# "BENEFITS FROM SPACE" 1969 NASA APOLLO PROGRAM EARTHBOUND DIVIDENDS OF SPACE EXPLORATION 86214

Produced by NASA in 1969, this forward-looking, color educational film is about the investigation of space and the benefits that research can produce for people on Earth. This includes benefits to a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including meteorology, geology, oceanography, and ecology. The film argues that the development of advanced technology, including the proposed space stations and probes seen in this film, likewise stimulates industrial innovation and production with far-reaching benefits and applications. Opening: Surface of the Moon with Earth seen in the distance. Titles: Benefits From Space (:06-:28). Earth as seen from the Moon. Earth as seen from space (:29-1:04). Wheat field. Woman examines computer electronics using a magnifying glass (1:14). Men examine pictures from space as part of a research project. A space walk. Concept for a space station (1:33). A subject wears an astronaut suit in front of a projection screen showing the surface of the Moon. Day and night on earth as seen from outer space. Clouds move across the face of the Earth in time lapse photography, as shot from a satellite (1:54). Pictures of Earth as seen from outer space. The oceans as seen from space. Different rivers and oceans seen from space (1:05-2:59). Forests as seen from space. Infrared photography from space. A man examines a picture of terrain, moving his pen to make a point. A researcher examines a cactus. New technological innovations. A centrifuge spins at high speed…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Space, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/86214-benefitsfromspace)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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