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NASA Mars Multimedia Multimedia
NASA mainatins an archive of videos related to the Mars exploration program at this web site.
6 or 7 Minutes of Terror!

Mars Mission Landing Videos:

MSL

Phoenix

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Now Streaming Planet Mars
This is a NASA film produced sometime during the mid 1970's. Narrated by Richard Basehart it is an interesting look at the 'Red Planet' from the perspective of the knowledge and technology of that decade. (NASA 28 minutes)
Now Streaming Mars: The Past as Prolog
This film, made in 1998, provides some interesting historical information about the exploration of Mars starting with the telescope observations made by Huygens. (NASA 7 minutes)
Now Streaming Mars: The Movie
This film, made in the mid-1970s, is one of the first computer generated videos of the Martian surface and is a simulated fly over of the Tharsis Region and Mariner Valley. (NASA 5 minutes)
From You Tube A Brief History of the Exploration of Mars
These are slides from a Powerpoint presentation I have been giving over the years. I talk about how we have come to know more about this planet starting with the first telescope views by Galileo and Huygens up to present day missions, as well as future plans.
The slide show/video is set to the obvious - Holst's Mars the Bringer of War. (7 minutes)