Apollo 14

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2175A

Date Released

11 Feb 1971

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Apollo 14
2. 2Cruft’s Dog Show
3. 3Decimal Change Over
4. 4Rugby - Wales V Scotland

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Apollo 14. DESCRIPTION: America’s Apollo 14 moonshot is an unqualified success from blast off to the moonwalk itself. Astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa bring back the largest haul of lunar samples and scientific data so far collected. Pictures of the longest moonwalk to date plus the crew training before the mission with the first wheeled vehicle to trundle over the lunar surface. SHOTLIST: GV group of various rockets. SV pan rockets. LV 3 astronauts stand in front of Apollo 14 on gantry. SV astronauts Mitchell, Shepard & Roosa. CU Alan Shepard pan to CU Roosa to CU Mitchell. GV group of astronauts pan up to top of Apollo 14. GV astronauts leave building with crowd in f/g. SV astronauts in space suits enter van. GV crowd wait for blast off. SV ditto. GV crowd watch. GV Apollo 14 on gantry. SV pan up Apollo 14 ready for blast off. GV interior mission control. SV ditto. SV people watch exterior. GV Apollo 14 blast off & pan up as lifts off. Tele recorded sequence moonwalk and moon surface. SV lunar trolley. CU camera attached to trolley. LV Shepard & Mitchell simulate moonwalk with trolley. GV Shepard & Mitchell smiling. CU Shepard smiling.

Keywords

Mass media; Vehicles; Weather; Aviation; Science and technology; Space

Locations

United States of America; Houston

Footage sources

United States of America
France

Card file number

96722

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

236

Story extras:

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