Product: For All Mankind [VHS] (1989)
Rating: 3.0
Great footage disappointingly presented
Other reviews have touched upon what I found fatally distracting about this disc: the "artistic liberties" taken constitute inaccuracy. Much is shockingly out of order or just plain wrong. We see Ed White's Gemini spacewalk presented as though it occured during an Apollo mission, we see the wrong astronauts' names in captions (subtitled), we hear Apollo 12's liftoff distress call seamlessly integrated with Apollo 13's post-TLI distress call...all apparently for no reason.I was able to enjoy this film for other merits. Al Bean's paintings and commentary were beautifully done, and I had not seen much of the footage. I was particularly struck by long sequences in which we third stage ignite and the Earth rush away, the disappearing descent stage as the ascent stage takes off, and the LM approaching the orbiting CM. Beautiful. But if you're looking for an informative documentary, this slipshod random splicing of clips is not for you. Get Moon Shot or From the Earth to the Moon, instead.