Apollo 50: Go for the Moon

I remember watching this live on a tiny black and white TV from a beach cottage in Gulf Shores, Alabama when my family was on vacation. The whole world was watching as the USA launched three men into space, sent them to the Moon and brought them home safely. They launched on July 16th, 1969 and splashed down back on earth on July 24th, 1969. Exciting times.

The crowd is waiting for the beginning of the show. It's a hot night in the middle of a heat wave.
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Before the show starts...It REALLY looked like steam was coming off the Saturn V rocket. So cool!
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As the show starts we have some history...petroglyphs here.
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Can anyone tell me what language/script this is?
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The Industrial Revolution.
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Gazing up at the Milky Way in wonder.
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Time to go for the Moon! The launch pad waiting for Apollo 11.
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The first stage of Apoolo 11 is ready.
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The first and second stages of Apollo 11.
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The entire Apollo 11 spacecraft is ready to go! It was 383 feet tall, the Washington Monument is 555 feet tall. So it fits!
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Liftoff! We have liftoff of Apollo 11!
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Apollo 11 has cleared the launch tower.
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She's climbing!
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Higher!
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The first stage has separated, the second stage is firing!
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The second stage falls away.
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The third stage is pushing the command module and the lunar module beyond the Earth's orbit.
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The command module and lunar module spring from Apollo 11.
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The command module "Columbia" together with the lunar module "Eagle" will spend the next three days enroute to the Moon.
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Columbia and Eagle with planet Earth below.
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Enroute to the moon, the trip will take three days.
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Enroute to the moon.
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Columbia and Eagle, with astronauts Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
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The command module and the Lunar Module float above the Moon.
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With Neil Armstrong and Buzz Collins aboard, Eagle's rockets fired to begin the descent to Tranquility Base.
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The Eagle has landed!
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"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Neil Armstrong.
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The Command Module Columbia floats above the moon with only astornaut Michael Collins aboard.
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Until next time!
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Reentry!
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Chutes open!
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Almost home!
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Splashdown!
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After the show...walking past the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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