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Apollo: The Forgotten Films

Once the astronauts mastersteering In a tethered simulator

Once the astronauts master
steering In a tethered simulator

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Once the astronauts master steering
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In a tethered simulator...
Duration
6 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:36
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.
You could orient it by little push rockets - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
You could orient it by little push rockets
We'd get down to 20 seconds and take off again. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
We'd get down to 20 seconds and take off again.
Narrator: As neil armstrong is about to discover. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
Narrator: As neil armstrong is about to discover.
Cameras capture armstrong grappling for control. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
Cameras capture armstrong grappling for control.
This time, ejecting isn't an option. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
This time, ejecting isn't an option.
Narrator: Less than 1,000 feet above the moon, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:10
Narrator: Less than 1,000 feet above the moon,
Schmitt: When neil finally looked out the window - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:09
Schmitt: When neil finally looked out the window
Narrator: But that means piloting eagle manually. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
Narrator: But that means piloting eagle manually.
Schmitt: He over-flew that crater - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
Schmitt: He over-flew that crater
But in doing so, of course, used up more fuel. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
But in doing so, of course, used up more fuel.
Armstrong: 300 feet down, 3 1/2, 47 forward. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
Armstrong: 300 feet down, 3 1/2, 47 forward.
There was a limited amount of it on board. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
There was a limited amount of it on board.
Narrator: Charlie duke starts counting down - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:06
Narrator: Charlie duke starts counting down
Griffin: Buzz's focus was inside looking at the pressures, - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
Griffin: Buzz's focus was inside looking at the pressur...
He was calling height above the surface and his descent rate... - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
He was calling height above the surface and his descent rate...
So neil didn't have to take his attention and look at a gauge. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
So neil didn't have to take his attention and look at a...
They were working together to get the thing on the ground. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:04
They were working together to get the thing on the ground.
Buzz would make these calls about every 10 or 15 seconds. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
Buzz would make these calls about every 10 or 15 seconds.
And between two calls, he slipped in something. - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:05
And between two calls, he slipped in something.
"picking up some dust" -- - Apollo: The Forgotten Films 00:07
"picking up some dust" --