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Apollo: The Forgotten Films

The mercury projectwas a one-man capsule

Lunney: The mercury project
was a one-man capsule

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Lunney: The mercury project was a one-man capsule.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:19:29
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Arrow International Post Production,Arrow Media,Clean Cut Productions,Science Channel

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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.
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.
I heard this voice screaming, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
I heard this voice screaming,
Now this is friendship 7. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:13
Now this is friendship 7.
Collins: When the space program was first created, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:13
Collins: When the space program was first created,
Narrator: Mike collins, seen in this newly transferred film - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:10
Narrator: Mike collins, seen in this newly transferred film
Collins: Then someone said that the candidates should be graduates - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
Collins: Then someone said that the candidates should be gra...
Man: Release. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:11
Man: Release.
Man #3: At a mach number 1 and climbing to 35. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
Man #3: At a mach number 1 and climbing to 35.
I thought, "what have I got to lose?" - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:10
I thought, "what have I got to lose?"
To my amazement, I got selected. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
To my amazement, I got selected.
I belong to the group 4 scientist-astronauts. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
I belong to the group 4 scientist-astronauts.
A moon flight, if I got one, was gonna be the ultimate adventure. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
A moon flight, if I got one, was gonna be the ultimate adven...
Narrator: Among the new astronauts are three men - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
Narrator: Among the new astronauts are three men
Cronkite: Apollo 11, preparing to fire - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:19
Cronkite: Apollo 11, preparing to fire
Mccandless: We confirm ignition, and the thrust is go. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
Mccandless: We confirm ignition, and the thrust is go.
Collins: Ignition. Mccandless: We confirm ignition, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:15
Collins: Ignition. Mccandless: We confirm ignition,
King: 35,000 feet per second. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:12
King: 35,000 feet per second.
When is that coming up? How am I gonna cope with that?" - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:14
When is that coming up? How am I gonna cope with that?"