Destination Moon
Dir: Irving Pichel
1950
****
Not just ahead of its time but also fairly accurate vision of the first Moon landing. The story doesn't rely on science-babble, everything from breaking through the Earths atmosphere to weightlessness is pretty much as it is. It makes a few mistakes but they are only innocent ones. I think it's most accurate portrayal is that of the success of American propaganda, the real reason why the project gets backing in the film is pretty much how it was when they did actually go to the Moon 19 years later. A great film that reminded me of watching these great old 50's movies when I was a kid (when they were only 20 or so years old).