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Topic: CBS Coverage of Apollo 11
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ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 08-08-2009 12:23 AM
   
I hate to say it, but if someone had taped my family listening to CBS' coverage of the Apollo 11 EVA, they would have heard us screaming "SHUT UP!! SHUT UP!!" at Walter Cronkite. My memory is of him talking almost incessantly as Armstrong went down the ladder, and he came within a second or two of talking over Armstrong's "That's one small step..." We switched over to NBC immediately following Armstrong's first words on the Moon. |
Kevmac
Member Posts: 267
From: College Station, TX
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 08-08-2009 11:24 PM
That's good. Didn't anyone else feel this way? This exactly matches my memory of watching Apollo as a nine-year old. After hearing all the Cronkite praise the last few weeks, I thought maybe I remembered wrong. But seems like I wasn't the only one who couldn't stand to watch CBS / Cronkite space coverage and switched to NBC / ABC in those days (even though all 3 networks were sometimes guilty of this, but not as much as CBS). This still happens as commentators would rather hear their own voice instead of listening to the event as it happens. Even though I don't care for him, thank goodness for Al Michaels who shut his yap for a few minutes at the end of the US hockey victory over Russia in 1980 and let the pictures do the talking and showing the emotion of the win. This seemed to have started a new trend in reporting, if even just mostly in sports. "Do you believe in miracles!!"
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Blackarrow
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From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-09-2009 12:42 PM
I remember watching the VHS video of the CBS Apollo 11 coverage for the first time and thinking: "Cronkite's going to talk over the most important human utterance of the century!" Fortunately he didn't, but it was a close call. |
John K. Rochester
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From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 08-13-2009 05:17 PM
He never said so, but I think he thought Neil had already stepped on the moon ("Neil Armstrong... Standing on the surface of the Moon") before he heard Neil say "I'm going to step off the LEM now" so THEN he quieted to hear the famous first words.Just my opinion... |
Pat Gleeson
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From: Limerick, Ireland
Registered: Aug 2009
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posted 09-21-2009 10:34 AM
The BBC produced an excellent programme in 1994 called 'Man On The Moon'. It drew liberally from NBC and CBS archives, and some existing BBC archives. The Apollo 4 clips had NBC on-site studio coverage and Cronkite's commentary. Now here's the thing: when this programme was repeated in 1999, I'm positive you could see the Cronkite coverage on screen, but on the latest showing a few weeks ago Cronkite was only heard over the launch coverage. The 1999 repeat had two versions, the second of which split the programme into two parts, and added short intros by Neil Armstrong. |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 06-14-2010 08:57 AM
The New York Times reports that Robert J. Wussler, the executive producer of the CBS coverage of Apollo 11 and many other spaceflights, has died at age 73. |
saksofon
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posted 12-09-2010 07:09 PM
At frequent intervals during coverage of the Apollo 11 mission, CBS aired a 6 1/2-minute commentary-free film which I think was named "Space Place," which consisted of footage from NASA films from previous space flights. I've been searching around for this one to no avail. Can anyone help me out? |
dguiteras
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From: Newbury Park, CA, USA
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 12-09-2010 10:05 PM
This topic reminds me of another great CBS space documentary called "The Moon Above The Earth Below." I have a fair condition video of this program. Anyone remember this one? |
astro-nut
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From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 12-11-2010 08:00 AM
Yes I remember the CBS documentary "The Moon above The Earth Below." I thought this was a very good documentary and hopefully CBS will release it on DVD someday. Another great documentary released in 1989 was "The Far Side of the Moon" by PBS if I remember correctly? |
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