Apollo 12: pinpoint for science

United States, 1969

Film
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The story of the flight of Apollo 12 and the second landing of men on the moon on November 19th 1969. Gives primary emphasis to the lunar exploration carried out by the crew; deployment of scientific equipment, retrieval of parts of a Surveyor space craft which landed on the moon in 1967, and the collection of rock and soil samples. No other credits available

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Credits

production company

A V Corporation

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1969

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000479

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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