The Space Explorers
- Studio
- Fred Ladd
- Distributor
- Cartoon Classics, Inc., Radio & Television Packagers, Inc.
Synopsis
A young boy explores our solar system with the help of a professor in search of his astronaut father who has reportedly crash-landed on Mars.
Characters
Commander Perry, Jimmy, Professor Nordheim, Smitty, Nancy Williams, Jenkins
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Fred Ladd
Producing
- Producer
- Bill Cayton
Writing
- Writer
- Fred Ladd
Animation
- Animator
- Fred Ladd
Voices
- Voice
- Cliff "Ray" Owens (Commander Perry, Professor Nordheim, Jenkins), Kerry Mark Joels (Jimmy), Francine "Sonia" Owens (Smitty, Nancy Williams)
Editing
- Editor
- Pablo A. Zavala
Crew
- Technical Supervisor
- Dr. Franklyn M. Branley
- Spcial Effects
- Robert Pittluck
Production notes
An animated, colorized feature film. First shown at the Hayden Planetarium, and later serialized into six-minute segments to be integrated into children's television shows.
The Hayden Planetarium, NASA and the U.S. Air Force supervised the production to provide detail accuracy.
Much of the film was created by combining material from "Weltraumschiff 1 Startet" ("Spaceship 1 Launches"), along with other material from otherwise unrelated films.
The Hayden Planetarium, NASA and the U.S. Air Force supervised the production to provide detail accuracy.
Much of the film was created by combining material from "Weltraumschiff 1 Startet" ("Spaceship 1 Launches"), along with other material from otherwise unrelated films.
Reviews
The Space Explorers
This was a wonderful old relic from 1958. A young boy stows away on a rocket being used by a professor and a navigator to find the boy's father, lost on a previous mission. A journey through the solar system is punctuated by the addition of educational information about space and the planets. Baby boomers often have fragmentary memories of it from the vivid space score to the blend of animation and miniature models drawn from both Soviet and Third Reich science fiction that was retooled for the United States. Look it up on the net and urge its DVD release for a real treat!