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Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11

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Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11

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Year

1969

Size/Type

US One Sheet (27" x 41")

Country of Origin

USA

Condition

Near minus/mint/unused; originally folded

Director

Bill Gibson

Actor/Actress

Pierre Jalbert, Wernher von Braun

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“NASA realized after the Apollo 11 mission had returned to Earth that they had no good pictures of the First Man on the Moon to show to the world. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin said later: ‘As the sequence of lunar operations evolved, Neil had the camera most of the time, and the majority of pictures taken on the Moon that include an astronaut are of me. It wasn’t until we were back on Earth and in the lunar receiving laboratory, looking over the pictures, that we realized there were few pictures of Neil. My fault, perhaps, but we had never simulated this in our training.’.”

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In 2019 it is 50 years since Man first walked on the Moon and this exceptionally rare 1969 country of origin US One Sheet movie poster is the perfect complement to this historic moment. “Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11” was released in cinemas barely two months after the lunar mission was completed and is a near perfect documentary of the globally watched event combining footage from Houston’s Space Center, Florida’s Cape Kennedy, and aboard lunar module landing vehicle. It’s a poignant & almost haunting image printed in a duotone style in bold black & green inks featuring Buzz Aldrin & the Apollo 11 spacecraft on the stark lunar landscape. Presented in near perfect unrestored, folded (as issued) condition this displays to excellent effect and represents a truly fine item of historically important film poster memorabilia.

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Click HERE to see Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon

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Film Description

Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11 Movie Poster

“Theatrically released documentary on the Apollo 11 moon landing, issued barely two months after its completion, combining footage from Houston’s Space Center, Florida’s Cape Kennedy, and aboard the shuttle itself.”

Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11 was a theatrically released 95 minute documentary on the July 20 1969 lunar landing, issued barely two months after its completion. A historic document of long anticipation, we hear the voice of the late President John F. Kennedy proclaiming the nation’s goal to put a man on the moon before decade’s end, then television coverage before takeoff on July 16, millions of people present near Cape Kennedy in Cocoa Beach, once airborne keeping in contact with the Space Center in Houston. There is a steady stream of commentary from the three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and an occasion voiceover from 19th century author Jules Verne (Pierre Jalbert), who proved most prescient in his own predictions of space travel, right down to the eerily identical size and weight of the spacecraft. The narration by Dr. Wernher von Braun is thankfully not very intrusive, filling in the gaps where necessary. The pace inevitably drags during the period preceding the actual landing (at 54 minutes) and first walk on the moon, which all these years later has lost none of its power, Buzz Aldrin aptly describing the sight as ‘magnificent desolation.’ In the end it remains a fascinating look back to one of America’s best documented triumphs.

Vintage Movie Posters Grading Criteria

Mint
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LOBBY CARD
11 x 14″ printed on heavy stock paper. Used as display in theatre lobbies. Originally made in sets of eight. Some sets have a title card, which contains credits and artwork, essentially a mini-poster. The remaining seven cards are coloured photographic credits and poster artwork showing different scenes from the movie.

WINDOW CARD
14 x 22″ printed on heavy stock paper with the top 4-6 inches usually left blank for the local cinema owner to fill in the cinema and the date it was due to play. Largely discontinued during the 1970’s.

HALF SHEET
22 x 28″ printed on heavy stock paper. The image displayed is normally a smaller version of the main poster, although some do have different artworks and sometimes come in two versions.

INSERT
14 x 36″ printed on heavy stock paper. Inserts usually have the same artwork as a one sheet. Popular with collectors since they are smaller and easier to frame. Normally come tri folded or rolled.

STYLE Y/FORTY BY SIXTY
40 x 60″ printed on heavy stock paper. Rare since they were primarily used for major motion pictures only. Designed to be used outside the theatre, on an easel, normally at a drive-in movie theatre.

ONE-SHEET
27 x 41″ printed on paper. This is the most common size of poster, intended to be displayed in a glass “marquee” case. It is the most sought after size by collectors. Since the 1980’s most posters are sent to the theatre rolled and maybe slightly smaller measuring 27″ by 40″ and with the advent of backlit light boxes a growing number of modern movie posters are available double-sided and the more traditional single-sided.

THREE-SHEET
41 x 81″ printed on paper. These were printed on two or three separate sheets designed to overlap, few survive. Used for larger advertising spaces, normally posted on walls, perfect for huge movie theatres the drive-in, where people could see them from a distance. From the 1970’s on, three-sheets were sometimes printed in one piece and issued as “international” versions to be used abroad.

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BRITISH QUAD
30 x 40″ Most common poster size used in the UK. British Quads are horizontal and may have different artwork to the US one sheet. Like a US one sheet they normally come in two versions. Like a US one sheet they are usually supplied single-sided or more commonly now as a double sided poster.

BRITISH ONE-SHEET
27 X 40″, printed on paper. Very rarely used size.

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ITALIAN LOCANDINA
13 x 28″ six inches shorter than the US insert, very nice size to frame. Italian poster illustrators are some of the best in the industry.

ITALIAN PHOTOBUSTA
18 x 26″ Glossy, high quality, used as lobby cards in Italy. Size may vary, either vertical or horizontal format. There are also double Photobusta or mini Photobusta.

2-FOGLIO (DUE)
(DUE): 39 x 55″ This is the standard poster size used in Italy. Italian poster illustrators are some of the best in the industry.

4-FOGLIO
(QUATTRO) 55 x 79″ Very large Italian poster printed in two pieces, often contains very beautiful artwork.

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FRENCH
47 x 63″ (GRANDE) or 24 x 33″ (PETITE) French movie posters normally come with different artwork to either the US or the UK. Like the Italian’s some of the artwork is extrememly beautiful.