Apollo 8 Liftoff in Slow Motion

[crucialconflict02]

awe inspiring. RAW POWER!!!!!!

[AndrewTiffin]

That music is from Red Alert 1!

[Falcon843]

saturn V FTW

[crucialconflict02]

BEAST!!!!! I absolutely LOVE Saturn V!

[MightySaturn5]

...Another excellent clip ugowar, thanks

[tsns1]

@MightySaturn5 Be another 1st if Ugowar Mixxed it "Side by Side"...

[tdbburgess]

This is better then watching a Rocky movie training montage!

[Rob260259]

Truly very impressive footage!

[ApolloWasReal]

Note the yaw maneuver that begins at 1.43 sec (of real time) after first motion. The rocket rotates around its center of gravity (roughly at the top of the S-IC) so the top moves south, away from the tower, and the bottom actually swings a little closer. The yaw ends at 9.39 sec of real time after first motion. If you run the slider back and forth you can see the rocket shimmy sideways a little on the way up. This was to lessen the chances of hitting the tower.

[ApolloWasReal]

What was the frame rate? It looks like about 30 seconds of film time from engine start at T-8.89 sec to first motion at T+0.33 sec, roughly 3.25x slower than real time. If standard film frame rate is 24 fps, that would be a camera speed of 78 fps. Are there standard slow-mo frame rates for these cameras?

[ugowar]

I wasn't able to find out the exact frame rate used or if the same frame rate was used on these two cameras for example. These cameras might be closer to 2x realtime speed, I'll have to experiment a bit. They are played back at 24 fps here.

[ApolloWasReal]

According to the AS503 Saturn V report, first motion was at T+0.33 sec and fin A was level with the top of the tower at T+8.9 sec. Those events occur at 0:36 and 1:06 in the first film respectively, or 30 sec of film time. That's 3.37:1 or 80.88 fps if it was shown at 24 fps. They occur at 3:07 and 3:47 in the second, 4.67:1, or 112 fps.

[donkeyxotedelamanche]

I remember seeing this launch on TV when I was still in high school ... still get excited when watching an S-V launch!

[donkeyxotedelamanche]

Music has an spooky awesome feel to it ...

goes good with these views of the launch!

[sail027li]

Awesome resolution from the first angle.

[rickya350]

That's brilliant. wow.