History Film / ProjectMoonbase

* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: A subtle case, but the two US Space Force's orbital shuttles we see are named "Canada" and "Mexico" -- it would be deeply odd to name your military-operated spacecraft after a foreign country. (It is also odd that the names are never addressed more explicitly, but the studio might have decided the topic was needlessly controversial and consigned it the cutting-room floor.)
** Presumably these are shuttles belonging to those countries, who are allowed to use the space station as they are allied to the United States.

A 1953 ScienceFiction film directed by Richard Talmadge, starring Ross Ford, Donna Martell, and Hayden Rorke.

* SpotTheImposter: The fake Dr. Wernher gives himself away because he doesn't follow the World Series. They apparently didn't have {{nerd}}s in [[TheFifties those days]].

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Everyone in SPACOM wears short shorts.

In the futuristic world of 1970, the United States Space Force -- having established an orbiting space station -- readies a reconnaissance mission to survey the Moon for a future base. The assigned mission commander, Major Moore, is annoyed to find that his co-pilot has been replaced with the more famous Colonel Briteis. Unfortunately, the two of them have more serious problems to worry about, as the sinister enemies of Freedom have replaced their photographic specialist with a saboteur who is tasked with destroying the space station. When the imposter is uncovered, his desperate struggle with Moore sends the rocket off course, forcing them to land on the moon, thereby establishing America's first lunar base.

Based on a story by Creator/RobertAHeinlein (who shares screenwriting credit with Richard Talmadge), this attempt to portray a bold, exciting future of {{Interplanetary Voyage}}s, female presidents, and [[ColonyDrop orbiting H-bombs]] is let down by a mediocre plot and what can only be described as a cringe-inducing portrayal of America's first woman in space; Colonel Briteis (not "[[AccidentalMisnaming bright eyes!]]") a [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen spoilt, bratty symbol]] of '50s misogyny.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The movie is set in 1970, which meant they were only a year out regarding the moon landing.

* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Moore is virtually ordered to propose to Briteis, because [[ValuesDissonance the public won't accept the implied hanky-panky of two young unmarried people of the opposite sex working in a close environment together for months]]. Fortunately, neither of them are averse to the idea.

* DirtyCommunists: Well, actually the [[HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection unnamed "enemies of Freedom,"]] but we all know who they're meant to be.

* HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection: It's pretty obvious who they're supposed to be, being a Fifties film and all, but the GreaterScopeVillain faction is called just the "Enemies of Freedom".

* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: a subtle case, but the two US Space Force's orbital shuttles we see are named "Canada" and "Mexico" -- it would be deeply odd to name your military-operated spacecraft after a foreign country. (It is also odd that the names are never addressed more explicitly, but the studio might have decided the topic was needlessly controversial and consigned it the cutting-room floor.)

* QuicklyDemotedWoman: Briteis only became the first person in space (thereby being granted the rank of Colonel) because she weighed less than the hero. But Briteis makes up for this at the end of the movie by requesting that Major Moore be promoted to Brigadier General after they're married, so that he will outrank her. What a gal!
** [[VoodooShark Even though the President (thus commander-in-chief) is also a woman.]]

* SpotTheImposter: The fake Dr. Wernher gives himself away because he doesn't follow the World Series. I guess they didn't have {{nerd}}s in [[TheFifties those days]].