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English-language documentary films

  • In the Shadow of the Moon (2007 film)Neil Armstrong declined to appear in In the Shadow of the Moon, a 2007 Apollo documentary. Ten other astronauts did.
  • Moonwalk OneThe Apollo 11 film Moonwalk One used launch footage found in two cardboard cartons under a workbench.
  • Beatles '64The Beatles '64 soundtrack includes a 1968 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles performance of 'Yesterday'.
  • Footprints on the Moon (1969 film)Wernher von Braun narrated a 1969 documentary about the Apollo 11 landing. The film was then nearly forgotten.
  • For All Mankind (film)The 1989 documentary For All Mankind is narrated only by Apollo astronauts. Thirteen of them were interviewed for it.
  • Apollo 11 (2019 film)The 2019 film Apollo 11 was built from 70 mm footage that sat unseen for nearly five decades. It turned up in May 2017.
  • The Beatles at Shea StadiumThe Beatles' Shea Stadium film uses "Twist and Shout" audio from a different concert.
  • The Beatles: Eight Days a WeekRon Howard's 2016 documentary follows the Beatles from Liverpool's Cavern Club to their last concert in 1966.
  • Let It Be (1970 film)George Harrison told the Beatles he was leaving, but the film Let It Be leaves that out.
  • Life in a Day (2011 film)Life in a Day was cut from 80,000 clips sent in by people in 192 nations. The 2011 film ran 94 minutes.
  • An Inconvenient TruthAn Inconvenient Truth turned a slideshow into an Oscar-winning film. Gore had shown it more than a thousand times.
  • All This and World War IISusan Winslow, a 24-year-old researcher, was promoted to direct the 1976 film All This and World War II.
  • The Compleat BeatlesA Beatles documentary that began on PBS ended up in cinemas. The Compleat Beatles reached theaters on 16mm in the end.

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