Below: Most of the costumes had ‘to be built from scratch. In the 1950s, all of these were easily obtainable from any surplus store, Much scavenging was required. For ‘example, the oxygen bottles: bottle part from kid's musical bell set; hose connections are pipe fittings from a hardware Store; valve handles are two Stock outdoor faucet handles put fogettier: valve gauges from mill, bottle caps} and the gauge face was hand-drawn. The re-creation: Caps, first-aid kits and map case by Kathy Burns; small shovels, distance gauge, oxygen bottles by Bob Burns; Geiger counter by Bob Skotak and pick axe by ‘Tom Scherman re-create the 2M explorers. view above the rocket, the land below it and past that onto the real {ground—merging together into a solid unit, Mike continues, “We would have been happier if we could have shot @ little earlier in the day. "The last shot was the most dif- ficult and the most satisfying. We panned off of Brian Mossman, who hhad been made up by Bob Skotak to, Took like the sun-blistered Martian Inhabitants. He was standing on a hill, silhouetted against the sky while hefting boulders at the ex plorers. We panned down off Brian fight through the Sun which flared through the lens just as the rock. Brian was throwing hit the ‘ground, making the dust rise, The three survivors rush past the camera {as we pan following them generally Teft to right. As they diminish down the hillside, the camera follows, So, the camera starts looking up into the sky, pans down the horizon, follows the people down below the horizon as they make their way (continued onpage 18) intrepid explo Lipecomband Ben Most ‘Rocketship X-M’ Re-release Special Effects Team . . Production Manager, Costurnes, Supervising, Editor and Miniatures Production Assistant, Costume Coordinator Production Assistant Effects Artwork and Title Design Technical Consultant Stonbbard Design Minnie and special Props. Special Makeup Effects Cormerman 11 effects Camerman ————— EE B