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Poster for Apollo 11 16Mm Onboard Film (1969)

Apollo 11 16Mm Onboard Film (1969)

1969 · Feature film · 90 min

Synopsis

Film taken includes scenes taken out Lunar Module (LM) window documenting lunar surface Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and LM ascent, rendezvous and maneuver for docking during lunar orbit. Also includes views from the Lunar Module (LM) during descent and landing on moon, Neil Armstrong descending to lunar surface, scenes out LM window during ascent and approach with CSM.

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90 minutes

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★★★★★ · History From a DIfferent Perspective · LiLi Marleaux · 2016-11-01

I found this set of films to be utterly compelling. As a child, I watched the first steps on the moon live in grainy black and white. Watching them again in much higher quality is just amazing. Then there are the shots of erecting the flag and then the salute, taken from the window of the lander, providing a completely different viewpoint of the astronauts snapping that famous set of images- I got goosebumps watching that historical vignette unfold. And then the very last shot of the series, with Buzz Aldrin staring directly into the camera; a perfect footnote to one of the most historically…

★★★★ · A True View! · samwise7777 · 2015-06-16

I have just recently discovered the internet archive and the wealth of information and visuals it offers. It truly is what the internet should have been about. This footage gives a real feel for what the dawn of space exploration was like.

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