Interviewer Walter Cronkite speaks to John Glenn about Saturn booster rockets and Dr Von Braun on the fuel and engines in the rockets. John Glenn, using a scale model, shows how astronauts will make observations on the moon, return from its surface in the Lunar Module and rendezvous with the Command Module before returning to earth.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010989
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Rockets (Aeronautics)
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
History → United States - History - 20th century
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Astronauts - United States
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Lunar excursion module
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Manned space flight
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Moon - Exploration
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight - History
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight to the moon
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space sciences
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)