At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Bronze Berlin Bear Award , for " Thrillers and Adventure Films . " Retro Hugo Awards : A special 1951 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation was retroactively awarded to '' Destination Moon '' by the 59th World Science Fiction Convention ( 2001 ) exactly 50 years later for being one of the science fiction films eligible in calendar year 1950 . ( 50 years , 75 years , or 100 years govern the time periods when a Retro Hugo can be awarded by a Worldcon for the years prior to 1953 when the Hugos were established and first awarded . ) Episode 12 of the '' Dimension X '' radio series was called '' Destination Moon '' and was based on Heinlein 's final draft of the film 's shooting script . During the broadcast on June 24 , 1950 , the program was interrupted by a news bulletin announcing that North Korea had declared war on South Korea , marking the beginning of the Korean War
59th World Science Fiction Convention
59th World Science Fiction Convention
Destination Moon (film)