THE EAGLE HAS LANDED - Apollo 11

Buzz Aldrin explains the sensation of walking on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, 21st July 1969.

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HE"S THE LAST HUMAN TO WALK ON THE MOON....
AND TODAY GENE CERNAN WILL BE LAID TO REST.. DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS.
CERNAN DIED JANUARY 16-TH.
HE"S KNOWN FOR A NUMBER OF FEATS..
IN 1966.. HE BECAME ONLY THE SECOND AMERICAN TO WALK IN SPACE.
IN 19-69.. HE PILOTED THE APOLLO TEN LUNAR MODULE... DESCENDING TO EIGHT NAUTICAL MILES ABOVE THE MOON.
THEN IN 19-72.. HE WALKED ON THE MOON AS PART OF APOLLO 17... THE LAST PERSON TO DO SO.
HE"LL BE BURIED WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS AT THE TEXAS STATE CEMETERY IN AUSTIN.
GENE CERNAN WAS 82.
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CERNAN FUNERAL APOLLO 17 MOON



Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon's surface; The Moon; 1969.

Reel 2. A documentary about the American and Russian space race. <br/> <br/>01:29:32 President John F Kennedy and Von Braun visit a rocket base and shake hands with workers. <br/> <br/>01:29:45 L/S of Russian space ship carrying the first woman into space. Russian people celebrate the return of three cosmonauts - they wave from the steps of an aircraft. Alexei Leonev is the first man to walk in space - C/U still of Leonev and shots of him on his space walk. <br/> <br/>01:30:21 Astronaut in training in United States of America in a strange spinning contraption. Footage of Ed White outside a space craft as it orbits the earth. NASA astronaut leaves a building and looks up at a rocket. L/S of rocket. C/U of unidentified astronaut making a speech in front of some scientific diagrams. He speaks of how difficult he finds "the waiting part." <br/> <br/>01:31:11 Montage sequence of astronauts waiting for lift off, controls are flicked and men in the control room look at screens. Silhouette of people waiting for launch. Rocket lifts off. <br/> <br/>01:32:02 End 1965 - Gemini programme. Various shots of the craft in space. Gina Target vehicle. Shots of the two craft locking together then spinning out of control. Footage of Agina moving through space and of the link up with Buzz Aldrin demonstrating the agility of an astronaut in space. <br/> <br/>01:33:37 Re-entry of capsule into space - footage and graphic animation. L/S of capsule with parachute descending into the sea. Navy helicopter approaches capsule to pick up Aldrin. He jumps into a dingy. L/S of the helicopter approaching an aircraft carrier. <br/> <br/>01:34:24 M/S of three astronauts. Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chaffee pose for photographers before their fatal flight. Various shots of the Apollo capsule. C/Us of Newspaper headlines about the death of a Russian astronaut - Vladimir Komarov. "Perhaps the race was being run at too hot a pace" says the voiceover. <br/> <br/>01:35:04 Various shots of Saturn 5. Separation of its three sections shown from the inside of the craft and from the exterior. <br/> <br/>01:36:35 1969 - Vladimir Shakalov (sp?) approaches a rocket. Lift off. Shots of the successful link up as the cosmonauts switch capsules in earth orbit. <br/> <br/>01:37:22 Apollo 10 accomplishes the first link up and transfer of crews in lunar orbit. Shots of the astronauts at work and views of the moon. <br/> <br/>See other reels.

Narrator Lee Marvin standing on a seashore. U.S. astronauts heading to their capsule for launch on mission to first man on the moon. Launch service structures falling away, as rocket launch is completing countdown in launch of Saturn V rocket carrying Apollo 11 mission to the moon. View of Mission Control operations center during Apollo 11. Glimpse of the earth from the moon and sound of Neil Armstrong on radio to Houston Control Center, "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." View shifts to Houston Control Center. View of the Lunar Module, Eagle, descending and landing on the moon surface, July 20, 1969. Next, a view of Neil Armstrong descending ladder from the Lunar lander and taking the first step onto the moon by a human, and then moving about on the lunar surface, on July 21, 1969. View of seashore, again, where birds are walking on the wet sand. Flock of birds flying above breaking surf. Aerial view of Hoover Dam. A road being built in rugged wilderness. View of the Panama Canal. Aerial view from helicopter flying very close to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Location: United States USA. Date: July 1969.

NASA Apollo 11 - astronauts walk to ship - Saturn V rocket on launch pad & blastoff - mission control room - people watch takeoff - Lyndon Johnson - tracking camera - rocket separation - space travel - moon - Neil Armstrong, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins - human spaceflight - audio

BREAK UP TO 02:00. 1969 NEWSCAST WITH FRANK REYNOLDS AND JULES BERGMAN ABOUT THE APOLLO II LUNAR ORBIT AND LANDING. INTVS/W PEOPLE WHO HAVE RESERVED FLIGHTS TO THE MOON WITH PAN AMERICAN AIRLINES. VS CLIPS FROM THE MOVIE "2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY". INTV WITH NAJEEB HALLABY. PRESIDENT OF PAN AMERICAN. SUS REYNOLDS AND BERGMAN INTV/W WITH THE WIFE OF ASTRONAUT EDWIN ALDRIN. 13:40 CLIPS FROM THE FILM "THE YEAR OF APOLLO". MS OF APOLLO ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE SUITS. HAS OF A LAUNCH. CI: PERSONALITIES: ALDRIN, EDWIN (ABOUT). PERSONALITIES: HALLABY, NAJEEB.

APOLLO 11 1969 MOON LANDING - ASTRONAUTS WALKING ON MOON FOR FIRST TIME

NASA;color, sound; 1970's; "One Small Step" (Moon-walking footage, program 3) Apollo 11.

Launched on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon.

Launched on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon.

THOUGH THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST MANNED MOON LANDING IS TUESDAY, THE CELEBRATION IS ALREADY ON AT THE U-S SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.

WE CAME IN PEACE

07/21/69 A0058329 - KINE THE MOON: ASTRONAUTS, NEIL ARMSTRONG AND EDWIN ALDRIN, STEP OUT OF LUNAR LANDER, EAGLE, AND WALK ON MOON: LN 10437 "MOON WALK" SHOWS: MS ASTRONG DESCENDS LADDER TO LUNAR SURFACE: MCU ARMSTRONG UN LUNAR SURFACE: MS ALDRIN DESCENDS FROM EAGLE MODULE JUMBS DOWN FROM BOTTOM STEP: MCU ASTRONAUTS READ FROM PLAQUE: "HERE MEN FROM PLANET EARTH FIRST SET FOOT ON THE MOON, JULY 1969: WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MAN KIND": GV LUNAR SURFACE: MS ALDRIN WALKING: MS PRES NIXON SPEAKS TO ASTRONAUTS: "THIS MUST BE THE MOST HISTORIC TELEPHONE CALL EVER MADE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, THE HEAVENS HAVE BECOME PART OF THE EARTH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF MAN, ALL THE PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH ARE TRULY ONE: (SHOT 7/21/69 98FT) FLAGS - US (ON MOON) TELEVISION SPACE RESEARCH - APOLLO 11 ARMSTRONG, NEIL - SOF ALDRIN, EDWIN - SOF NIXON, RICHARD - SOF UPITN / 98 FT / 16 FGM / POS / R32474 98 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG /