Restored Apollo 11 footage to be screened

[PeterB]

www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/09/29/3024686.htm

Fully restored footage of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module will be screened in public for the first time in Sydney next week.

The footage runs for a few minutes and is considered to be some of the best footage of the historic 1969 moonwalk, but it was lost in archives for many years and was badly damaged when found, says CSIRO scientist John Sarkissian.

It depicts the first few minutes of Armstrong's descent which was recorded in Australia as NASA was still scrambling for a signal, showing a far clearer image than was initially screened worldwide.

Interestingly, when I first read this story last night, it spoke of "new" footage. I get the impression some overnight correction took place.

Should be great viewing!

[Count Zero]

Has this restored footage been made available online?

[dwight]

The restored footage has not been made available online in its entirety. You can see segments at the NASA website, including restoration comparisons - and it is available as a Hi-res file.

www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11.html

Also you can order the complete restored EVA from Spacecraftfilms.

02e5a89.netsolstores.com/firstmoonwalktherestoredapollo11eva.aspx

<cheeky mode on> Or you just need to write a book on the Apollo TV systems to be able to see it </cheeky mode off>

[LunarOrbit]

Oct 11, 2010 9:50:18 GMT -4 dwight said:

<cheeky mode on> Or you just need to write a book on the Apollo TV systems to be able to see it </cheeky mode off>

Some might say that is easier than getting DVDs from Spacecraft Films.

[PhantomWolf]

Oct 11, 2010 11:07:05 GMT -4 LunarOrbit said:

Oct 11, 2010 9:50:18 GMT -4 dwight said:

<cheeky mode on> Or you just need to write a book on the Apollo TV systems to be able to see it </cheeky mode off>

Some might say that is easier than getting DVDs from Spacecraft Films.

Some of us would say that writting a book is easier than just getting Spacecraft Films to reply to your emails. I haven't head from Mark since March last year despite numerous emails to him, as for the DVD, I ordered that in Dec of 2008!

[dwight]

Well I got all my book screengrabs from Mark and whike I am as anxious as anyone to see the bluray. I remain patient. Reports from customers over on collectspace say it is one of the best looking blurays in their collection.

[gonetoplaid]

Hi everyone,

You can order the new DVDs from honeysucklecreek.net. The first DVD is the one which contains previously never before publicly seen footage of the Apollo 11 LM EVA closeout procedures which includes dumping of the two PLSS backpacks plus the dumping of some sort of other trash bag onto the lunar surface.

--GTP

[fiveonit]

The links at the NASA website don't appear to be working

[gonetoplaid]

Nov 13, 2010 22:32:12 GMT -4 fiveonit said:

The links at the NASA website don't appear to be working

They work for me. Check your web browser's file association for .MOV files (Quicktime format movies). Both Quicktime and Windows Media Player maintain separate file type associations for the operating system and for web browsers. Both players can "battle it out" if either or both are told to "check and maintain their file associations." Be sure to uncheck that setting in both players, and then configure the players appropriately. I prefer to first configure Windows Media Player to play all file types that it can play. Then I close Media Player and configure Quicktime to be the player which plays all of Apple's file types, yanking these file types away from Windows Media Player.

In particular, close any open web browsers, launch Quicktime, go to Quicktime's Preferences and select Quicktime preferences. Then click on the Browser tab, make sure that "Play movies automatically" is checked, and then on the MIME settings button in order to configure what file types your web browsers will associate with Quicktime.