On May 2nd, 1902 the 1st science fiction film, "A Trip To The Moon", is released.
It was a 14 minute masterpiece, created by imaginative French director and master magician Georges Melies (1861-1938). The silent film's plot, a light-hearted satire criticizing the conservative scientific community of its time, was inspired by Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon (1865) and H. G. Wells' First Men in the Moon (1901).
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