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American Airlines Space Freighter "Valley Forge" - Ceramic Coffee Mug from the great movie "Silent Running".
American Airlines Space Freighter Valley Forge U.S.A. Southeast Sub-Tropical Bahia-Honda.
"On this first day of a new century we humbly beg forgiveness and dedicate these last forests of our once beautiful nation to the hope that they will one day return and grace our foul earth. Until that day may God bless these gardens and the brave men who care for them."
Silent Running is a 1972 American environmental-themed science fiction film. It is the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull and stars Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin and Jesse Vint.
In the future, all forests on Earth have become extinct from careless environmental exploitation. As many specimens as possible have been preserved in a series of enormous greenhouse-like geodesic domes attached to large cargo spaceships, forming part of a fleet of eight "American Airlines Space Freighters", stationed outside the orbit of Saturn.
Three freighters are shown in the film: the Valley Forge, the Berkshire and the Sequoia. Five other ships that carried domes – the Yellowstone, Acadia, Blue Ridge, Glacier, and Mojave — are also mentioned. Each ship features a designation on the hull that notes the area from which some of its flora and fauna samples were taken. The Valley Forge is listed as "Bahia Honda Subtropical", indicating at least some specimens were taken from this area of the Florida Keys.
Is Dewey Still Tenderly Caring for that Forest Dome with Lowell's Battered Old Watering Can?
