Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch Camera E-8

My father drove me to watch this. I was 14. We got within 10 miles...It was nutz.  Then when Neil walked on the moon, my Grandfather, my father and I together watched on TV...my grandfather who was born in 1899, broke into tears...Momentous. Wonderful video and the greatest commentary. Thank you.

I watched Apollo 12 with my grandfather. The kids were pretty blase, "We have already been to the moon once already!" My grampa just looked at the tv screen, shook his head, and said, "I remember seeing my first airplane, I was 14." Can you imagine that generation born in the 1890's. They thought a steam powered combine was high tech in 1902. Then they hear about heavier than air powered flight in 1903. They see their first airplane several years later. Then they see news about dog fights during WWI. Then Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic non-stop, alone. Then we see jets and rockets. And 66 years after the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon. Just 66 years from first powered flight to man walking on the moon. Amazing.

watched this in England as a boy now 64 and appreciate the technology and your commentary . super movie. Thank you respect from Suffolk, England . in January 2023

Used to build the nozzles for rockets. Some of the most interesting and technical sheet metal work I’ve done in my career.

Great video. Even compared to modern high speed cameras, this is fantastic.

Grew up in Cocoa Beach. Dad worked at the Cape. Seeing a Saturn V launch was awe inspiring. Waiting for the rumble. The night launches were incredible. You could literally read a newspaper by the light of Apollo. The sun rose. How proud we were to be Americans . To build such a machine. Those were the days. Grateful I got to see it.

This is by far the best video with such incredibly detailed explaination of any lauch so far. Goosebumps.

This description of all the disciplines of engineering just for the launch pad to get humans to the surface of the moon and back relative to the engineering required by the first human flight at Kitty Hawk in so short a time span is breathtaking.

Everyone just takes so much for granted.There was a symphony of things going on here everything thought through to perfection

As an FX artist, this is pure gold. How, in the beginning, all that fire is spewed out and then sucked right back in is just mesmerising.

A lot of work must've gotten into just this camera alone. Shooting at 500 fps in 1969 is by itself amazing. The engineering of the camera to spin the film so fast, yet having a shot this clear must've been a challenge to make. It looks so good...

I watched this from 3.5 miles away at the edge of the turning basin. I had been relieved at my console in the LCC at 4 AM, grabbed some breakfast at the cafeteria and went outside to set up my 35mm slide and Super 8 movie cameras. A memorable event, and I was lucky to be a part of it.

I worked for ITT/Federal Electric in communications at John F Kennedy Space Center from Aug 1968 thru Sept 1972 after a tour in Viet Nam. I am now 68 years old and as I look back at this launch it brings back so many memories! I sometimes wish I could relive those moments! I was the best job that I have ever had in my live and am so proud that I was on the Launch Team to beat the USSR to the lunar landing!

Born in '49. Some years back got the opportunity to stand on one of the Mercury launch pads. To the new generations I say, do not take the past for granted but marvel at the accomplishments of those who dared dream.

The amount of design and engineering that went into the crawler and the launch tower alone is insane. Ive never thought about the 60 seconds or so that the tower is just getting blasted by the five engines before the rocket gets up and away. Awesome video

One of the most impressive technical achievements ever. Goosebumps every time these pictures.

I worked on the Apollo 11 launch and have one of the holddown arm explosive bolts still sitting on my bookcase. I was 25 and this was the high point of my career. I saw this footage almost 49 years ago a few days after launch but without any commentary. The narrator is spot on.

Take this into account- In 1966, NASA's budget reached its peak at 4.4 percent of the federal budget.  At that time, there were three revolutionary programs underway- Gemini (building up a pilot corps with spacefaring knowledge), Surveyor (scouting the Moon in advance of people), and Apollo R&D. LESS THAN A TWENTIETH of the federal budget gave us this, at a time when the Vietnam War was warming up. Now the budget's down to half of a percent. Space is there, if we only want it.

I’ve watched this so many times. It never gets old.

I was at Redstone Arsenal in 1968 going through missile school (Pershing) for 8 months, & observed several Satern V static engine tests 4 miles ? away on large concrete towers. The ground shaking, smoke & noise stays with me even now, glad I was there.