Apollo 10: prelude to the moon landing

United States, 1969

Film
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Depicts the “dress rehearsal” of the Apollo 11 flight with astronauts Stafford, Young and Cernan. This mission supplied information to assist the Apollo 11 moon landing and the film contains the first colour television shot in space and shows the spacecraft nine miles from the lunar surface.

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Credits

production company

United States Information Agency

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1969

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000476

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

History → History

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Astronauts - United States

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Moon - Exploration

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Project Apollo

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight - History

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight to the moon

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space ships

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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