- Title: VM-712B
- Summary: THE APOLLO 4 MISSION: APOLLO 4. ROCKET READY FOR TAKE OFF. WORKERS BY ROCKET. LOW ANGLE SHOTS OF ROCKET. AERIAL VIEW OF ROCKET ON LAUNCH PAD. MISSION CONTROL. RADAR DISH. COMPUTER ROOM. MEN IN WHITE WALKING DOWN STAIRS. COMPUTER PRINTING OUT. ANIMATION OF ROCKET'S PATH. GRAPHS & CHARTS OF ROCKET'S FLIGHT. ROCKET AT SUNSET & SUNRISE. TAKE OFF. COMPUTER BUTTONS BEING PUSHED. NOVEMBER 9, 1967. UNMANNED. COVERS THE LAUNCH OF THE MIGHTY APOLLO-SATURN V UNMANNED SPACE VEHICLE WHICH REACHED ON ALTITUDE OF 11,232 MILES. VIEW OF TOP HALF OF EARTH FROM SPACE. EARTH COVERED IN SHADOW. AS APOLLO 4 CLIMBS TOWARD THIS PEAK ALTITUDE, A CAMERA POINTED OUT THE SPACECRAFT WINDOW, RECORDS VIEWS OF THE EARTH. THE SERVICE MODULE PROPELLED THE COMMAND MODULE INTO REENTRY VELOCITY OF APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES PER HOUR. CRASH DOWN INTO THE WATER. RETRIEVING MODULE.
- Description:00:14:47 - APOLLO 4 READY FOR BLAST OFF, ELEVATED RAMP LEADS TO ROCKET LAUNCH 00:14:56 - HUGE TANK FOR LIQUID OXYGEN LAUNCH PAD IN DISTANCE 00:15:03 - WORKERS WITH HARD HATS ON LAUNCH PAD 00:15:07 - LOW ANGLE SHOT UP AT ROCKET AND NASA EMPLOYEES 00:15:11 - PAN UP AT APOLLO ROCKET SHIP FROM LAUNCH PAD 00:15:21 - LOW ANGLE SHOT UP AT ROCKET 00:15:28 - INTERIOR OF FACTORY, ROCKET SHIP BEING BUILT, POV TOP LOOKING DOWN 00:15:42 - LS OF ROCKET SHIP ON LAUNCH PAD, SILHOUETTED 00:15:54 - MEN WALKING AROUND BASE OF ROCKET SHIP 00:16:01 - CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON LAUNCHING PAD WITH SCAFFOLDING STRUCTURE AND ROCKET 00:16:10 - CAMERA ZOOMS OUT FROM LAUNCHPAD 00:16:26 - LOW ANGLE SHOT OF ROCKET, APOLLO 4 00:16:39 - AERIAL SHOT OF NASA SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA, MERRITT ISLAND 00:16:54 - POV MOVING CAR OF NASA BUILDINGS IN FLORIDA ? 00:16:59 - CU OF LAUNCH PAD, CAMERA ZOOMS OUT 00:17:10 - PAN ON NASA FACILITIES, MEN SIT AT MONITORS 00:17:21 - HUGE RADAR DISH 00:17:30 - INT OF COMPUTER ROOM, HUGE COMPUTERS 00:17:37 - PAN OF ROCKET 00:17:46 - MEN WALKING DOWN STAIRS OF LAUNCH PAD SCAFFOLDING 00:17:54 - LS OF LAUNCH PAD 00:18:00 - COMPUTER MONITORS 00:18:06 - CU OF MAN WITH CIGAR TAKING NOTES 00:18:08 - MEN AT WORK 00:18:10 - ILLUSTRATED GRAPHIC OF PROPOSED ORBIT, POINTER TIP 00:18:39 - ILLUSTRATED GRAPHIC OF ROCKET'S PATH AND STAGES, WITH RE-IGNITION AND TOUCHDOWN, POINTER INDICATES PATH 00:19:15 - ILLUSTRATED GRAPHIC OF ALTITUDES 00:19:40 - ROCKET AND LAUNCH PAD AT NIGHT, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, SUNRISE 00:19:55 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF MANY MEN WORKING, SITTING AT MONITORS 00:19:59 - MEN WORKING AT MONITORS, NASA, 1960S 00:20:04 - ROCKET AND LAUNCH PAD AT NIGHT, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, SUNRISE 00:20:14 - MEN COMPARING NOTES 00:20:22 - BLAST OFF 00:20:51 - SPACE SHIP IN SPACE, FIRST STAGE 00:21:40 - MEN SITTING AT DESKS WITH HEADSETS AND CONTROLS, MISSION CONTROL 00:21:43 - DISTANT ROCKET IN SKY, FIRST STAGE SEPARATING 00:21:54 - CU OF SECOND STAGE SEPARATION 00:22:23 - MS OF NASA TECHNICIANS WORKING AND SMOKING 00:22:28 - CAMERA FILMS SEPARATION OF THE INNER STAGE STRUCTURE, OVER EARTH 00:22:53 - ANIMATED GRAPHIC OF STAGE SEPARATION 00:23:44 - ANIMATED GRAPHIC OF PATH OVER THE GLOBE 00:24:02 - MAPS AND GRAPHS ON LARGE SCREENS IN MISSION CONTROL, MEN AT WORK IN FRONT OF MONITORS, MEN PUSH BUTTONS ON CONTROL PANELS 00:24:23 - ANIMATED GRAPHIC OF ROCKET OVER THE EARTH 00:24:32 - NASA ENGINEER PACES AND TALKS INTO HEADSET 00:24:44 - ANIMATED GRAPHIC OF ROCKET OVER EARTH 00:24:53 - ANIMATED GRAPHIC OF ORBIT OVER EARTH 00:24:59 - ANIMATED GRAPHICS OF ROCKET OVER EARTH, SHOWING ROCKET AT 11,000 MILES ABOVE EARTH, ORBIT PATHS 00:26:07 - VIEW OF EARTH FROM APOLLO 4 ROCKET SHIP, EARTH IN SHADOW 00:26:50 - ANIMATED GRAPHIC OF ROCKET OVER EARTH 00:26:58 - ANIMATED GRAPHIC, ORBIT OF APOLLO 4 00:27:06 - ROCKET OVER EARTH, ENGINES RE-IGNITE 00:27:25 - ANIMATED GRAPHIC OF ROCKET RE-ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE, 25,000 MILES PER HOUR 00:27:31 - ANIMATED GRAPHIC OF LANDING MODULE SEPARATING FROM ROCKET 00:27:54 - GRAPHIC OF ROCKET'S PATH 00:28:04 - GRAPHIC OF LANDING MODULE RE-ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE 00:28:44 - LANDING MODULE IN WATER OF PACIFIC OCEAN, POV HELICOPTER 00:29:00 - NAVY SCUBA DIVER STANDING ON THE BOBBING LANDING CRAFT 00:29:12 - LAND CRAFT IS LIFTED BY WINCHES AND PULLEYS ON TO RECOVERY SHIP, US NAVY, SAILORS HELP RIGHT IT ONTO TROLLEY IT IS TOWED INTO SHIP 00:29:59 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1967
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-712B