
50 years since 2001: A Space Odyssey hit the screens
It has been fifty years since 2001: A Space Odyssey come out on cinema screens and dazzled filmgoers.
In 1968, the United States and the former Soviet Union were locked in a space race to land a man on the moon.
It was during this time of Cold War tension and rivalry that 2001: A Space Odyssey come out on cinema screens and dazzled filmgoers.
Al Jazeera’s Rosiland Jordan went to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC, to see an exhibition that honours the movie.
Published On 20 Apr 2018