The Catacombs Production Guide
Unused Special Effects: Breakaway


A slightly different version of the famous cascading explosions shot.

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Unusual and remarkable shot of the Moon glowing red. The clapperboard is not shown, but states it was filmed on 7-12-75 (7th December), slate 67 x 3.

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An unused shot the Moon leaving Earth. As the Moon and stars are fixed, it looks more like the Earth moving, which is probably why it was discarded.

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Unused shots of the Moon hurled into space; this appeared later in Space Brain

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Unused shots of the Moon hurled into space; later seen briefly on a Swift computer screen in Brian The Brain.

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Unused zooms into deep space. The latter two shots appear in Collision Course.

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Space 1999 copyright ITV Studios Global Entertainment