Apollo - OK

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2133A

Date Released

23 Apr 1970

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Apollo - OK
2. 2World Cup Rally Starts
3. 3Avalanche
4. 4Ice Skating Championships
5. 5Badminton Horse Trials

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Apollo 13. DESCRIPTION: The most dramatic mission in the whole Apollo programme puts the hazards of space flight into terrible perspective. Thanks to the cool efficiency of mission control and the calm cohesion of the three astronauts, Unlucky Thirteen survives to splashdown. SHOTLIST: LV Houston control (interior). SV monitoring screens. SV officials. CU television screen showing splashdown. SV capsule in sea. GV helicopter towards. SV ‘copter landing on Tywo Jimo. SV astronauts leave ‘copter, wave & walk towards. TV zoom astronauts & families with President Nixon. TV crowd clapping. SV astronauts with wives wave to crowd. 16mm Colour Print has extended scenes of splashdown, recovery and arrival on carrier.

Keywords

Politics and government; Aviation; Science and technology; Space; Accidents and disasters

Locations

United States of America; Pacific Ocean

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

95844

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

89

Story extras:

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