I want to thank you for placing these videos on YouTube. My older brother woke me up on that Saturday of the launch of Apollo 8, (I was 6 at the time), and we went down stair to watch it. Those would great days, and watching the Apollo missions made you dream that anything was possible. I Statue you good sir.
I was there, that morning. It was the most dazzling thing I have ever witnessed. I was on the bank of the Banana River in Titusville...14 miles away. And even there, the titanic roar (which took 30 seconds to reach us) was absolutely staggering. It was essentially like watching a 36 story building mount up into the sky on a thousand foot long pillar of fire. We had driven all the way from Illinois just to see it, and we were not disappointed. In fact, we returned to see Apollo 13.
That was probably the best coverage of all the manned Apollo launches IMHO. No talking initially, just Walter and the cameras waiting for it to go like everyone else while the Saturn commands all the attention. Great views too.
@HIMFAN87 The lunar module wasn't ready in December 1968. This was a test flight of the Apollo CSM engines, to make sure they worked properly to get the vehicle into and out of lunar orbit, which was absolutely crucial for the manned landing in July 1969. It had to be done by a manned crew, they controlled the burn manually.
@observer9670 I know its been 5 months since you posted, but you (and anyone else that cares) do realize that had the LEM actually been ready for Apollo 8, the mission would have been an earth orbit test of the LEM, Apollo 9 would have been the first lunar orbit mission (with its LEM), and Apollo 10 would have been the fist lunar landing with CDR Tom Stafford the first man to walk on the moon and LEM pilot Gene Cernan the second!
I want to thank you for placing these videos on YouTube. My older brother woke me up on that Saturday of the launch of Apollo 8, (I was 6 at the time), and we went down stair to watch it. Those would great days, and watching the Apollo missions made you dream that anything was possible. I Statue you good sir.
XavierMarkus1 1 month ago
@XavierMarkus1 U R welcome
lunarmodule5 4 weeks ago
Didn't Borman puke the whole way? lol
deathrooster14 1 month ago
I was there, that morning. It was the most dazzling thing I have ever witnessed. I was on the bank of the Banana River in Titusville...14 miles away. And even there, the titanic roar (which took 30 seconds to reach us) was absolutely staggering. It was essentially like watching a 36 story building mount up into the sky on a thousand foot long pillar of fire. We had driven all the way from Illinois just to see it, and we were not disappointed. In fact, we returned to see Apollo 13.
witness2history 2 months ago 2
@witness2history is somewhat jealous lol
lunarmodule5 4 weeks ago
@witness2history awesome story
MightySaturn5 3 weeks ago
Just had to watch this incredible launch this morning in on it's 43 anniversary Dec.21,1968.
asa0207 2 months ago
I'm amazed and impressed that this recording of the CBS coverage still exists. Also, that crazy "time to liftoff" timer is awesome.
MattTheSaiyan 5 months ago
Fantastic! Nice Video!!
glauciomiranda 11 months ago
it was on cbs 1968
chiexteen 1 year ago
42 years ago this morning!
rollprogramhouston 1 year ago
niiiiiine
PTpredsfan 1 year ago
That was probably the best coverage of all the manned Apollo launches IMHO. No talking initially, just Walter and the cameras waiting for it to go like everyone else while the Saturn commands all the attention. Great views too.
JMChladek 1 year ago
Where do you get this original TV footage? I think it's awesome!
thomasfan02 1 year ago
Why didint this get ot the moon?
HIMFAN87 1 year ago
@HIMFAN87 The lunar module wasn't ready in December 1968. This was a test flight of the Apollo CSM engines, to make sure they worked properly to get the vehicle into and out of lunar orbit, which was absolutely crucial for the manned landing in July 1969. It had to be done by a manned crew, they controlled the burn manually.
observer9670 6 months ago
@observer9670 I know its been 5 months since you posted, but you (and anyone else that cares) do realize that had the LEM actually been ready for Apollo 8, the mission would have been an earth orbit test of the LEM, Apollo 9 would have been the first lunar orbit mission (with its LEM), and Apollo 10 would have been the fist lunar landing with CDR Tom Stafford the first man to walk on the moon and LEM pilot Gene Cernan the second!
THEORIGINALEXSCAPER 1 month ago
Is the KSC 'clean feed' of this launch anywhere?
ceredigio 1 year ago
Any footage from the Apollo 4 launch?
ceredigio 1 year ago
@ceredigio - I am trying to source the unedited launch footage. No luck so far though!
lunarmodule5 1 year ago
@lunarmodule5 ...keep trying LM -if anyone can get it, its you.
Thanks and have a great day.
MightySaturn5 1 year ago