Prelinger Archives – “Destination Earth (1956)”
“Science-fiction-influenced cartoon sponsored by petroleum producers to lionize their industry and promote free enterprise. “Colonel Cosmic,” an astronaut from the totalitarian planet Mars flies to Earth, where he discovers cheap oil and the market economy. Returning home, he leads a revolution and frees Martian entrepreneurs to begin oil exploration, start small businesses, and lead the planet out of economic stagnation. note: Destination Earth played at New York’s Paramount Theatre and was later broadcast and distributed non-theatrically.
Sponsor: Oil Industry Information Committee, American Petroleum Institute. Production Cos.: John Sutherland Productions; Film Counselors Inc. Director: Carl Urbano. Writers: Bill Scott, Michel Amestoy, George Gordon. Production Designers: Tom Oreb, Vic Haboush. Animation: George Cannata, Ken O’Brien, Bill Higgins, Tom Ray, Russ Von Neida. Resources: Copyright not registered. Holdings: LC/Prelinger, MacDonald.”
Source: Prelinger Archives
Description Source: The National Film Preservation Foundation
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Dec, 16, 2017
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Misty Hamilton Smith has been an avid Genealogist since the 1990s. She has a degree in History from SNHU and is the founder of Appalachian Genealogy. She also has a Bachelor's of Arts in Psychology with a focus in Mental Health from SNHU and a Master of Arts in Industrial/Organization Psychology from Capella University. She enjoys writing about history, genealogy, psychology, and science fiction.
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