A trip to the moon

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A trip to the moon was a french silent film directed by george melies. The film is about a group of people who travel to the moon. The start of the film is them building the rocket and as the film continues they travel to the moon and meet the “locals”.

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The trip to the moon is a fictional film. At the time of shooting no one would have travelled to the moon due to the lack of technology and knowledge. So the film would blown some people's minds.

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The trip to the moon is a silent film. Not a single actor said a word throughout the whole film. Also the film was based on a group of people who travelled to the moon. When arrival, they met people who was already living there. They wasn't welcome.

Once the people living on the moon found out a rocket crashed on the moon. They went and tried to attack the visitors. George melies used special effects when the people living on the moon was shooting guns at the visitors. He used smoke bombs to make it look like bullets was being fired.

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