Fabrication of Crawler Transporter for Saturn Launch Vehicle 1963 NASA color 9min

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Assorted unexplained silent footage depicting "Fabrication of transporter in 1963 at NASA Kennedy Space Center for the Saturn Launch Vehicle which is a part of the Apollo Program." The Crawler Transporter carried the fully assembled Saturn V and Space Shutlle atop their launch platform from the Vehicle Assembly Building on Merritt Island to Launch Complex 39.

background information:
Crawler Transporter Steering and Jel Systems 1975 by V. L. Davis
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760012108_1976012108.pdf
Saturn V Apollo Launch Operations Plan March 1963 by Rocco A. Petrone
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19630012156_1963012156.pdf
Saturn C-5 Launch Facilities 1963 by Kurt Debus
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19630010363_1963010363.pdf
Vehicle Assembly Building Fact Sheet 1966
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19670083889_1967083889.pdf

This is the same video uploaded by NASA, with the letterboxing (black borders) removed and the aspect ratio corrected.

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Science & Technology

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• Project Apollo
• space program
• moon program
• Saturn V
• launch pad
• Launch Complex 39
• NASA
• Apollo program
• Crawler Transporter
• Kennedy Space Center