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Post by AtomicDog on Jan 14, 2009 20:46:25 GMT -4
Here are videos of news coverage of Apollo 11 from NBC and ABC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTs77ossVXgAnd here is Walter Cronkite from CBS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpr7Qjwo5OoI am making this post here instead of the Reality Of Apollo section because in watching these videos it struck me that the network reporters showed the world aspects of Apollo; like how the cameras worked, how the first steps on the Moon would be telecast, and and many other factors that people newly exposed to the Moon Hoax seem to have forgotten, or never knew. These videos really bring back memories - I remember now that CBS finished their landing simulation early, and had their LM on the Moon a full 37 seconds before the Eagle actually touched down! I don't know where the poster got these videos, but I would love to see them in all of their DVD glory - Tang commercials and all. After all these years, a chill still goes up my spine when I hear this theme tune: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpgIaWbA-vs&feature=relatedwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Db5RoMpes-Q&feature=relatedI would like to hear comments and memories from other posters Who Were There, and from younger readers who may never have seen these videos before. |
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Post by Ginnie on Jan 14, 2009 22:20:58 GMT -4
I was eleven when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. I didn't actually see it - I only heard it on the radio - because I was at "alter boy" camp and there was no television there.
But I must say that the landings on the moon didn't totally amaze me at the time. I mean, people had been going out in space most of my life up to that point. It was only natural that the moon landings were the next step - and it developed out of a progression of steps that were taken during the entire sixties. I think HB tend to isolate the landings too much, forgetting what came before. Indeed, I suspect a lot of them would be unfamiliar with what the functions of the earlier missions were about, Gemini especially.
As a kid, I wasn't surprised by the landings - it didn't come from left field or just appear out of nowhere. I had read books about astronauts and space and watched movies, including 2001. I guess at that age I thought anything was possible.
Actually, the most vivid memory of Apollo for me was the Apollo 8 mission because it happened at Christmas time when we had holidays and could catch all we could on TV. And I got a toy rocket as a present.
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Post by Cavorite on Jan 15, 2009 1:06:47 GMT -4
I was born a few weeks before Apollo 8, so I can't remember A11, but can remember A17 when I was four. While I have no conscious memory now of any missions earlier than that, my strongest memory of A17 indicates I was familiar with them. I recall sitting on the carpet playing with my Lego while my father watched the evening news. At one point he said "Look, men walking on the Moon". I looked up, gave a half-interested "yeah", and went back to building my own spacecraft. People had been landing on the Moon my entire life, what was so special about this one? If I knew then what I know now I would have paid a lot more attention.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 15, 2009 20:33:00 GMT -4
I was at "alter boy" camp Isn't that illegal in most states? Fred |
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Post by Ginnie on Jan 15, 2009 21:52:20 GMT -4
I was at "alter boy" camp Isn't that illegal in most states? Fred  ...well, they were innocent times, Fred... |
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Post by tedward on Jan 16, 2009 9:23:27 GMT -4
I remember being woken up to watch it. It was a treat. Think it was late or early morning in the UK. We had a black and white only telly at the time.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 16, 2009 19:58:07 GMT -4
Alter vs. altar. Look them up.
The only reason I can think of for going to "alter boy" camp is to retain that wonderful soprano voice.
Fred
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Post by Ginnie on Jan 16, 2009 23:12:37 GMT -4
Alter vs. altar. Look them up. The only reason I can think of for going to "alter boy" camp is to retain that wonderful soprano voice. Fred Ooops..... Coincidentaly "Alter" is also the name of a lunar crater. |
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Post by comarre on Jan 24, 2009 9:00:37 GMT -4
I remember being woken up to watch it. It was a treat. Think it was late or early morning in the UK. We had a black and white only telly at the time. Tedward - I lived in Wales at the time - I was 8, nearly 9 years old and a dead keen follower of Apollo. The first step was supposed to have taken place at 7:12 in the morning, so I set my alarm for a bit before..... and of course, because the first step actually took place at 3:56, I only saw the end. Couldn't believe it ! Why didn't they stick to the flight plan? Got to see the EVA a bit later though because the BBC repeated it several times during the day. What I remember particularly though was the emotion. I once saw Gene Kranz describing how he felt just after the landing, and I can't quite remember exactly what he said, but it was something like "distilled happiness". I know exactly what he meant. As for you having only a B&W TV - that was true of most people in the UK at that time. Colour TV didn't really come along until November '69. |
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Post by RAF on Jan 25, 2009 14:03:30 GMT -4
These videos really bring back memories - I remember now that CBS finished their landing simulation early, and had their LM on the Moon a full 37 seconds before the Eagle actually touched down! I don't know where the poster got these videos, but I would love to see them in all of their DVD glory - Tang commercials and all. I must "respectively" disagree. I hated Cronkite's commentary. He was shouting "Man on the Moon" seconds before Armstrong stepped off the ladder. He came within about a half a second of "talking over" Neil's first words. (one small step....) That's one of the best things about the spacecraftfilms series... no commentary... An notable exception being Apollo 14. There's some guy on that set who can't seem to stop himself from repeating everything said...it is VERY annoying. I wonder why that is the exception...perhaps the quality of the tapes was better? |
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Post by gillianren on Jan 25, 2009 17:05:51 GMT -4
Psst--"respectfully."
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Post by RAF on Jan 25, 2009 17:07:48 GMT -4
Jees...it took me a second to recognize that even after being told.  |
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Post by tedward on Jan 26, 2009 2:38:14 GMT -4
I remember being woken up to watch it. It was a treat. Think it was late or early morning in the UK. We had a black and white only telly at the time. Tedward - I lived in Wales at the time - I was 8, nearly 9 years old and a dead keen follower of Apollo. The first step was supposed to have taken place at 7:12 in the morning, so I set my alarm for a bit before..... and of course, because the first step actually took place at 3:56, I only saw the end. Couldn't believe it ! Why didn't they stick to the flight plan? Got to see the EVA a bit later though because the BBC repeated it several times during the day. What I remember particularly though was the emotion. I once saw Gene Kranz describing how he felt just after the landing, and I can't quite remember exactly what he said, but it was something like "distilled happiness". I know exactly what he meant. As for you having only a B&W TV - that was true of most people in the UK at that time. Colour TV didn't really come along until November '69. Ah. Then I am a tad younger. And apart from a few years in enemy territory I am still here. I remember being a bit bleary then going back to bed, and the landing. I mention the black and white telly as the links have colour, forgot all about it until this thread (black and white telly). We did not get a colour telly until the 70's, probably mid 70's. Money being thin on the ground. And a pointless and probably useless memory is Rediffussion for some reason. A form of cable with a big rotary switch on the window sill. Sorry, getting off topic and not when and where we had that. Anyway, more off topic. On the back of this I got a board game bought as a present, forget the occasion. Based on the space race. Think it had the Mercury capsule and Agena target vehicles as pieces and you moved around the board pointlessly to win on the throw of dice. |
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Post by Grand Lunar on Jan 26, 2009 16:13:34 GMT -4
I must time, I feel young compared to those privilaged to have seen Apollo on TV as it happened!
I guess that's why I try to catch the shuttle and various rocket launches when I can; something to write about when I'm older.
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Post by Jason on Jan 26, 2009 16:22:08 GMT -4
I was -5 when Apollo 11 landed, and was born just eight months after Apollo 17 left.
I missed the whole thing.
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