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Topic: Walter Cronkite's TV coverage of Apollo 4
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Orthon
Member Posts: 144
From: San Tan Valley, Arizona 85143
Registered: May 2002
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posted 05-06-2002 06:14 PM
   
I have always wanted to see Walter Cronkite's coverage of the first Saturn V launch. So far I have been unable to find it anywhere. Does anyone know if it is available somewhere? |
tncmaxq
Member Posts: 287
From: New Haven, CT USA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 05-07-2002 10:59 AM
Same here! I have always been fascinated by Apollo 4 since it was the first launch of the Saturn V. No one had ever seen anything quite like it before.I remember watching on TV that morning (I was 8) and my eyes popping open when I got a look at the flame under those big engines. It was so much more powerful than what we had seen on Gemini. I read after the fact that the shock waves had almost caused the CBS studio to fall apart. I do remember Walter Cronkite almost bellowing "it's going through the clouds!" You could tell he was enthralled at the sight. |
WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 05-07-2002 12:19 PM
Although the video is not included, the six LP set that Time-Life put out in 1969 did include a portion of the audio from Cronkite's coverage. eBay usually has one or two sets of these albums for sale each week. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 05-07-2002 12:56 PM
I was T-4 days before being born when that bird first flew!  |
spacecraft films
Member Posts: 802
From: Columbus, OH USA
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 06-12-2002 11:59 PM
We are seeking to attain at least a portion of this broadcast for our Saturn V disc. Right now it is looking as if we will probably be able to include it. If so I will post a note. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 02-09-2012 09:11 PM
I am privileged to have Walter Cronkite's grandson in my class at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. I haven't had a chance to talk to him much yet (27 students in this lab class), but based on the first class he is a very hard worker. |
Orthon
Member Posts: 144
From: San Tan Valley, Arizona 85143
Registered: May 2002
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posted 02-09-2012 09:43 PM
So will we ever get to see this footage? Has any progress been made in locating it? |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 02-09-2012 09:55 PM
We can hope that some amateur videographer was at home aiming his clunky 16mm film camera at the B&W console TV back then. Footage like that may turn up some day. Hey, it could happen. |
SpaceDust
Member Posts: 115
From: Louisville, Ky USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 02-10-2012 07:40 AM
It's not much, but he's at the very end of this video. |
teachspace
Member Posts: 74
From: river edge, nj usa
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 02-10-2012 01:37 PM
It's on Youtube - not the part showing Cronkite but you can hear his commentary. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 02-10-2012 01:56 PM
The raw, uncontrolled enthusiasm that is heard in that video is what is missing today. No doubt about it. |
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