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Apollo: The Forgotten Films

The launch team did it

Cronkite: Apollo 11 is on the way, Riding that pillar of flame from the saturn v Into the skies Where the moon is waiting. ♪ Weiss:
The launch team did it

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Cronkite: Apollo 11 is on the way,
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Riding that pillar of flame from the saturn v
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Into the skies
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Where the moon is waiting.
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♪
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Weiss: The launch team did it.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:39
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Arrow International Post Production,Arrow Media,Clean Cut Productions,Science Channel

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Movie Summary

It will tell the complete story of this most audacious of missions, with footage not seen anywhere else. The archives reveal the incredible lengths an army of engineers, scientists and astronauts.
We just smiled and relished in the thought that it was done. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
We just smiled and relished in the thought that it was done.
To see the launcher there with nothing on it - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
To see the launcher there with nothing on it
Morgan: Once that vehicle has cleared the tower, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:10
Morgan: Once that vehicle has cleared the tower,
I'm gerry griffin, flight director for apollo 11. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
I'm gerry griffin, flight director for apollo 11.
When you walk into mission control - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
When you walk into mission control
Armstrong: Hello, houston. Hello, houston. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:12
Armstrong: Hello, houston. Hello, houston.
When I sat at the console, I was responsible - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
When I sat at the console, I was responsible
Griffin: It was kind of like the nation gave the keys to the car - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:17
Griffin: It was kind of like the nation gave the keys to the...
Mccandless: Apollo 11, this is houston. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:20
Mccandless: Apollo 11, this is houston.
[ camera shutter clicks ] - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:13
[ camera shutter clicks ]
Morgan: That was very scary, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
Morgan: That was very scary,
Narrator: Determined to outdo the soviets, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
Narrator: Determined to outdo the soviets,
Griffin: When kennedy said we're going to do it in this decade, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
Griffin: When kennedy said we're going to do it in this...
No way." - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
No way."
Baldwin: The countdown begins at cape canaveral, florida, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:16
Baldwin: The countdown begins at cape canaveral, florida,
The goal -- to launch a man into orbit - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
The goal -- to launch a man into orbit
Lunney: The mercury project was a one-man capsule. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
Lunney: The mercury project was a one-man capsule.
First time we put people in space. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
First time we put people in space.
Man: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:23
Man: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero.
Glenn: All systems are go. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
Glenn: All systems are go.