Man on the Moon - 1969 | Movietone Moment | 24 July 2020

On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 safely returned to Earth. Here is a British Movietone report about the USA placing the first astronauts on the surface of the moon.

MS astronauts L to R Collins, Aldrin & Armstrong. Sequence: Astronauts have parts of their spacesuits tested. GV astronauts in full-space-suits towards & into lift. MCU map of moon surface. CU Sea of Tranquility on map. GV rocket firing. MS television picture of supports falling away. GV rocket lifts off. LS firing of retro-rockets & breakaway of Space Capsule. Animation: Command Ship drawing lunar module from 3rd stage of the Saturn Rocket. Map: showing flight route. Animation: Armstrong & Aldrin entering lunar module & module away from command ship. GV, MS & CU group of men gathered around a sports car listening to radio. LAS typist with radio beside her. CU her hands on keys, pan to radio. TV picture lunar surface. LS lunar module simulator crashes during practise. MS moon surface from approaching lunar module. Animation: lunar module landing. CU man's wrist watch showing 17 minutes past 9. MS TV pic. lunar module touches down, "the eagle has landed". GV interior Mission Control superimpose. 'Americans on the Moon, Apollo 11 touch down 18 min. past 9'. Animation: lunar module on moon. CU moon surface from Command Mod. MS family in sitting room watch television. CU sign 'BBC 2 Colour' & lunar module. CU kettle onto gas stove. CU hand turns knob. CU egg broken into frying pan. MS woman's head through serving hatch. GV family watching TV. MS poodle climbs into armchair. GV mother brings in sandwiches. Animation: astronauts down steps of lunar module. MS flickering TV picture of Armstrong's feet down onto moon. CU wrist watch at 4 mins to 4. MS TV picture Armstrong on the moon. GV family watching TV. MS TV picture Aldrin steps down onto the moon. Sequence: TV picture of Lunar Horizon (x3). MS astronauts & lunar module. Animation: astronauts collecting rock samples (x2). MS astronauts setting up 'Stars & Stripes'. LS astronaut in pre-flight lunar gravity test simulating effects of 1/6 in gravity. Astronauts running on the moon's surface. Animated sequence of machines to be left on the moon. Boy watching TV. Dog in chair. Paper through letterbox. Animated sequence of lift off from the moon. Animated sequence of docking maneuvers with command module (voice-over of Richard Nixon talking to the Astronauts). CUs of Astronauts before the flight, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin & Neil Armstrong. CU astronauts on the moon. Animation: moon surface. MAN ON THE MOON 3 astronauts together - preparing and being dressed (Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin). Walking into the camera along the corridor. Into lift. Count down and take off. Apollo 11 in-flight - booster falls away. Animation: docking of space ship with lunar module, astronauts leave mother ship and enter module. Crowd of people around car listening to radio. Typist with radio at her side. Zoom in to moon surface. Library - Lunar module in training - crashes - pilot ejects. Tracking shots over moon surface. NASA control room: (sound only) describes landing. Shots of lunar module landing. NASA control room. Family watching TV - making breakfast and eating in front of TV screen. Sound - "One step for man etc". Taken from TV screen... Astronauts on moon surface. Houston Training Centre: Lunar gravity tests. Taken from TV screen... various shots of the walk on the moon. Newspaper headlines - various. Animation: showing lift off and docking. Close shots of faces only of the three astronauts. Tracking shot of moon surface. see story number 95016a/2 for cuts

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