F-1 engine at USS&RC used for sci-fi movie?

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F-1 engine at USS&RC used for sci-fi movie?

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On the wikipedia page for F-1 engines, it has this photo, with the caption of:
F-1 on display at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Its appearance was temporarily altered for a science fiction movie.
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Anyone know what movie this was used for? 'Interstellar,' perhaps?
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Not for Interstellar, by a long shot. This photo is from 1978!

The movie is a post-apocalyptic film called Ravagers. The rocket park of the Space & Rocket Center was temporarily redecorated to appear as an abandoned missile base for the film.

Ravagers on IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079777/

Short Youtube retrospective:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iGmZ3H9CJQ

Cool, huh?
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Here is the scene of the "missile base" on Youtube. Pretty freaky seeing a post-nuclear version of our rocket park!
http://youtu.be/xdQlLqJBxV8?t=11m8s
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Quite interesting, I am glad that rocket park does not look like that!!
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