Learning on ScreenCount Down Apollo
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Apollo. DESCRIPTION: America’s twelve thousand million pound moon programme approaches its climax. The most comprehensive training and rehearsal programme of any enterprise in the history of mankind has prepared the Apollo Eleven astronauts for the greatest adventure in the history of man. SHOTLIST: Saturn rocket on launch pad. Zoom Apollo space capsule. Zoom in 3 astronauts make ready for press conference. Sign NASA. Astronauts sitting at press conference. Pan ditto. Zoom in photograph of model of the moon. Lunar module. Astronaut demonstrates part of landing controls. Ground to air moon landing craft. Animated shots of how the craft will land on moon. 2 shots astronauts experience weightlessness. Astronauts practice collecting parts of lunar surface. Animated sequence showing take-off and link up. 2 shots capsule dropped onto water. 2 shots astronauts practice recovery in ocean. 2 shot portable isolation unit. Isolation buildings. Box. Men working on germ free machine. Ditto. Machine. Man on control panel. Graph. Sample of rock. Zoom in the three astronauts.
- Keywords
- Mass media; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Aviation; Science and technology; Safety devices; Space; Newsreels
- Locations
- United States of America
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 94928
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 245
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