‘UNIVERSE’: Short Documentary That Inspired Kubrick’s ‘Space Odyssey’

Universe, Roman Kroitor & Colin Low, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space, this film was among the sources used by Stanley Kubrick in his 2001: A Space Odyssey. Realistic animation takes you into far regions of space, beyond the reach of the strongest telescope, past Moon, Sun, and Milky Way into galaxies yet unfathomed. (Source: NFBC)