First Men in the Moon
Based on the HG Wells story. The world is delighted when a space craft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, they think for the first time. But the delight turns to shock when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon. On Earth, an investigation team finds the last of the Victorian crew - a now aged Arnold Bedford and he tells them the story of how he and his girlfriend, Katherine Callender, meet up with an inventor, Joseph Cavor, in 1899. Cavor has invented Cavorite, a paste that will allow anything to deflect gravity and he created a sphere that will actually take them to the moon. Taking Arnold and accidentally taking Katherine they fly to the moon where, to their total amazement, they discover a bee-like insect population who take an unhealthy interest in their Earthly visitors...
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22 January 1938, London, England, UK
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14 August 1924, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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30 October 1924, Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK
1 May 1920, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
10 August 1924, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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10 May 1928, Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
December 8, 1921 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
10 June 1926, Forest Hill, London, England, UK
24 March 1929, Kylemore, Saskatchewan, Canada
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4 October 1932, Shanghai, China
25 April 1907, West Ham, London, England, UK
