High Flying Camera: Movies Show Apollo In Space Maneuver
High Flying Camera: Movies Show Apollo In Space Maneuver
An epilogue to the saga of the Apollo test are remarkable pictures made from the Saturn rocket as it pushed the capsule into space. A camera that was later parachuted into the sea recorded the shut-down on the first stage and the firing of the second as the test flight went like clockwork to pave the way to the moon. Cape, Kennedy, Florida Lift off. Outer Space MS - Wide angle lens records history as the first stage of the rocket falls away. Wide Angle Lens - Second stage of the rocket falling away recording at 5 - times the normal speed. As it falls it looks like fire flies flying about. Low Angle Shot - Apollo Rocket gaining altitude with a trail of fire and smoke. Space Camera Shot - just before it parachutes into the sea and the firing of the second stage of the rocket leaving a plume of smoke. MS - The heat shield withstanding 4000 degrees. Atlantic Ocean Aerial Shot - The carrier Boxer, a wheel and bottom part of another helicopter. Air to Air - Two helicopters hovering. Space capsule floating in the sea. the space capsule being hoisted up from the sea on to the carrier, Boxer, backsides of two officers. CUS - Space capsule being lowered on the deck of the Boxer.