[CBS] Man on the Moon - The Epic Journey of Apollo 11

The epic journey of Apollo 11... SPONSORED BY KELLOGG'S! Kellogg's puts more in your morning.

Taken from documentary "In the Shadow of the Moon".

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[superelectra]

The full version of the CBS opening titles for the Apollo 11 launch ran about 90 seconds. It was a gorgeous animated sequence; this is only about the second half of it.

BTW, in the full footage from launch morning, the Kellogg's promo is preceded by one for the International Paper Company ("where good ideas grow on trees") and Western Electric (formerly primary sponsor on CBS Apollo coverage, Western Electric went to partial sponsorship on the 11 telecasts).

[robopanther]

Thanks for the information. I find the Kellogg's promo funny as it is jars with the epic and solemn opening.

[altfactor]

CBS (along with ABC and NBC) each devoted some 60 hours of live coverage to the Apollo 11 mission.

Half of that (31 hours) aired nonstop between 11 A.M. EDT July 20th and 6 P.M. EDT July 21st.

It is said that Walter Cronkite anchored 28 of CBS's 31 nonstop hours; while ABC's Jules Bergman and NBC's Frank McGee are said to have each anchored about 24 or the 31 hours.

Given their interest in space, it was no wonder why Cronkite, Bergman and McGee were on-air for so many hours.

[altfactor]

This clip was broadcast at 8 A.M. EDT, July 16th, 1969.

By that time, CBS (as well as ABC and NBC) had already been on the air with launch coverage for two full hours (having begun at 6 A.M. EDT) and would stay wall-to-wall until 1:30 P.M. EDT or so, after the spacecraft had blasted out of Earth orbit and towards the Moon.

[bibbler227]

@Cosmored No they weren't. You''re a moron.

[MightySaturn5]

@lcs1956 -yeah Ics, they have a collage video here on Youtube (put together with bits from various film and news reports) but not the actual footage of Cronkite durring the launch of SA-501 ...hopefully some day it will turn up here. Anyway have a great day and take care

[Cosmored]

The Apollo moon missions were faked in a studio. There's a partial summary of hoax evidence posted on a science forum. To see it, google "The Naked Scientists". In the "New Theories" section of the forum there's a thread entitled "Did We Land on the Moon"?. The summary is on page 15. It's the 7th post from the top.

Also, do a YouTube search on "MarsFaker".

[lcs1956]

Walter always said "on that pad, out there" with his elbows flapping for effect. He was great at building the tension. Please someone find the Apollo 4 footage and post it.