Various scenes of sunrise and nature with reading of verses from book of Genesis in the bible by the crew of the Apollo 8 Mission. Clouds pass over during an impending sunrise. The sun rises. Astronaut Bill Anders reads “We are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness”. “And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.” Says Jim Lovell. Sunrise by a lake. Apollo launch site during sunrise.
Flashback on preparation for the launch of NASA Apollo 11 Mission in Kennedy Space Center. Early 1970s cars driving on highway near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Cars pass by Kennedy Space Center Campground sign saying “Space Center Campground 2 MI ahead on 1”. Cars passing by the Satellite Motel along the Florida State Road A1A (South of the 520 Causeway, Ocean Highway A1A, Cocoa Beach, FL). Cars driving on the Florida State Road A1A pass by two billboards saying, “Welcome to Cape Kennedy Resort Area” and “In the beginning God… Apollo 8 Six Cents United States Gateway to the Stars”. View of a launch complex inside the Kennedy Space Center. Monitors inside a mission control center. Speaker in a stadium near the launch site. The prime crew members- Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. and Commander Neil A. Armstrong, in ready room before entering the Saturn V SA-506. Buzz Aldrin yawns before the launch. Cars parked on the beach near the launch site. View of the Saturn V SA-506 in the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins depart for the launch pad. Astronauts going up on elevator in launch complex. The Saturn V SA-506 before launching. Launch controllers in the firing room of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the Apollo 11 mission.
Crowds gathered in bleachers and viewing area near the Kennedy Space Center in anticipation of the NASA Apollo 11 launch. Launch controllers at mission control cosely monitor the Apollo 11 launch on Launch Complex 39A. Apollo 11 Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Jack King announces the progress of the launch countdown. Launch controller uses binoculars to watch the launch. Jack King starts countdown. Spectators use binoculars, a woman uses a camera. View of launch pad with birds in foreground. The Apollo 11 Mission’s rocket, Saturn V SA-506, in sky after launch. POV from landing craft of craters on the moon’s surface. Neil Armstrong’s first walk on the moon. Neil Armstrong says “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. Neil Armstrong’s left footprint- the first human footprint on the moon.
Apollo 17 Saturn V SA-512 midnight launch at the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A. Exhaust streaming out the bottom of the Saturn V SA-512 rocket at midnight of December 7, 1972.
Women modeling fashionable summer dresses in New York City. A model shows off her floral beach pajama outfit, then sits on an inflatable beach mattress. A woman wearing a floral dress and sun hat smiles. A model wears a sun hat fascinator with fruit adornments. A woman wearing a wide-brimmed bamboo sun hat. A woman wearing a floral wrap dress and a white Dutch cap-inspired summer hat. A woman models a summer hat adorned with feathers.
Smokestacks in a steel factory in the United States during World War 2. Robert W. Wolcott, the President of the Lukens Steel Company in Coatesville, Pennsylvania (the oldest steel mill in commission within the United States), and also chairman of the American Industry Salvage Committee, speaks about the importance of scrap metal in steel production for the war efforts in World War 2. Robert W. Wolcott speaks to two men inside his office. Wolcott’s office is decorated with patriotic posters on the use of scrap for war production (“Half the Metal in every ship, every tank, every gun is SCRAP!”). Behind Robert W. Wolcott is a sign saying “American Industries Salvage Committee”. “This decline in scrap must be checked. Steel, scrap must flow to the mill. This is becoming a serious situation. And it is a definite challenge to industry” concludes Robert W. Wolcott.
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