David Ice
Published on Apr 24, 2013
"Like many kids of the '60s, I was a big fan of Lost In Space, especially the first season. I always wondered where they filmed the crash site sequence, and how. After working at 20th Century Fox for many years, I was able to track down call sheets and camera reports, and learned that the exterior miniature work was shot at Red Rock Canyon, north of Los Angeles--and it was shot in color, despite the pilot being in black-and-white. Some friends and I spent a day trying to scout out the exact location of the crash site, with the famous pinnacle the Jupiter 2 flew past on it's ill-fated landing. We found it! Here is video evidence, nearly, over 40 years later, of the pinnacle.
A four foot miniature was used for filming. I have a two foot miniature with me for the filming, and you can see that it's not nearly as big as the four foot miniature appears on the final footage.
I don't own the footage from the original show or the music; I'm using it only to enhance the experience. Notice the STEREO unused end title music!"
David Ice 11 months ago
" Edwin Rivera I had worked at 20th Century Fox and a friend helped me find their camera logs from the special effects unit. It said that they had shot at Red Rock Canyon. So we went up there one weekend and we figured it had to be fairly close to the roadways because they had to lug all the equipment around. It took all afternoon but we eventually found the spot. And it was about a 15-minute walk from the main parking lot."