One of a series of films released by Hearst as part of the Screen News Digest series of educational movies, “The Apollo Project” provides an overview of the Apollo moon missions. Since the film predates the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, the film features animated segments and speaks speculatively about certain aspects of the mission. The animation also contains some outmoded design elements, including the look of the Lunar Excursion Module.
Opening titles: The Screen News Digest (:08) presented by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin newspaper. Title: The Apollo Project (:40). Mighty Saturn V rocket at Cape Kennedy (:57). Mission Control (1:15). Lifelike animation illustrates the entire lunar journey and explains the rendezvous between the Lunar Module and Command Module (1:22). The mission of the Lunar Excursion Module or “bug” (2:11). Spacecraft on its course (2:31). Two of three astronauts will go into a smaller module to land on the moon while the third stays on the mothership (3:10). Landing on the moon (4:00). Walking on the moon (4:18). Leaving the moon’s surface (4:29). Docking in space (4:41). Command Module heads back for Earth (5:05). The real Saturn V rocket shown on its massive transport vehicle (5:09). Saturn V on launchpad with liquid hydrogen tank nearby (5:50). Close on the Saturn V (6:20). Dr. Wernher Von Braun watches the launch through a periscope (6:37). Footage of the real Saturn V test – rocket has liftoff (6:48). Saturn V heads for space (7:11). Liquid hydrogen moves within the first stage of the huge rocket (7:38). First stage reaches 6000 mph (8:11). Rocket continues onward (8:37). Second stage (8:54). Animation of the rocket orbiting (9:18). Heat shield on the capsule (9:48). Parachutes help the capsule have a smooth descent once back in earth’s atmosphere (10:06). Helicopter goes to retrieve the capsule that floats (10:36). Capsule brought onboard a ship (11:31). Capsule recovered (11:57). President of the USA, John F. Kennedy speaks about the ambitious project, “this nation should commit itself to the goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him to Earth…”. (12:03). Saturn V rocket lifts off (12:23). Rocket in the sky (12:52). End credits (13:02).
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