Journey 3: From The Earth To The Moon Movie !exclusive! Guide

This is pre-NASA. This is pre-Sputnik panic (just barely). This is a film made when we assumed space travel would be an extension of artillery science. The aesthetic is Victorian-industrial. Rivets. Steam. Gunpowder.

He builds a massive "Columbiad" cannon in Florida. But when a swashbuckling rival, Captain Nicholl (George Sanders), tries to sabotage the project, they make a bet. Instead of a duel, they decide to ride the bullet together, taking a stowaway (a plucky French chemist) along for the ride. journey 3: from the earth to the moon movie

Journey #3: Shooting the Moon – The Guts and Glory of From the Earth to the Moon (1958) This is pre-NASA

4 minutes

April 14, 2026