at 25,000 miles per hour. * A floating tape recorder providing music to the astronauts during periods of weightlessness... in particular when playing the theme from ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. * The first picture of the earth seen as a whole circle from space...as a live television transmission... a blue planet "floating in a blackness beyond perception". * Trying to prevent food from floating off during meals. * The first close-up pictures of the moon. * Travelling around the far side of the moon, including the "earth-rise" as our planet came back into view. * The lunar module calmly drifting down at a low angle to the surface of the moon, then burning its engines for a more vertical landing. * Touchdown in the Sea of Tranquility: "The Eagle has landed." * The first footstep onto the moon by Neil Armstrong. * Dropping a feather and a hammer together to prove Galileo correct, that both hit the ground together if there is no atmosphere. * Erecting the Stars and Stripes on the surface of the moon. * Gathering rocks and soil samples from the surface of the moon. * An astronaut tripping and speculating on his vulnerability should the suit be ruptured. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「For All Mankind」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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