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Apollo: The Forgotten Films

Roger. Let's start with commander. Roger. Bailer bar down and locked. Check. Neck ring...

Man #3: Ready to begin checkup of flight crew. Man #4: Roger. Let's start with commander. Roger. Bailer bar down and locked. Check. Neck ring locked. Check. Tie down front and back. Check. It was a plugs-out test, A dress rehearsal,
if you can think of it that way

Full Transcript

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Man #3: Ready to begin checkup of flight crew.
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Man #4: Roger. Let's start with commander.
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Roger.
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Bailer bar down and locked. Check.
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Neck ring locked. Check.
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Tie down front and back. Check.
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It was a plugs-out test,
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A dress rehearsal, if you can think of it that way.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:58
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.
Narrator: Fixed black-and-white tv cameras - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
Narrator: Fixed black-and-white tv cameras
Let me know when you have secured the door. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
Let me know when you have secured the door.
This is e.C.S. Go ahead, e.C.S. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:15
This is e.C.S. Go ahead, e.C.S.
Man: [ quietly ] that wasn't on my transcript today. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
Man: [ quietly ] that wasn't on my transcript today.
Commander gus grissom was really complaining about it. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
Commander gus grissom was really complaining about it.
They stopped the countdown - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
They stopped the countdown
[ static stops ] - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:17
[ static stops ]
In those days, we used 100% oxygen. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
In those days, we used 100% oxygen.
If you ever get a fire started in a 100% oxygen atmosphere, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
If you ever get a fire started in a 100% oxygen atmosphere,
They were all gone in about 18 seconds. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
They were all gone in about 18 seconds.
Going to the moon or going around the earth, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:13
Going to the moon or going around the earth,
Narrator: America is stunned by the deaths of three heroes, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:12
Narrator: America is stunned by the deaths of three heroes,
We changed the air, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:08
We changed the air,
We redesigned the interior - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
We redesigned the interior
Goodman: We decided to go to a unified hatch - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
Goodman: We decided to go to a unified hatch
Narrator: Behind-the-scenes footage - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
Narrator: Behind-the-scenes footage
By October 1968, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:11
By October 1968,
Goodman: The fire reminded us that we had to be careful. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
Goodman: The fire reminded us that we had to be careful.
The crew paid a big price, but they may have saved us. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
The crew paid a big price, but they may have saved us.
The reason has to do with thermal conditions. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
The reason has to do with thermal conditions.