Space Flight

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Title

Space Flight

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NZ On Screen

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Description

Galaxies away from images of tar-addled lungs on cigarette packets, this film offers an unusual public health message about smoking. Set to rhyming couplets, the plasticine hero tries out to see if he has the right stuff to fly a rocket to Venus. There he battles the demon Nicotine, and (long before Avatar’) convinces Venusians to destroy their tobacco trees. Shot in 35mm by pioneering animator Fred O’Neill, Space Flight was made for theatrical release. For reasons unknown the Health Departme...

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Format

Video

Date created

1962

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/space-flght-1962

Related subjects

national film unit / nfu / smoking / psa / intergalactic / educational / anti-smoking / propaganda / tobacco / venus / stop motion / stop-motion / astronaut / public health / coughing / testing / physical test / x-ray / x ray / nicotine / demon / banana

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