Launch Of Apollo 11 In Real Time (July 16, 1969)

[@michlo3393]

Sending a 30-story building into space with nothing but magnetic tape, slide rules, cigarettes, and skinny ties is incredible by itself. But then navigating a quarter of a million miles of empty space in a tin can with only the aid of a few celestial observations and a 16-bit guidance computer to land on the moon is some serious piloting.

[@Kruton1122]

Well when you have great programmers and great engineers you could get anything to work. Guarantee you could probably make a rocket auto pilot just using a Commodore 64 and enough coffee to last

[@moxyblackfiddler]

They didn't send a 30 story building into space. It was the command,service and landing modules that went into space. At the top of the vehicle.

[@michlo3393]

@@moxyblackfiddler lol well, you aren't wrong.

[@moxyblackfiddler]

@@michlo3393 Just a lil attempt of nerd humor

[@AstroPlayser]

@@moxyblackfiddler The S-IVB also went into space with it. (It’s currently orbiting the sun) so it was the S-IVB, Service Modules, LEM, Command module.

[@JeffSunnyside]

Finally, we see and hear what was happening at the start of human beings greatest achievement of the twentieth century. No music , narration , or useless journalism in this documentary , it can be witnessed ourselves. The communication , coordination and purpose of the people involved in the first lunar landing is important to acknowledge.Thank you for presenting this in such a way that all will understand the complexity of that endeavor.

[@JensThomasNepper]

They never went to the moon.

[@rinzlr3554]

@@JensThomasNeppernot even the Russians agree with you

[@rahnlawson9463]

I lived in Cocoa Beach at the time of the Apollo Program. My Dad worked at the Space Center at Cape Canaveral. I watched this launch from the beach. When these Saturn V rockets would launch all the windows in our house would rattle and sound like they were going to fall out of the window frame. Great memories growing up in Cocoa Beach during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Sky Lab programs.

[@sirturd4966]

I envy your childhood

[@Zhuko_BF3]

It was a privileged childhood.

[@franciscoduarte1925]

That's what I came to see (hear) in this video......I got disappointed

[@duartesimoes508]

I have no doubt! How old are you?

[@GK-ji3pm]

I live about 15 miles from where the launches are done in Cape Canaveral..They just launched a space craft this morning and they always shake the my house and the neighbors dogs go crazy...

[@MrButtonpresser]

As a 7 year old at the time, this still ranks as one of the most amazing times of my life! Thanks very much.

[@califuturist]

I was 9. Is this the one Tom Hanks reenacted?

[@nomunbiligt]

So you were 9 at the launch

[@zenithperigee7442]

@MrButtonpresser, I wasn't even born back then but it was pretty amazing to visit the (new) Mission Control from the observation deck, they were conducting live ISS operations. And then to go to the old Mission Control green room to see the red phone and controls etc., that they used over 40 yrs prior to conduct this and other missions! It was so interesting seeing this footage of the vehicle launch and stages of separation. @califuturist, no that movie was "Apollo 13" where an explosion occurred venting their oxygen into space after stirring the oxygen tank. It was said that the insulation of an electrical conductor had failed and this is what they believe led to the explosion. This video is "The launch of Apollo 11 on the morning of July 16, 1969." Apollo 13 launched less than a year later on April 11, 1970.

[@geraldscott4302]

I was 10 years old at the time. And totally space crazy. I just knew I would spend my life working in the space program somewhere. I figured within 10 years we would be landing on Mars. Then everything just ended. And never returned. Now 55 years later we can't even get back to the moon. Really sad.

[@geraldscott4302]

@@lastfirst78 I will be 65 in a couple of months. I meant it has been 55 years since the first moon landing.

[@Whoflungpouu]

The fact that you are holding something with more technology than that entire spaceship had is the more incredible thing

[@Wurtoz9643]

Ok that is just, pure insanity

[@np9119]

But they send a man to the moon and we are using it to pass our time

[@sEngineer-il8im]

@@np9119you use it to pass time when it can be used to find nearly unlimited information.

[@321ssteeeeeve]

Analog astronautics

[@timoonn]

At time it was the peak of technology.

[@cinemaipswich4636]

As a teenage boy in Australia, I remember watching the moon landing on B&W TV, via satellite, at school. It was the most amazing thing that I ever saw. I will never forget what happened on that day. The school principle said that we could go home. It was obviously important to him. Most of us stayed at school (a miracle) so that we could see it happen on the TV in the library. I will never forget that day.

[@59771006]

Fellow Aussie here don’t forget we played a huge part in the Apollo 11 mission if you’ve seen the movie The Dish then you’ll know what I’m talking about a little under 9 minutes into the broadcast of the moonwalk the international broadcast was switched to the signal being received by the radio telescope in Parkes the quality of the TV pictures that the Parkes signal was providing were so superior that NASA stayed with Parkes as the source of the TV for the remainder of the two and a half hour broadcast

[@johnbrown4736]

I was a boy in Texas. My father and I watched almost every launch, especially this one.

[@kdean8129]

That was the summer this 7yr old did not go outside to play. Glued to the TV. Those were better days for US and Canadian people.

[@RobertBurke-e1n]

They didn't go. But it's a great story...

[@kozko-xe1xl]

@@RobertBurke-e1n You're so full of sh1t,just wait a few years and there will be some footage of the landing site when they're going back.

[@henrybecker2842]

This is absolutely FANTASTIC Fran. Thank you so much for the great idea and all of the time you must have devoted to put this together..

[@RichLeespage]

It's Fran-tastic lol

[@sevenravens]

Time? It’s been on KZbin for years. 😂

[@GarPixel]

Yea I agree !

[@nickfraser4599]

I have never tried of watching these videos. What men can accomplish when they put their minds to it is simply amazing. We need more challenges such as these to keep the blood flowing and the vision outward

[@nickfraser4599]

@@zdenekburian1366 what are you talking about specifically?

[@emilycs8823]

Really brings light to how incredible the scope, and scale of mission control was. I knew it was massive, but this footage brings a new perspective to that I had not seen. Such as the scene panning through all the printers for telemetry with guys in IBM jackets.

[@incargeek]

There are a few shots of the large firing room at the Cape. Thats where you see most of the IBM jackets. The firing room was much larger than the mission operations control room (MOCR) in Houston.

[@stephanieparker1250]

Unlimited money back then for the space program. It was a great time! 🙌

[@BenneWill]

Amazing how careful they were to make sure everything went right.

[@jesus4400]

44:06 the Earth is flat

[@michaelbarry8373]

@@jesus4400 Your head is flat.

[@btcbob11392]

@20:07 If you look at the photos of the control room you will see many consoles that have 2 technicians one siting behind each other. I was told a long time ago that those operators were so crucial that they had back up technicians siting right behind them in case the primary tech had a heart attack or something, They were there to yank the guy away and take over his job.

[@nicholashacking381]

Or perhaps the arrangement was to allow people to take short necessary breaks? A less dramatic interpretation, but when one has to go.....

[@ghost307]

What you didn't see were the rooms with backup people surrounded by blueprints and calculation who were inly an intercom call away from the guy sitting at the console. When Flight asked you a question you had 3 seconds to say yes, no or ask for more time. After 5-7 seconds the only acceptable answers were yes and no. Lack or a response was reason enough to take you off the front lines. Things happen very fast and nobody has time to wait for you to analyze something for a couple of minutes. They wanted people who knew their stuff cold. That's the reason behind the non-stop drills and simulations. When they got the 1201 and 1202 alarms during Apollo 11 nobody had seen this before, with the exception of one of the computer techs who had already figured out what to do in that situation. Even during Apollo 13 they worked rapidly to stabilize the problem and buy more time to think...they didn't just leave the astronauts hanging while they figured out what to do.

[@AnilKumar-xl2te]

What if both gets heart attack

[@ghost307]

@@AnilKumar-xl2te What if a meteor destroys the facility?

[@chrispbacon6810]

LOL

[@stuartmynard]

Thanks for your amazing work Fran!

[@FranLab]

$$$$ Thanks for the support Stuart! $$$$

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

It still amazes me that most of the math done for this mission was done on both chalkboards and paper. Early NASA is still my favorite era of the organization. Thanks for your hard work, Fran!

[@busterhikney6936]

Sounds more phoney the more it's thought of

[@Scissors69]

@@busterhikney6936 - How old are you? I bet you weren't even born.

[@busterhikney6936]

@Scissors69 Just turned 15 last week Mr. 69. Why are you so curious?

[@johnhallett5846]

@@Scissors69 moon landing conspiracists are just like flat earthers and just as dumb

[@jimo199966]

Masterful editing of an incredible historical event in history. Thank you for all the hard work Fran.

[@TomTimeTraveler]

Those of us fortunate to have witnessed this event as it happened will always have a sense of awe and pride in this astounding achievement. Imagine the individuals in Mission Control who were part of this and those who are still with us can always say, "Yeah, I was there; I was part of it." Sends chills up my spine. And it never gets old.

[@steve-n-stacydowdy8722]

Very well said!

[@busterhikney6936]

Big NASA Mass Miseducation Project (Project 2M) accomplished its mission

[@86royal420]

@@busterhikney6936 ohhh yeah the earth is flat too isnt it? and there is an ice wall and fermament as well huh. stfu

[@samross9895]

This is amazing, Fran. Thanks. I just saw my Dad sitting next to Warner Von Braun. I was only 5 years old and watched the launch from his office. Thanks for the great memory.

[@vamborala]

So is that really Von Braun at 29:49 ? I saw him and thought "hmm i know this guy" lol

[@samross9895]

@@vamborala Yes It is. The first time you see him is at 4:36. Sitting next to him is Kurt Debus.

[@bostonaudi]

Interesting- always wondered where Von Braun was during launches and what his role was at this point.

[@MuzixMaker]

@@bostonaudihe had a one way plane ticket to Argentina in his pocket in case it blew up on the pad. 😊

[@busterhikney6936]

Where and what was Warner doing in 1942?

[@kaypie3112]

I cannot imagine how much work went into making this. Many kudos to you Fran! And many thanks!

[@ozymandias7940]

As much time as NASA put into faking the moon landings probably.

[@barrettdipaolo8603]

Kudos is singular. It means praise in Greek.

[@kaypie3112]

@@barrettdipaolo8603 Thank You so much for the clarification. I will sleep much better from here on in.

[@ozymandias7940]

@@barrettdipaolo8603 Last thing I think of at night and first thing I think of when I wake, the meaning of Kudos.... Sheesh!

[@tomcooper6108]

Was 13 in 69....we'd always watch every launch. We were so proud of our scientists, engineers and pilots. Such a nobel endeavor.

[@kernfgr]

Even today, 55 years later, we can still marvel at this.

[@thepinktreeclub]

we didnt nuke ourselves, hooray!

[@damntrain5145]

@@thepinktreeclub yet

[@hendyzero5789]

I believe ,and this is my own personal opinion, then going to the Moon and coming back is still the greatest thing that humanity has ever done

[@gives_bad_advice]

Agreed but a heart transplant is a close second.

[@njwebwiz]

I watched every Apollo launch live when I was a kid. It's astonishing to think they accomplished all that with less computing power (on the rocket and in mission control combined) than I have in my pocket right now.

[@DOCTOR_SONG]

Yeah and the actual mechanical switches and controls. No swipey touch screen junk like we have now. THAT WAS A REAL SPACECRAFT !!

[@abe_linc02]

They had the tech. Just hidden for themselves at the time. The cartoons were reaveling it too us [jetsons]

[@aemrt5745]

It is neat how aerospace tech eventually filters down to the consumer market. In 1990, I worked for Boeing an sat in a 767 with a glass cockpit. It had color LCD displays. At that time, they seemed futuristic and incredible. Now they are everywhere.

[@adzisme]

What’s amazing is to listen to flight director loops as Armstrong and Aldrin were trying to land the LEM. The communications and telemetry were all screwed up, they overshot the original landing site and they were running out of fuel.

[@JohnnyButtons]

@@aemrt5745you are so right. Almost everything developed through the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle missions trickled into the consumer markets. From duct tape and Velcro to computer, solar, battery and EV technologies. We must thank the space programs for it all lol.

[@GruntPa101]

Thank you! For those of you who naysayers, we were all well aware of the artist representations of various phases of the mission. There was a lot about the Apollo missions that we could only hear back in the day, the representations allowed people to picture in their minds what they hadn't ever seen. Cudos to everyone who pulled off these missions and thank you to everyone keeping these memories alive. These missions were an inspiration to generations across the world.

[@SomeDudeInBaltimore]

Artemis is going to bring back 4K HD videos of the moon and there will still be people denying it happened, I wouldn't pay them much mind. They won't disappear until we can strap a commoner to a spacecraft and take trips to space as regularly as we do with airplanes.

[@mesobean]

@@SomeDudeInBaltimore yeah, the biggest problem with the moon landing deniers is that they are very vocal about there opinion and it gets peoples attention.

[@jsnowdendavies]

Across the world and across history! It was an incredible feat of effort, engineering and exploration!

[@Sundablakr]

@@SomeDudeInBaltimore Honestly mate those kinds of people would still think you are tricking them if you took them into space and pushed them out the airlock.

[@moxy5708]

Don’t worry about them most of the lunatics still think the earth is flat.

[@soonerlon]

Great video - I still remember and loved our "Mercury, Gemini and Apollo years", what a great time to be an American. Speaking as a retired mechanical engineer, I still regard our walking on the moon as the greatest moment in technology. It's hard to believe that our phones have more computing power than all of the computers on the rocket and NASA and yet we still did it. What a great step it was!!!!

[@josephcullen4953]

yea the mercury and gemini spacecrafts that were built by"Mac" were & still are the best Saint Louis built by hand. i was a paper boy after school in the '60's the post was 7cents the Mac workers would give ya a dime , very seldom did they ask for the 3cent change . great time for a working kid. thanks to the Wright Brothers 66 years from 1st flight to landing on the moon. you can do anything if you put your mind to it and believe in the talents The Father gives us.

[@waynegallaher3929]

Thank you for sharing. I have vivid memories of this famous day in our history. I was an Air Force medic stationed at Stewart AFB in Newburgh, N..Y. watching this on the TV in the day room in my barracks in July 1969.

[@lynnowens6451]

The bravery of the astronauts, the engineering brains (before the computer age as we know it) and the achievement of these guys is off the scale.

[@fxm5715]

This is a wonderful document, Fran! You continue to make great contributions to the world. My most sincere thanks to you.

[@MrDHCuthill]

I was 17 at the time. For me, this is the greatest achievement of all time. 55 years later, it still cannot be equalled. People nowadays can't understand an era before the mobile phone and the internet. But at the time, this was the highest tech money could buy. On top of that, the sheer number of people, and the moving parts required to even launch the mission, let alone land men on the moon and return them safely to Earth today takes my breath away. At the time we took it for granted. We assumed that by 1980 there would be moon bases. It never happened. Today the funds are not available for such a mission. It will be a massive achievement to successfully complete another crewed landing on the Moon, because it will need to be done much more cheaply.

[@hannible1002]

I was 8 years old when I watched this live. It still brings tears to my eyes now I am 61.

[@hisoverlorduponhigh90]

Same here . I was 8 years old, I am 61 now.

[@hannible1002]

@@hisoverlorduponhigh90 Getting old is a drag Overlord, but what can you do? Take care fellow apollo follower.

[@hisoverlorduponhigh90]

@@hannible1002 Yes, I have become my Dad.

[@hannible1002]

@@hisoverlorduponhigh90 LOL I know what you mean.

[@antoniomercado6174]

Me tambien.... I was 10... now I'm 63 ..from Tijuana Mx.... since back then, all about the apollos I became a sucker for space everything..... this video is priceless

[@edwardpate6128]

Fran as a lifetime technician and engineer I love your channel!

[@Jordan-ns6hq]

Amazing edited film of one of our planet's greatest achievements! Thank you for your time and effort in making this experience!

[@kenriehl7852]

My dad worked for Grumman (the company that built the lunar module). I stood on the seawall on the Indian river by JCPenney’s in Titusville Florida on US one and watched this 🚀 in real time as a 15 year old. I also stood in that launch control room in the VAB the time my dad brought me to the Cape with him. It’s hard to imagine anything more exciting then this launch up to that point in my life. Thanks so much for posting Fran.👍🏻👋🏻🙏🏻

[@kenriehl7852]

@@maxsmith695 Profound

[@johndododoe1411]

Was that the same company using toy store tape on an experimental vehicle tested in the 1940s near nuclear test area #51 ?

[@RobertBurke-e1n]

Th ey never went....I was sad when I found out....

[@alocinotasor]

Thanks for your work. 💟

[@vincentdiverniero8949]

Watched this as it happened with my mom. Thank you for your time and effort in putting this together. Lost mom to cancer in 71, remember her being more excited than us kids.

[@matans.9500]

Very glad you were able to watch it with your mom before she passed man, may she rest in peace 🕊️🕯️

[@EricAdamsonMI]

Thanks for publishing this. Struggling to imagine how anyone could doubt that this ever happened. No actors, no CGI, just real people who invested blood, sweat & tears into this project.

[@essejesseyt5121]

I'm on the fence about it. Due to the technology at the time, the radiation belt between our planet and the moon, the images from the mission, and many other factors, it's easy to question the mission. Look into it! It definitely makes you think, since the government is the best at covering up and lying to us!

[@PSG1_CEO]

@@essejesseyt5121 If yo have any questions i can go answer them for yo

[@PSG1_CEO]

@@essejesseyt5121 The spacecraft was shielded to protect fro the radiation. The total dosage for the trip is only 16 Rads in 68.1 minutes. Because 68.1 minutes is equal to 1.13 hours, his is equal to a dosage of 16 Rads / 1.13 hours = 14.0 Rads in one hour, which is well below the 300 Rads in one hour that is considered to be lethal. Also, this radiation exposure would be for an astronaut outside the spacecraft during the transit through the belts. The radiation shielding inside the spacecraft cuts down the 14 Rads/hour exposure so that it is completely harmless.

[@zedalive4764]

but the moon landing full vid from that mission went missing from 'accidental erasure'. no copies archived, just the original which got erased. frankly, who believes in that?

[@adrianleusink1970]

No one is doubting these rockets launching into orbit. The doubters are questioning the landing onto another planet.

[@paulboulter7823]

Guidance is internal.. All these after 1969 & I still get goose bumps watching the mighty Saturn V take off.Truly magnificent!!

[@VJLars]

*Guidance is inertial

[@josephvengen9989]

@@VJLars GRRRRR...... oops, too many R's!

[@robhose]

Love this Fran! Some of this was sourced for the Apollo 11 movie a few years ago but there is so much more here that they left out. Stuff that doesn't make good cinema but is really interesting for space nerds!

[@richardmattocks]

The shots of rows of people at desks and the constant chatter compared to 2022 launches of a dozen or so people shows just how much automation has taken place in the intervening years. Brilliant footage. Love it!

[@thymenwestrum7011]

Absolutely

[@BenneWill]

Even more incredible that it all coordinated to work right in the analog world.

[@LordZontar]

Jim Lovell @39:27

[@timh3178]

That was very cool! All that behind- the- scenes audio. I've always loved hearing that uninterrupted. Everyone was glued to the TV. It was an incredible 3 days.

[@stephenwoods4118]

Dear Fran, Thank you so much for this compilation, back in the day I was unable to watch the event as I was tramping around the boonies in South Vietnam. On the day that Neil walked on the moon I was in An Hoa with my Vietnamese scout, we were waling byt the Staff NCO quarters where there was a small black and whit TV and on the screen was footage of Neil jumping down and saying his little speech, the full moon was overhead and I pointed at the TV and then at the Moon and said, in Vietnamese, "Right now there are to Big Noses on the moon". and he looked at me and said "Bull shit". Which lead to a long discussion in Vietnamese, anyway he went into town and the next day he apologized because he'd heard it on the Vietnamese news.

[@ScottGrammer]

Thank you for your service, Stephen.

[@FloydBunsen]

Glory to the North!

[@Giantdwarf00]

@@FloydBunsen lol 🤦🏻‍♂

[@badbotchdown9845]

Interesting story hope you have not commited war crimes

[@WildInNewEngland]

Thank you for your service 👍

[@chromabotia]

Seeing this just now did my heart good. Thanks Fran! Kudos on your editing, telecine and audio mixing. The footage of KSFC and the details of the consoles was amazing (nixie tubes). The trucking shot of the rows and rows of consoles was astonishing. I never knew just how big the Kennedy control room was! Just great...

[@AnalogueGround]

Excellent Fran. I can't get enough of this having lived through the 60s space missions. Although some great things are happening today, it is unparalleled with what they had to do back then. So many technologies that had to be pushed to their limits by so many companies to achieve what could have easily dismissed as impossible.

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

And they were willing to take risks. Unfortunately we are turning into a risk adverse world.

[@brisket9158]

So glad space x is doing the impossible again with a fully reusable version! I (30) feel like I'm getting to live in history being made again since the 60's!!! so excited and love finding this old footage put together this way. Amazing what they did back then with what was available

[@jackreacher.]

I had the measles. My priorities were: Pillow, blanket, ice water with a bendy straw, and best CBS interception via rooftop antennae. I was America's most devoted Apollo 11 live coverage viewer.

[@benespection]

Wow Fran... Just wow. This is incredible work you've put together, thank you for sharing, it was excellent to watch!

[@erichfeit7779]

Thank you Fran!!! I was 21 yrs old and listened to the launch on radio from South Africa. I was with 2 friends of similar age. I recorded it on casette tape. It was all so exciting!!!

[@tortysoft]

Did you record the BBC presentation - and have you still got the tapes ? - because the BBC wiped theirs !!! (of the TV)

[@georgeodongo4734]

Those cassettes could be quite valuable...

[@jeffreybarton1297]

Thanks Fran! I remember watching the TV when this originally aired. I was about 5 years old. My super nerd elder brother dragged the whole family down to his Lab/She'd to watch history being made.

[@andymath1523]

Excellent video Fran I remember Dad getting us up at about 3 am to watch moon landing live , I was 9 (10 in couple of weeks) . Amazing achievement for mankind , if we could only get over our differences and channel it into technology rather than wars imagine what we could do

[@pdlawson-venusloon359]

Stunning footage of an incredible achievement.

[@captain54526]

Saw the launch from the Atlantic Ocean aboard the U.S.S. Ault. An moment in History that will always be and I was there !

[@egavasaroda]

This is some incredible editing, wonderful experience to watch

[@WilliamGrout]

Just awesome! Love to hear all the coms as they calmly run the script and work the errors. Took a lot of nerve to just keep rolling and go for launch. They relied on a lot of cameras to confirm everything "looked OK". Fantastic work Fran!

[@robertreynolds1044]

As I mentioned in my comments, this reminds me of the "Conversation" scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind".

[@NorthForkFisherman]

Love watching that beast fly. I wish that I'd have been able to see one fly in person. And that zoom at 35:20, seeing the pressure cones as it continued to accelerate? Amazing.

[@Aelinnia]

Fran, you've made a significant contribution to the history of the Apollo program! I've watched hundreds of launch videos, but nothing compares to the scope and accuracy of what you've done here. In addition, this is the only launch video I know of that integrates the activities and coordination of the LCC and the MCC during launch preparation. (At first I thought some of the video was from other launches, but then I started to notice some of the controller's lips sync up with the audio, and realized my mistake.) Bravo Fran! Thank you for your Herculean effort to pull this together! This is one for the books.

[@dahawk8574]

It only took 53 years!

[@bobholt5081]

My god that's awesome!! I'm old enough to remember that day but I've never experienced it like this. Thanks Fran!!

[@markmonroe7330]

Really, really nice job Fran. I thoroughly enjoy this. Well done.

[@stevenbest6408]

This is spectacular! Thank you for your time and hard work in assembling this. Watching this, I felt like a 9 year old kid again, my heart pounding, my eyes like silver dollars, and my jaw hanging and oblivious to everything around me. I remember this, like the old saying, "just like it was yesterday". Thank you for allowing me to experience this again. Just wonderful!

[@randyanderson4572]

I remember watching the launches, watching apollo 11 moon landing, and Armstrong first stepping onto the surface of the moon on tv. I also remember watching the moonwalk, Armstrong and Aldrin bouncing as they walked on the moon. I remember in 3rd grade, we had a large poster of Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins in our classroom. Watching this, I recognize Gene Kranz sitting at his flight director's position at the panel and the voice of Jim Lovell on CAPCOM. I remember the tv coverage of the splashdown of the "Successful failure" of Apollo 13, that they never landed on the moon, but they got the crew home safe. This brings back a lot of childhood memories of the Apollo missions. Thanks for sharing this video, in it raw glory, with no music, commentation, or theories. It was great reliving this. Thank you.

[@johnpickens448]

I loved this whole thing! Especially enjoyed the Com check with Buzz's wife Joan at their home on the squawk box.

[@dahawk8574]

Jean Bassett picked up. I wasn't aware that she decided to keep her family in Houston.

[@BobbyHattaway]

Thank you for putting this together. A lot of hard work by you turned this into a masterful video.

[@ScottGrammer]

Thanks for posting this, Fran. 🙂 Great work, and I know this was a LOT of work for you.

[@artysanmobile]

The reliability of the Saturn V first stage engines was almost miraculous. Engines of that size present so many physical challenges. To my knowledge, not one of them ever failed in a manned launch. Beautiful job compiling all this footage.

[@my3dviews]

Actually the center engine on Apollo 13 failed 5.5 minutes after liftoff. The rest of the engines fired longer to make up for the lack of thrust. This was an unrelated problem to the inflight explosion in the service module.

[@stephenpage-murray7226]

@@my3dviews He said first stage.

[@my3dviews]

@@stephenpage-murray7226 Yes, and the engine that failed on Apollo 13 was on the first stage.

[@stephenpage-murray7226]

@@my3dviews J-2 centre engine in the second stage. I’m an ex NASA contractor

[@my3dviews]

@@stephenpage-murray7226 Right. It was the second stage.

[@msredfox]

_I won't lie, seeing Saturn 5 pushing through the the sound barrier like it's nothing is a truly epic sight_

[@riproar11]

"I won't lie" Why do people begin sentences with this useless introduction?

[@riproar11]

@acroverine No, if you meant it and had integrity, you would just shoot your shot.

[@Zawmbbeh]

@@riproar11 as time has gone on, online communication has become typically more casual, of which includes phrases like "i won't lie," and "honestly," since it represents less of a mail/letter type formality and more of a lax conversation. sure, it's redundant, but it feels more human to those who more-or-less just got used to it.

[@RT-qd8yl]

@@Zawmbbeh That's very unnecessary.

[@Zawmbbeh]

@@RT-qd8yl beebebebeeep beeep beep beeep bebebeep beep beeeeep beep

[@garysmith2450]

The greatest endeavour man has ever set out on. I never tire of watching these Saturn V rockets.

[@cooltroops8182]

Awesome never seen before . I was 11 when 11 blasted off, Great memories of little boy dreams. Thanks Fran

[@followthetrawler]

I was 8 years old and watched this at a friends house because we didnt have a colour TV - thank you for sharing Fran

[@USSEnterprise1701E]

Yeah, Fran, thank you. Have never seen all this footage before. This happened 8 years before I even existed. Appreciate all the effort to put this together

[@socalav]

WOW. Amazing! This is a great add-on to the 50th Anniversary Apollo 11 documentary film with the amazing new high quality high resolution 70MM images...!! Thank you so much!

[@MegaHarko]

Megamach? ;)

[@B1900pilot]

When one thinks of how complex this machine is, and how reliable it was required to be. I hope we don’t lose our impetus to continue exploring and engineering.

[@johndododoe1411]

This thing had at least 4 artificial and 3 natural computers on board .

[@yankees29]

@@johndododoe1411it had a computer about as powerful as one in a mid 2000’s car.

[@rustyswinehammer9156]

This took place on my 7th birthday. Even though I am 60 now, I still am happy about it. Great document Fran.

[@DavidSpiers]

wonderful, I watched this live on the day, didn't get as much coverage then, so glad you've managed to pull this together, glad an thankful

[@suds5214]

Same here David, I was 10 years and remember it like it was yesterday.

[@DavidVerch]

@@suds5214 I was 4 and remember my dad waking me up and watching it with my mom in my parents bed. I see that he stepped off the ladder at 10:56pm. So maybe the put me to sleep at sunset then woke me up later. I am seeing my dad today, I will see what he remembers.

[@Cutstalk]

I dare make a bet they didn't want too much broadcasted in case something goes wrong, 3 astronauts dead would be horrible for PR + Future budget, just think of the orbiter program

[@rogerp6903]

Brilliant! Thanks for your efforts Fran,It is amazing to think that all of those personel at workstations would be replaced nowadays with 3 or 4 with laptops!

[@kpc5]

Amazing that 3000 tones started on the launch pad and 7 came back, but it was amazing to watch.

[@johndododoe1411]

Rockets push forward by throwing weight overboard at high speed .

[@carlstenger5893]

Great video. First time I’ve heard a recording of multiple ground loops for Apollo 11. Thanks so much!

[@50srefugee]

Superb work, Fran. Perhaps the best "you are there" video of the launch ever made. To this day, as I watch, all I can think of is, "How the hell did they make that thing work?" More so, even, because we've learned so much about what was really going on.

[@twolip7540]

Fran, thank you for your content! Born in ‘84, this brings back so many memories. I didn’t understand the depth of what was happening but I appreciate it now.

[@gregorythomas333]

Damn Fran...this is some really awesome work...excellent production!

[@spaceflightbricks]

Fantastic, did not disappoint! And for the even fuller experience I watched side by side with LunarModule5's version. Nice to see all the different footage.

[@MarcelHuguenin]

Frantastic video! It was great to watch, thank you for this amazing job!

[@fionakronert5060]

Wow Fran, thank you so much for this, it was incredible.

[@blues145j]

So cool! I watched it live, I was 8 at the time. Thank you for posting this!

[@motonegros]

This is such a historic gem of a video. Thank you so much for the upload.

[@randymiller3075]

I watched this live on tv and I was14 in summer school at that time. One of the most wonderful summers of my life!

[@lw4dbe]

Thank you very much for such an excellent job editing this historical video. I was celebrating my third birthday that day, and don’t remember the launch, but still have vivid memories of me watching on TV the first steps on the moon.

[@Sugelcraft]

Amazing job, thanks for editing all this stuff together

[@baldguyadventure]

I was 4 months old when this happened. My dad kept the papers and magazines from that day and it’s so cool to look back through them.

[@scotthaddad563]

I am privileged enough to have been able to watch all of the early Mercury and Apollo missions which were televised. My parents were big fans and we also visited Cape Kennedy in the late sixties or early Seventies. I visited there with my dad in the early Nineties as well. This was a different time back in the early years of NASA.

[@peterwmdavis]

Love that you edited together so many channels of information and video. Thank you!

[@nerd3d-com]

I was 3 years old. Watching this launch on the old 19" black and white TV is one of my earliest memories. Everyone was so excited. Even now as an old man I sit on the edge of my seat, holding my breath with the awe of a child, every time I see the old footage.

[@rodmunch69]

You don't remember this from when you were 3, and you'd only be 54 now. Stop making crap up, being thirsty for likes. Pitiful.

[@jaminova_1969]

Thank You for this Fran! I was a 14 month old toddler when my Grandpa brought home a B&W 19" "Solid State" Panasonic Portable Television that he bought on Canal Street! Grandpa carried it home on the Subway! I remember watching the Moon Landing and the families excitement! Grandpa also recorded the audio on Iron Oxide cassette tapes, which I wore out from playing them over and over!

[@stefanocoledan8028]

Nothing short of superb. I must say I have tried doing something similar... and analogic sources can be really tough to synchronize. Adjusting multiple reel-to-reel audio tracks often amounts to hours of frustration. Again: Superb Work!

[@dennisk5818]

This is awesome, Fran. Fun to be 'there' during the launch and hearing all that goes on.

[@davidbraxton5110]

I remember this day very well. Me and my dad paused doing chores and listened to his truck radio. My dad being a veteran was very interested. I was 11yrs old,my dad 55.

[@jpetes9046]

I was 13, my dad was 52… we all were a part of this

[@jasonstevenson110]

My gosh, thank you! I was three years old when this happened. Watching this 53 years later made me realize I do have some memories of this. I recall watching on my parents black and white TV in Australia . Today I think this is a reminder of when America really was great.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

I was 5 - living in Canada - I have trivial memories from those times and I am sure must have watched on TV but sadly no memories of the event.

[@manolousi]

34:41 All the vintage machines are amazing !

[@mad_wombat]

Awesome. Thanks from the UK for all your hard work.

[@hyperthreaded]

Fantastic video, thanks for all the effort you put into it!

[@mitchellbabcock5328]

Dad was stationed in Orlando! Went to 2 Apollo launches. Absolutely spectacular memories!

[@SunnnyDay]

In 1980 I met and befriended 2 engineers who had a large part in fabricating the Lunar Landers for these missions. Still a teenager at that time, I learned a lot from these men and I will always respect them for what they accomplished !!

[@ladybooksmith3347]

what do you mean, fabricating?

[@SunnnyDay]

@@ladybooksmith3347 From what they told me, everything was hand built. All the landers were unique, there was no production line. These crews made the tooling, the jigs and whatever else they needed.

[@Sept1973]

A Fabricated event for the feeble and naïve public of the world.

[@williamvasquezvasquez9878]

I was at camp that year and I didn’t see the launch, but I SURELY saw the landing on the moon and Neil Armstrong saying his famous quote. The happy laughter on Walter Cronkite’s face and the joy that he had seeing the landing was priceless! Thank you for posting this. It brings back memories and God bless✝️🌕!

[@Blarnix]

We went to the moon. That is so amazingly cool.

[@KPL400]

nine times....

[@Blarnix]

@@KPL400 Without a single death or severe injury.

[@danitron4096]

@@KPL400 Ten times in a few years

[@iamrightoutsideyourwindowhello]

And we are going back.

[@issheready]

Lol

[@trainliker100]

Very nice editing job. I remember those days well. And then the Space Shuttle launches became so routine that the major networks pretty much stopped covering live launches. Then the Challenger disaster occurred, and the major networks were pretty much caught flat footed. For the next launch, there was more media, including ABC, NBC, and CBS than ever before. Not so much for adoration of the space program, but to be first in line if another tragedy occurred.

[@dartmaster501]

It is amazing how many people were actually involved in these launches. All most people ever see are the astronauts and the Mission Control people. There were dozens, if not hundreds, of other people keeping up with different systems during the space flights. There are several times in the video where you see the people in other rooms.

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

As a child, I don't know which was a bigger thrill for me: watching the Apollo 11 landing live broadcast, or simply having a TV in the house.