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EPIC JOURNEY OF APOLLO 11: DOCKING (TV)
Summary
Continuing coverage of the Apollo 11 moonflight. Docking procedures have begun; docking is complete at 5:35 pm. Walter Cronkite and Wally Schirra discuss the event; Terry Drinkwater interviews a test astronaut at North American Rockwell Plant in California, where the lunar module was manufactured. George Herman reports from U.S. Geological Survey in Arizona; Bruce Morton reports from the Manned Space Center in Houston. Nelson Benton interviews Scott MacLeod, a test astronaut at Grumman Aircraft Corp. on Long Island. Cronkite and Schirra discuss Gus Grissom; Cronkite reviews highlights of Apollo 11 moon mission. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: July 21, 1969 5:26 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:34:49
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T77:0285
- GENRE: News
- SUBJECT HEADING: Apollo 11; Moon exploration; Manned space flight
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1969
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Bell Telephone
- TV - Commercials - Western Electric
CREDITS
- Robert Wussler … Executive Producer
- Clarence Cross … Producer
- Joan Richman … Producer
- Joel Banow … Director
- Walter Cronkite … Anchor
- Terry Drinkwater … Reporter
- George Herman … Reporter
- Nelson Benton … Reporter
- Bruce Morton … Reporter
- Schirra, Walter M. "Wally" … Guest
- Scott MacLeod … Guest
- Grissom, Virgil I. "Gus"