"Destination Moon Or Moscow" 💀

destination the moon or Moscow lol.

Today you would do this from standing in front a green screen and they fake the background

imagine seeing all the bloopers

how bro felt after that

"no wait, I need another shirt...tell them to stop the countdown"

"That was cool. Now we shot it from a different angel."

That is not Hydrogen + Oxygen. Using a dramatic moment to mask a lie. Classic journalism there.

Destination: the Moon… or Moscow 💀

Back when TV was intelligent instead of the cavalcade of banal rubbish we're subject to nowadays.

Imagine if this was made nowadays with Space X. It would be like: "you get that" the rocket: *obliterates itself on the ground*

Only way this could be better is if there had been no cut between the walking bit and the launch

The camera focus when he pointed the rocket 🚀 spot on..

I hate to spoil it, but aren't those solid rocket boosters, providing 90% of the thrust? 😄

Imagina o senhor passando da hora e tendo que refazer tudo denovo💀

Is there any chance that the guy was holding the remote? 😂

Hydrogen and oxygen? You mean we could power stuff with water, unbelievable wonder why this hasn’t caught on 🤨

That was legendary.

tom scott before tom scott

It's a great shot, sure, but that first bit looks like one take, and then the one with the rocket is another. The rocket thing is simple, before the launch you say the line and time how long it takes, then when the launch goes through, you time starting your line with the public countdown. You'll need luck that the countdown continues as planned, but this bit, unlike the launch, is not exactly rocket science....

It looks impressive, until you learn that's the tenth take, each time there was lunch, he was there with camera.

I'm so glad I paid my BBC licence. It was so worth it. Best money I ever spent.

"Destination the moon or moscow , the planets or peking" Damn such a badass line there.

Even more amazing when you realize that was the launch of Voyager

This is two shots…

I remember seeing this as a kid and we just assumed James Burke was so famous that they waited for him to point before they pressed the launch button.

Cheesy boring dumb

Interesting, how many unsuccessful takes they made and how many rockets were launched for this perfect shot....🤔

WOW

his right ear have the headphones and he can hear the countdown

you can hear 4 3 2 in the background xD

The moon or Russia. Meaning they fake it

no, no I AM pee king

Was this all one take? The cut before the rocket makes seem, and sound like a cut in. Still a great clip, no doubt, but I wonder if it was just a 20 second section that they started 10 seconds before the countdown.

Boiz its Moon or Moscow

Good Good Timing - Brian Wilson

man, James Burke looks FATTER than i remember...

Im guessing he was able to listen in on the control room (with permission) to be able to get that shot

Is this Tom Scott’s dad or something? 😂

We acing our chem exame now

That's Awesome! 👌

Yeah yeah great shot and all, but "the moon or Moscow, the planets or Peking"? No more cold wars. Militarism sucks, and scientists should work to further life, not nationalism and the military industrial complex

Eat, drink and be merry...

Man, this is incredible.

NEVER gets old !!!

There had to be an audio edit when the rocket launched, at that distance (usually 3 miles) the sound would have taken 15 seconds to reach the camera.

"Destination, the Moon, or Moscow" HAHA brilliant

Its not about muscle its about timing - father torque (fullthrottle)

Green screen 😂

This is indeed, the greatest shot of all time.