# Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Documentary

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-11-50th-anniversary-documentary/826340>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 18, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-11-50th-anniversary-documentary/826340 "2018-12-18T20:28:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![mako88sb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-11-50th-anniversary-documentary/826340/1 "2018-12-18T20:28:00Z")

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I didn’t realize this was in the works. Looks fabulous:  
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time\_continue=1&v=BNKM8YpTmVw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=BNKM8YpTmVw)

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**Author:** ![mako88sb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-11-50th-anniversary-documentary/826340/2 "2018-12-18T20:47:10Z")

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Here’s a link about the newly found footage:  
[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/12/apollo-11-50th-year-anniversary](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/12/apollo-11-50th-year-anniversary)

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-11-50th-anniversary-documentary/826340/3 "2018-12-18T21:36:49Z")

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I want to see this.

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-11-50th-anniversary-documentary/826340/4 "2018-12-19T03:30:20Z")

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> [@mako88sb](#):
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> Here’s a link about the newly found footage:  
> [https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/12/apollo-11-50th-year-anniversary](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/12/apollo-11-50th-year-anniversary)

Fantastic. (The article, that is. The footage, too, I’m sure.)

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-11-50th-anniversary-documentary/826340/5 "2018-12-19T11:12:54Z")

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I know some people involved in the film and have seen an extended clip from the film in IMAX, and it’s astounding. The segment I watched was about 20 minutes leading up to the launch, and like someone said in the article, there was an excitement akin to being there in real time. I’ve seen lots of historic footage, but this 70mm stuff is incredible.

It’s unbelievable to me that no one has known about or done anything with this footage before now, but it’s great that they’re digitizing it and making what is sure to be a great, great film (two, actually) in time for the 50th anniversary. Very exciting.