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I suppose they
can never really describe to us. - Or will we ever know?
- No... And it may not be a beauty that one can pass on
to future beholders either. These first men on the Moon
have seen something that men who follow
will have missed. They've peered into
another life that we can't follow. Bob Simon at Trafalgar Square,
where he joined the thousands who watched an immense
television screen as the Apollo touched down
on the Moon. The average Romanian
thinks of Apollo 11 a little bit as his own personal adventure. It's been estimated that the audience
was up in the hundreds of millions. Perhaps 400 million persons or
so watching this broadcast... Countless millions
more listened on the radio to the voices from the Moon. Never before had so many people
been attuned to one event at one time
can never really describe to us. - Or will we ever know?
- No... And it may not be a beauty that one can pass on
to future beholders either. These first men on the Moon
have seen something that men who follow
will have missed. They've peered into
another life that we can't follow. Bob Simon at Trafalgar Square,
where he joined the thousands who watched an immense
television screen as the Apollo touched down
on the Moon. The average Romanian
thinks of Apollo 11 a little bit as his own personal adventure. It's been estimated that the audience
was up in the hundreds of millions. Perhaps 400 million persons or
so watching this broadcast... Countless millions
more listened on the radio to the voices from the Moon. Never before had so many people
been attuned to one event at one time
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...I suppose they
can never really describe to us.
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- Or will we ever know?
- No...
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And it may not be a beauty
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that one can pass on
to future beholders either.
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These first men on the Moon
have seen something
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that men who follow
will have missed.
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They've peered into
another life that we can't follow.
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Bob Simon at Trafalgar Square,
where he joined the thousands
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who watched an immense
television screen
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as the Apollo touched down
on the Moon.
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The average Romanian
thinks of Apollo 11 a little bit
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as his own personal adventure.
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It's been estimated that the audience
was up in the hundreds of millions.
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Perhaps 400 million persons or
so watching this broadcast...
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Countless millions
more listened on the radio
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to the voices from the Moon.
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Never before had so many people
been attuned to one event
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at one time.
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Movie Summary
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
