: The film famously used front projection rather than CGI to make Christopher Reeve appear to fly, a groundbreaking achievement for 1978 [8].
Look for files titled "The Making of Superman" (1978) . These are 30-minute promotional reels hosted by Christopher Reeve. They show the physical training, the flying rigs, and the construction of the Daily Planet set. These clips are often in the public domain or uploaded illegally, but the Archive preserves them as historical documents. superman 1978 internet archive