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APOLLO 11: FIRST STEPS EDITION

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APOLLO 11: FIRST STEPS EDITION—47MINUTES

SENSORY SCENE DESCRIPTION DIALOGUE/SOUND COMMENTS EXT. DESERT—. Aerial shot of We have been here before desert. FAST PACED In the dreams of the ancients IMAGES FOR THE CUT TO: Alternate aerial shot of who traced the stars in pools 30 SECONED desert by , COMMERCIAL! CUT TO: Alternate aerial shot of desert

CUT TO: Push in over steering And the chalkboards of wheel scientists

CUT TO: Hands curling over steering wheel who plotted a course.

CUT TO: Ignition button being pushed

CUT TO: Wheel locked off center frame while car rotates around it

Car driving vertically. Frame rotates horizontally

CUT TO: M/S through passenger window of woman driving car

CUT TO: Aerial shot of car driving through desert

CUT TO: Alternate aerial shot of car driving through desert It’s a journey they started,

CUT TO: Foot steps onto desert surface And one we must continue. United in our drive

1 CUT TO: Woman walks into frame

CUT TO: Reverse W/S: woman to never stop discovering. stands next to car

Boom up to view of stars. Land Rover logo appears COMPANY LOGO: MACGILLIVRAY FREEMAN

COMPANY LOGO: CNN FILMS

COMPANY LOGO: STATEMENT PICTURES

Black MAIN TITILE: APOLLO 11 FIRST STEPS EDITION

Sounds of heavy EXT. CENTER— (Sounds of heavy machinery) machinery DAY--A red truck passes the massive treads of the NASA crawler-transporter

CUT TO: V on crawler transporter in distance with sign in foreground for launch complex 39

CUT TO: NASA worker walking next to treads of crawler-transporter

CUT TO: Crawler-transporter approaching camera with workers in foreground Loud! Sound of (Sound of ) helicopter CUT TO: Aerial shot of Saturn-V on crawler-transporter as it ascends ramp toward 39A. NASA

2 vehicle assembly building visible in (Sounds of work on ) distance

CUT TO: Tilt down from Launch Escape Tower at top of vehicle

INT. – NASA ADMINISTRATOR DAY. Scale model of crawler- OK, are there any changes to transporter and vehicle assembly the schedule? Arnie? building.

CUTTO: engineers/administrators ARNIE: in conference room The tank pressurization test will not start until…

CUT TO: JoAnn Morgan, NASA ARNIE (CONT’D) Launch Controller, listening during …13:00 meeting NASA ADMINISTRATOR Arnie you gonna extend CUT TO: Engineers sitting at table in that… conference room, listening

NASA ADMINISTRATOR(cont’d) …time out for five hours by cutting it off in the front end of that… CUT TO: Saturn-V model in foreground, conference room of engineers in background

NASA ADMINISTRATOR (cont’d) … LH2 storage tank pressurization?

3 It’s 3 hours and 32 minutes… GRAPHIC: , 1969 …until man begins the greatest adventure in his history… EXT. LAUNCH COMPLEX 39 EARLY . Slow tilt up from base of Saturn-V on mobile launcher …If all goes well, Apollo 11 platform , , and are to lift off from Pad 39A out there on the man always has dreamed about. So it is now, before they go, as their gleaming vehicle sits poised and peaceful out there, that there is time—if only briefly in this busy morning—to think of those three men, and the burdens and the hopes that they carry on behalf of all mankind.

INT. FIRING ROOM 1: A hand flips (Music ) switches on a console WALTER CRONKITE CUT TO: INT. SUITING UP ROOM And boring through the , with to vastness, the blackness, and camera, suiting up. Technicians in the cold of space, they’ll white, one holding a camera, look carry the pledge made eight on. Camera pans left, showing years ago by President Collins and Aldrin suiting up. Kennedy to put a man on the and bring him back CUT TO: having suit safely in this decade adjusted by tech.

CUT TO: Armstrong looking frame left in suiting up room ARMSTRONG GRAPHIC: Each segment of the NEIL ARMSTRONG mission, every individual

4 MISSION COMMANDER piece, has to be completed perfectly…

CUT TO: Neil Armstrong speaking ARMSTRONG (cont’d) to technician at left of frame, and …in order for the next step adjusting suit to be possible. And of course the nation itself is backing us so we just sincerely hope CUT TO: Michael Collins and that we measure up to that technician adjusting headset as another technician looks on in COLLINS background The whole was designed to get two GRAPHIC: Americans to the lunar MICHAEL COLLINS surface and back again to COMMAND MODULE PILOT safely. The enormity…

CUT TO: Collins continues to have his suit adjusted by technicians

COLLINS …of this event is something CUT TO: Buzz Aldrin having his suit that only history will be able adjusted by technicians to judge.

GRAPHIC: EDWIN “BUZZ” ALDRIN LUNAR MODULE PILOT ALDRIN Apollo 11 has very simply been given the mission of carrying men to the moon, landing them there, and bringing them safely back

INT. SUITING UP ROOM: Neil WALTER CRONKITE Armstrong turned partially away For in addition to the from camera as a technician adjusts mission the three astronauts his suit will perform, and the

5 experiments they’ll undertake… CUT TO: Neil Armstrong turned more towards camera has his suit … these men will carry with adjusted by technicians them many other things, many things that are not SERIES OF ARCHIVAL PHOTOS AND nearly so easy to describe… Fast-Paced FOOTAGE DENOTING FLASHBACK: footage. A strip of four black and white photographs of Neil Armstrong as a baby

Black and white school picture of Neil Armstrong, approximately age 10

Black and white school picture of Neil Armstrong, approximately age 16

Black and white photograph of Neil Armstrong, wearing Naval Aviator approximately age 20

Black and white archival footage: a plane, piloted by Armstrong, takes off from the deck of an carrier

Black and white photo: Janet Armstrong and Neil Armstrong at their wedding

Black and white photo: The Armstrong children in the driveway of their residence next to a car

Black and white photo: Armstrong kneeling with his son

6 Black and white photo: Neil and Janet Armstrong, each carrying a child, standing near a fence

Archival footage: Neil Armstrong being suited up for a test flight, standing next to an X-15 hypersonic aircraft

Archival footage: air to air, an X-15 aircraft, piloted by Armstrong, is drop launched from a B-52

Archival footage: air to air, an X-15 aircraft in flight

Archival footage: tail of X-15 as it performs rolls. Contrail visible behind aircraft

Archival footage: astronauts, led by Armstrong, exit NASA transfer van and approach ramp

Archival footage: Gemini 8 launch

Archival footage: the seen from the window of Gemini 8 during rendezvous

Archival footage: undocking from the Agena Target Vehicle as seen from window of Gemini 8

Archival photo: Neil Armstrong and Gemini 8 pilot with families after the completion of the Gemini 8 mission

7 Archival footage: Neil Armstrong piloting the LLRV (Lunar Landing Research Vehicle)

Archival footage: Neil Armstrong parachuting down above a crashed, burning LLRV

Archival photo: Neil Armstrong in family home with Janet Armstrong, Mark Armstrong, and Rick Armstrong

Neil Armstrong in suiting up room looking at a suit technician

WALTER CRONKITE During the planned Apollo 11 journey…

Michael Collins’ hand as glove is fastened on in suiting up room …we’ll be concerned with such things as mid-course Michael Collins has his suit adjusted corrections and docking, by technician in suiting up room …the astronauts of course will be concerned with very much more SERIES OF ARCHIVAL PHOTOS AND More Fast-Paced MOVIES DENOTING FLASHBACK images. Archival photo: Michael Collins approximately age 8

8 Archival photo: Michael Collins in a , standing with a group of pilots in front of F-86 Saber

Archival photo: an Air Force plane, piloted by Collins, in mid flight

Archival photo: Collins in flight suit, carrying helmet, posing next to plain.

Archival photo: Collins posing in front of plane

Archival photo: Michael and Patricia Collins on their wedding day

Archival photo: Collins holding his young daughters

Archival footage: the Agena Target Vehicle seen from the window of

Archival footage: the Agena Target Vehicle seen from the window of Gemini 10, Earth in background

Archival footage: images of the Earth taken during Michael Collins’ EVA on Gemini 10

Archival footage: an engine burn on Gemini 10, with Earth rotating in background

Archival footage: Michael Collins and walking on a runway

9 Archival footage: Astronauts in space suits walk down a hallway

Archival footage: being helped through the hatch of the command module by a technician

Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin pose in front of the rocket

Alternate angle: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin pose in front of the Saturn V rocket

Close up: Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins laughing while posing for pictures

Archival photo: Michael Collins with family outside house

Collins in suiting up room, having his suit adjusted by technicians

WALTER CRONKITE The flight of Apollo 11 is to be the ….

Buzz Aldrin having his headset WALTER CRONKITE adjusted by a suit technician in the (cont’d) suiting up room ….of a national effort and the most difficult, most Buzz Aldrin having his suit adjusted dangerous mission ever in suiting up room attempted…

10 SERIES OF ARCHIVAL PHOTOS AND …since this country, and the Face-Paced MOVIES DENOTING FLASHBACK: Russians, started sending Images. Archival photo of Buzz Aldrin, age men into space approximately 3

Archival photo of Buzz Aldrin, age approximately 14, standing next to his father

Archival photo of Buzz Aldrin in the cockpit of an F-86 Sabre, after shooting down a MiG

A series of 6 archival photos taken by Buzz Aldrin of a MiG pilot ejecting from his aircraft after being shot down by Aldrin

Archival photo of Buzz Aldrin and his wife, Joan Archer Aldrin through the back window of a car on their wedding day

Archival photo of Buzz Aldrin wearing in the capsule of

Archival footage: a tether line connects the Agena Target Docking Vehicle to the Gemini 12 during Earth orbit

Archival footage: Buzz Aldrin performs an EVA during Gemini 12 mission

Archival footage: Buzz Aldrin performs an EVA during Gemini 12 mission

Cameramen take photos and movie footage of Astronauts

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Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin pose for camera crew in front of the LM

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, in civilian clothes, carrying tools and camera, perform geology field training in preparation for Apollo 11 mission

Buzz Aldrin squats near the passive seismic experiment during Apollo 11 training

Buzz Aldrin undergoes zero-gravity training aboard KC-135 in preparation for Apollo 11

Buzz Aldrin training for Apollo 11 while photographers and press look on

Archival photo: Buzz Aldrin with family aboard a bus

Buzz Aldrin having his suit adjusted by a technician in the suiting up room

WALTER CRONKITE 38 year old civilian …

Neil Armstrong having his headset WALTER CRONKITE adjusted by technician in the suiting (cont’d) up room Neil Armstrong is to become the first human Close-up of Armstrong’s suit being to touch the moon

12 Close-up of Armstrong’s glove being …Aldrin will follow just 20 adjusted during suiting up minutes later…

Close-up of hand writing “Gloves …But Armstrong will take on” on a biomedical display that first step printout

CUT TO: woman making additional … the mission of Apollo 11, a notations on biomedical display journey certainly for the printout history books

…a beginning of man’s greatest adventure Neil Armstrong in suiting up room, now wearing helmet

Close-up of Michael Collins’ face, …leaving this planet to set now wearing helmet foot on the moon

Medium shot, Michael Collins in full space suit, looking down

06:25 EXT. -- Feelings of DAY PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Excitement and This is Apollo Saturn Launch Anticipation! Astronauts emerge from building as Control. T minus three hours, technician opens back of four minutes, 32 seconds and transfer van. Crew boards transfer counting. Astronauts Neil van Armstrong, Mike Collins, and then finally Buzz Aldrin, plus their suit technicians and director of flight crew operations, Deke Slayton now boarding the transfer van for the trip to the launch pad. CUT TO: Morning through clouds. Camera tilts down on length The transfer van now of Saturn V rocket on launch pad departing to Launch Pad A here at complex 39 where the Saturn V ,

13 now fully loaded with propellants, going through preliminary checkouts. This is launch control

EXT. SPECTATOR VIEWING AREA NEAR KENNEDY SPACE CENTER-- DAY Model of Saturn V on the (indistinct voices) dashboard of a parked van. Tilt down to “Family-Wagon” written on side

CUT TO: Cars and vans parked on beach among tents, with people milling around. Saturn V visible across water in distance.

MOTION GRAPHIC: -02:50:46 LAUNCH

CUT TO: A man and his son asleep in PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER the back of a station wagon … glowing in the huge xenon spotlight 15 miles away

CUT TO: A girl in a sleeping bag lies PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER on a concrete block next to a radio (cont’d) …and we saw teenagers with telescopes

CUT TO: A woman in sits on sheets spread over concrete fixing her hair. She smiles into the camera PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER (cont’d) ….it was the very same road we came over 8 long years

14 CUT TO: A man and woman sit on ago, 21 manned space flights top of pillows in the parking lot of a ago… building, the woman pours coffee.

CUT TO: Wide shot of cars parked PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER on beach with spectators. (cont’d) When we came out at just about the same hour we came out to cover Alan CUT TO: A row of men and women Shephard’s 15…America’s sit on the sea wall looking out first manned …. across the water. Tilt up to show helicopter flying overhead.

07:30 CUT TO: Aerial shot from helicopter Sound of passing along roadway over (Sound of helicopter) helicopter grows hundreds of parked cars louder, to very loud. INT. FIRING ROOM 1 –DAY Launch LAUNCH OPERATIONS Controllers seated at consoles. MANAGER All stations stand by to give a crew departure status at this time GRAPHIC: FIRING ROOM 1 LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER (indistinct chatter of Launch Controllers) MOTION GRAPHIC: -02:45:55 LAUNCH

CUT TO: Another group of flight controllers seated at consoles

CUT TO: launch controllers in PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER headsets This is Apollo Saturn Launch Control. T minus 2 hours, 45 minutes, 55 seconds and counting. CUT TO: Split screen, black and white video images. Left panel-- identified as “034” shows NASA

15 transfer van backing up and The astronaut team which astronauts emerging and boarding has just arrived at the elevator. Right panel shows series pad…the transfer van now of feeds of Saturn V. backing up toward the elevator. In a matter of five minutes or so, we’ll be ready for the spacecraft commander Neil Armstrong to come across the sill at the 320 foot level. That is our status at 2 hours 43 minutes 47 seconds and counting. This is Launch Control.

EXT. LAUNCH COMPLEX 08:30 39-- Elevator carries the Loud Sound of astronauts and (sound of elevator) elevator. technicians upwards

Anticipation CUT TO: view from grows as the time elevator ascending the to launch length of the Saturn V. approaches. “USA” visible on side of rocket

CUT TO: shot of crew on elevator as it reaches the 320 foot level. CBTS MSTC, CBTS 111 CUT TO: view out elevator as crew emerges and MSTC travels along swing arm Go ahead towards Command Module CBTS Astros proceeding to 320

16 MSTC Understand, we’ll get the camera Ok, Gunther, you can hit the switch on the camera

EXT. KENNEDY SPACE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER (cont’d) CENTER Tilt down from …proper atmosphere for launch which Vehicle Assembly Building is a combination of oxygen and to crowd of spectators nitrogen, 60% oxygen and 40% standing on lawn and nitrogen atmosphere, of course the filling out flag-decorated astronauts themselves are breathing bleachers pure oxygen through their space suits

CUT TO: and , conversing, walk towards PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER bleachers where they will Neil Armstrong will be doing most of watch the launch the work in the spacecraft, responding as different cue lights signifying CUT TO: Three women in different… bleachers, one wearing a hat

CUT TO: wide shot of bleachers, almost completely full of spectators. Camera pans …difficulties are presented to him. Our across hundreds of countdown continuing, this is spectators standing on Kennedy Launch Control lawn.

EXT LAUNCH COMPLEX STC 39- tilt up on Saturn V CDR, STC. How do you read? rocket on launch pad

17 ARMSTRONG STC, loud and clear

STC Good morning, Neil

ARMSTRONG Good morning

STC Welcome aboard. CMP, STC. How do you read?

Aldrin STC, CMP. Loud and clear

STC Good morning, Buzz

Aldrin Good morning. How are you gentlemen?

STC Just fine thank you

INT. FIRING ROOM 1: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Launch control personnel 14 minutes, 30 seconds and counting at work.

MOTION GRAPHIC -00:14:30 LAUNCH …all still going well with the CUT TO: Launch countdown at this time controllers watching screens mounted above their consoles …for status report, we’ll now switch to mission control CUT TO: Launch controllers seated at their consoles in Firing Room 1

18 EXT. MANNED PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER SPACECRAFT CENTER: This is Apollo Mission Control Flight Aerial shot of facility Director Cliff Charlesworth’s team is on station here in the Mission GRAPHIC: Operations , ready to MANNED SPACECRAFT assume the control of this flight at CENTER tower clearance HOUSTON, FLIGHT DIRECTOR CUT TO: Interior of All flight controllers, coming up on Mission Operations auto sequence. , how are you? Control Room (MOCR). Flight Director Cliff Charlesworth sits at his console making notes.

GRAPHIC: MISSION OPERATIONS CONTROL ROOM

BOOSTER we’re go, flight

CUT TO: Split screen, left FLIGHT DIRECTOR panel Cliff Charlesworth EECOM? at his console with next to him. Right EECOM panel a row of flight Go flight controllers, with Booster in foreground FLIGHT DIRECTOR CUT TO: Split screen, left GNC? panel, close up down a line of consoles, right panel GNC down a row of consoles Go flight

FLIGHT DIRECTOR TELCOM? CUT TO: Split screen, left panel comm loop buttons TELCOM at Cliff Charlesworth’s Go flight console, right panel, row

19 of flight contollers at their FLIGHT DIRECTOR consoles, pans over to Control show Cliff Charlesworth at his console CONTROL Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR NETWORK…Got her ?

NETWORK That’s affirmative, flight

CBTS Mission director, CBTS 111, verify go for launch

MISSION DIRECTOR Go for launch

Public Affairs Officer We passed the 6 minute mark in our countdown for Apollo 11 now 5 minutes, 52 seconds and counting CUT TO: Low angle shot looking up at Saturn V rocket. FLIGHT DIRECTOR BOOSTER, FLIGHT MOTION GRAPHIC: -00:05:57 LAUNCH CBTS CUT TO: Firing Room 1, CTSF, verify go for launch tracking shot along consoles of seated Launch CTSF Controllers CTSF verifies go for launch

CBTS CTSC verify go for launch

CTSC CTSC verifies go for launch

20 FLIGHT DIRECTOR BOOSTER, FLIGHT

CBTS SRO verify go for launch

SRO SRO verifies go for launch

CBTS LM verify go for launch

LM LM go for launch

BOOSTER GO FLIGHT…(INDISTICT)…roger, FLIGHT

CBTS CBTS copies

CUT TO: F-1 engines at LAUNCH OPERATIONS MANAGER bottom of Saturn V. Apollo 11, this is Launch Operations Manager. The launch team wishes you MOTION GRAPHIC: good luck and godspeed -00:00:30 LAUNCH ARMSTRONG Sure has been a nice smooth countdown CUT TO: base of Saturn V steaming on launch platform LAUNCH OPERATIONS MANAGER Thank you babe. LMP…

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER T-Minus 60 seconds and counting. We passed T-Minus 60 CUT TO: Johnny Carson in viewing area

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11:40 CUT TO: A man wearing a Begin suspenseful red RCA hat in the crowd music as the final of spectators PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER seconds count 55 seconds and counting…Neil down to launch. Armstrong just reported back it’s been CUT TO: Cameraman a real smooth countdown Feelings of operating large, geared Anticipation! multi-camera platform

CUT TO: Saturn V on launch pad as seen from across the Banana River

CUT TO: Launch controller PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER looking through We passed the 50 second mark, power binoculars transfer is complete…We’re on internal power with the launch vehicle CUT TO: Mid-section of at this time. 40 seconds away from the Saturn V steaming on Apollo 11 liftoff Launch pad All the second stage tanks now CUT TO: F-1 engines at pressurized. 35 seconds and counting bottom of Saturn V smoking We are still go with Apollo 11. 30 seconds and counting CUT TO: Saturn V as seen through a shimmering wave of heat

CUT TO: Launch Control administrators watching through binoculars from Firing Room 1 CUT TO: Cameramen PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER focusing on launch in Astronauts report it feels good. T- press viewing area Minus 25 seconds

22 CUT TO: Saturn V in distance steaming on launch pad

CUT TO: Woman with camera focusing on launch

CUT TO: A group of PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER spectators with cameras 20 seconds and counting in viewing area focusing on launch

CUT TO: A group of spectators. Several in , focus … T minus 15 seconds, guidance is cameras and binoculars internal on the launch. Many begin to stand

CUT TO: Saturn V in distance on launch pad, thick steam billowing from base.

MOTION GRAPHIC -00:00:16 LAUNCH PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER 12:20 CUT TO: Base of Saturn V 12, 11, 10, 9… Ignition sequence starts Heavy Music Beat through heat waves on each second as steaming on the launch it ticks down to pad. zero. MOTION GRAPHIC -00:00:13 LAUNCH

CUT TO: F-1 engines at base of Saturn V smoking.

MOTION GRAPHIC -00:00:11 LAUNCH

23 CUT TO: bottom of rocket on launch pad. Steam billowing from tower 12:30 EXT. LAUNCH COMPLEX Loud! Rocket 39: Fire billowing from boosters fire up. engines at bottom of . Saturn V rocket . CUT TO: Alternate angle, (Sound of rocket launch) . Fire billowing from . engines at bottom of . Saturn V rocket . . CUT TO: Entire Saturn V . on launch pad, fire . billowing from engines at . bottom it . . CUT TO: Close up of base . of rocket, sheets of . falling down and breaking . up . . CUT TO: close up of F-1 . engines emitting flames as . rocket lifts off . PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER . CUT TO: Base of rocket Liftoff! We have a liftoff. 32 minutes . lifting off from launch pad past the hour, liftoff on Apollo 11 . . CUT TO: Entire rocket . lifting off, clearing tower Clear the tower . . PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER . Tower Clear! . . ARMSTRONG . Roger, we got a roll program . . Public Affairs Officer . Neil Armstrong reporting the roll and . pitch program which puts Apollo 11 on a proper heading.

24 . . (SOUND OF APPLAUSE OVER NOISE OF ROCKET) 13:30 CUT TO: Apollo 11 lifting Feelings of off from across the water, Happiness as Spectators watching in (SOUND OF ROCKET) crowd cheers! foreground and applauding Sounds remain very loud! CUT TO: Cameramen .. tracks liftoff of Apollo 11 . upwards with camera . . CUT TO: Woman in . sunglasses, Apollo 11 . lifting off visible in . reflection of her glasses . . CUT TO: Spectator in hat . and sunglasses, Apollo 11 . visible in reflection in . glasses . . CUT TO: Photographers in . press viewing area taking . pictures of Apollo 11 in . flight . . CUT TO: Members of the 13:45 press in press viewing Rocket becomes area, radio announcer in less loud as it center, watching Apollo passes into the 11 in flight atmosphere. CUT TO: A woman in red (MUSIC IN) hat watches Apollo 11 in flight, mouth slightly open

CUT TO: A woman with rose colored glasses takes photos of Apollo 11 in

25 flight, a large smile on her face

CUT TO: Apollo 11 in flight, trailing fire and smoke

CUT TO: Aerial shot, showing crowds of people ARMSTRONG lined up along the seawall One Bravo and sitting on top of parked cars watching the PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER launch. Camera pans One bravo is a abort control across water to show mode…altitude’s two miles Apollo 11 in midair, trailing fire and smoke CAPCOM Apollo 11, Houston. You’re good at 1 CUT TO: Shot from ground minute. of Apollo 11 trailing fire and smoke ARMSTRONG Roger

14:35 EXT. KENNEDY SPACE Begin louder CENTER Aerial shot of music. Apollo 11 in flight, a Feelings of condensation cloud PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Suspense! forming around its upper We're through the region of maximum stages and trailing dynamic pressure now. downwards FLIGHT CONTROLLER Yea, everything looks good here

CAPCOM 11, Houston. Your guidance is converged, you’re looking good.

FLIGHT CONTROLLER We’re 1350 at the start, Bob

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER 8 miles downrange, 12 miles high. Velocity 4,000 feet per second…

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FIDO Standby for Mode One Charlie

CAPCOM Standby for Mode One Charlie

FIDO Mark

CAPCOM Mark, Mode One Charlie

FLIGHT DIRECTOR Staging…BOOSTER

BOOSTER Go

Flight Director FIDO

FIDO Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR GUIDANCE

GUIDANCE Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR Good for staging, Capcom

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER CUT TO: Split screen. Left Cliff Charlesworth taking a staging panel, Flight Director Cliff status Charlesworth standing in Mission Operations CAPCOM Control Room. Apollo 11, this is Houston, you are go for staging GRAPHIC:

27 CLIFF CHARLESWORTH FLIGHT DIRECTOR: GREEN TEAM

Right panel, Apollo 11 in flight, footage taken from aircraft PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Capcom McCandless giving the reports here from the control center

Split screen cont’d. Left panel CUTS TO close up of Bruce McCandless. GRAPHIC: BRUCE MCCANDLESS CAPSULE 15:35 COMMUNICATOR Loud boom as (CAPCOM) GREEN TEAM rocket separates. ARMSTRONG Staging…and ignition CUT TO: full screen of Suspenseful music right panel, the rocket in FLIGHT CONTROLLER continues. flight. Explosive bolts fire, Cutoff, ignition. Thrust is go all separating from first stage engines of rocket FLIGHT DIRECTOR Looks good, CAPCOM CUT TO: view from inside of second stage of rocket, CAPCOM J-2 engines at top of frame, Apollo, Houston. Thrust is go all as first stage falls away engines, you’re looking good toward earth ARMSTRONG CUT TO: the rocket in We’ve got skirt sep flight, the first stage separated and now CAPCOM drifting behind the Roger, we confirm skirt sep spacecraft

CUT TO: View from inside second stage of rocket as

28 engine skirt separates and ARMSTRONG falls away toward earth in Tower’s gone background CAPCOM CUT TO: a semi-circle of Roger. Tower’s gone light opens to reveal the Command Module window, earth visible to PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER the right and sun above, as Neil Armstrong confirming the skirt the launch escape tower is separation and the launch escape discarded tower separation

CUT TO: The engine skirt and launch escape tower ARMSTRONG drifting away from the Houston be advised, the visual is go spacecraft today

CAPCOM This is Houston, roger that

CUT TO: Looking back toward earth from second PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER stage of rocket. J-2 engines Altitude is 100 miles, downrange 883 at top of frame, debris miles from staging floats around, including engine skirt at left of frame

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER CUT TO: The command Outboard engine cutoff module window, the earth visible at the right, the sun ARMSTRONG at the top, slowly rotates And ignition

CAPCOM Ignition confirmed thrust is go, 11 CUT TO: View from inside second stage of rocket as PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER the third stage of rocket And we have a good third stage now. separates from second stage. Condensation from FIDO

29 ullage washes FLIGHT, FIDO, we are go. over frame. Second stage rotates and Earth comes FLIGHT DIRECTOR into view. Confirmed go

CAPCOM Apollo 11 this is Houston, you are confirmed go for orbit

ARMSTRONG Roger

16:50 INT. MISSION PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Music fades out. OPERATIONS CONTROL We have a report on the launch heart We can relax. ROOM (MOCR): A row of rates now from the flight surgeon. flight directors at their consoles, flight controller in foreground flips switch in mission operations PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER control room Commander Neil Armstrong, 110; Command Module Pilot Mike Collins, CUT TO: Split Screen, left 99; Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, panel shows screen with 88. dots running across, displaying heart rates. Right panel black then wider shot of same screen with flight surgeon gesturing at it

CUT TO: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER animation showing earth Moving across now and moon, a dotted line towards Africa. And on the next showing projected course revolution, the spacecraft will be of Apollo 11. Zoom in on accelerating to the required speed to animated spacecraft. get it into an orbit to intercept the moon during the Trans-lunar Injection GRAPHIC: Maneuver.

30 TRANS-LUNAR INJECTION (TLI) MANEUVER ARMSTRONG Houston, Apollo 11, that Saturn gave us a magnificent ride

CUT TO: View of earth CAPCOM from spacecraft window, Roger 11, it certainly looks like you’re rotating out of view and well on your way now fading to black PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER That was Neil Armstrong praising the launch vehicle

CUT TO: computer PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER animation showing The crew at this time pressing ahead transposition and docking with their transposition and docking maneuver. maneuver. The spacecraft, after having separated the Saturn third GRAPHIC: stage, turning around, docking with TRANSPOSITION AND the Lunar Module, extracting the lunar DOCKING (T&D) module from the Saturn third stage, MANEUVER and pushing ahead en route to the moon

17:50 View of earth from ALDRIN Fun music. window of Command Morning Houston, Apollo 11 Feelings of Module. excitement. CAPCOM GRAPHIC: Roger Apollo 11, good morning DAY 2

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER CUT TO: split screen, left Goldstone reports they’re receiving panel—shot of mission TV from the spacecraft control with screen on wall, displaying TV signal ARMSTRONG from spacecraft showing Calling in from about 130,000 miles Earth. Right panel—TV out

31 signal from Spacecraft showing Earth. Left panel cuts to shot of flight controllers sitting at COLLINS consoles, right panel CUTS Hello there sports fans, you got a little TO Charlie Duke sitting at bit of me plus Neil’s on the center his console couch and you got Buzz is doing the camera work…Neil’s standing on his CUT TO: Split screen, left head again, trying to make me panel—Mike Collins nervous speaking to camera. Right panel—Armstrong CAPCOM looking into camera , Roger, copy and we see the DSKY upside down. Left panel flashing with a 651 cuts to the guidance computer interface COLLINS (DSKY) flashing the We do have a happy home, there’s numbers 651 plenty of room for the three of us

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER CUT TO : Split screen, left Apollo 11 is presently 131,000 panel—astronaut nautical miles from earth crossing in front of camera aboard spacecraft. Right PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER panel—wide shot of The spacecraft slowly rotates to MOCR with screen maintain thermal balance displaying video signal from left panel CAPCOM It looks like we got a good PTC going. It’s good from the white team, CUT TO: TV camera shot of over. earth from window of spacecraft COLLINS Ok, see you tomorrow, thanks for everything CROSS FADE TO: photo of earth from window of CAPCOM spacecraft, rotating. Good morning, Apollo 11

GRAPHIC TRACKS WITH ALDRIN EARTH: Good morning, Houston. Apollo 11. DAY 2

32 ALDRIN Yeah, I’ve got the world in my window for a change

CAPCOM Sounds like one of these rotating Earth tracks toward left restaurants side of window, then appears again at right side FLIGHT DIRECTOR of window. Ok all flight controllers, let’s get handed over pretty quickly to the GRAPHIC TRACKS WITH white team here. We’re going to be EARTH: crawling into the LM shortly, we’re DAY 3 terminating PTC

NETWORK FLIGHT NETWORK, we’re receiving CUT TO : Split screen. Left live TV panel—flight controllers walking through MOCR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER right panel—tracking shot Interior view of the command module of flight controllers sitting looking up into the LM hatch area. at consoles. Left panel cuts to astronaut near LM hatch area. Left panel cuts to flight controllers ALDRIN looking at consoles, Ok, it’s moved now, coming down panning over to show TV signal on screen of astronauts near LM hatch ARMSTRONG area. Right panel cuts to Yeah, we’re about to open the hatch astronauts opening the now LM hatch. Left panel cuts to Aldrin opening LM PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER hatch Buzz Aldrin has apparently carried the camera into the LM with him

ALDRIN The vehicle is surprisingly very clean

CAPCOM

33 just a moment ago, we had a good shot of your PLSS, Buzz and the two helmet CUT TO: Photo of Buzz stowage bags and now behind, we Aldrin holding camera as have the DSKY and the ACA he enters LM

ALDRIN That’s about the position we’ll be putting the camera in after the initial descent down the ladder. It will be taking one frame a second CUT TO: Split screen, left panel—Charlie Duke in COLLINS MOCR. Behind him screen Hello there earthlings displays TV feed from spacecraft. Center panel— CAPCOM Buzz in sunglasses inside Hello there the LM (TV camera). Right panel--buzz in sunglasses ARMSTRONG in LM (film camera). Probably the most unusual position a cameraman’s ever had, hanging by his toes from a tunnel and taking a CUT TO: Split screen, left picture upside down. panel—still photo of camera mounted to the ALDRIN window of the LM. Right We’re going to go ahead and take all panel—Buzz Aldrin the loose data on back into the affixing camera to window command module, Charlie. of the LM. Right panel cuts to Michael Collins in CAPCOM tunnel. Left panel cuts to Roger same image of Collins displayed on MOCR TV screen camera pans to show Charlie Duke watching screen and ARMSTRONG smiling. Right panel cuts And we’re going to turn our TV to sketchpad with a monitor off now while we have some picture of Charlie Duke other work to do, Apollo 11, signing being sketched on it, off. zooms out to show artist

34 making sketch. Left panel CAPCOM cuts to over the shoulder Apollo 11, Houston. As the sun sinks of sketch artist making slowly in the , the white team sketch then pans to bids you good night. Charlie Duke and other flight controllers in the ALDRIN MOCR, with image from You earned your pay today Charlie TV signal on screen displays. Center panel (TV CAPCOM image) cuts to Buzz Aldrin Rog, goodnight all flipping a bag then launching it towards camera . Right panel cuts to same image from film camera, slightly wider.

CUT TO: Buzz Aldrin in sunglasses in the LM. Camera pulls back through tunnel away from him.

CUT TO: dish with sun setting behind it over mountains. Camera zooms out and we see a lens flair

CUT TO: BLACK

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Fade in on image of the WALTER CRONKITE moon, a few wispy clouds This is of course the great day for passing in front. mankind when we leave our planet earth and set foot on the moon. So on GRAPHIC: this historic day, Neil Armstrong and , 1969 Buzz Aldrin are in their Lunar Module, in their spacesuits. On this next , FADE TO BLACK they are preparing to undock.

Computer animation of PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER 20:30 Command and Service Both spacecraft looking very good at Suspenseful music Module (CSM) connected this time. The following revolution, begins with a to Lunar Module (LM). revolution 13, Armstrong and Aldrin, growing, heavy The Lunar Module they will undock from the Command beat. disconnects from the CSM, and . From which point and rotates sideward. Its the powered descent to the lunar propulsion system fires as surface will be initiated it approaches the Lunar surface, rotating again to orient its landing legs downward. CAPCOM APOLLO 11, Houston, we are go for CUT TO: close up of undocking over Eidophor screen in MOCR showing the position of ALDRIN the LM/CSM over the Roger, understand lunar surface. Zoom out to show console with model LM/CSM on it ARMSTRONG We’re all set when you are, Mike. CUT TO: view of Lunar Module from window of Command Module. COLLINS Ok, here you go. See you later MOTION GRAPHIC: DAY 5 ARMSTRONG -02:33:31 LANDING See ya

The LM detaches and ALDRIN moves away from camera Looks like a good Sep

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ARMSTRONG Eagle’s undocked

ALDRIN The Eagle has wings

ARMSTRONG Looking good CUT TO: Split screen. Right panel—continuous COLLINS shot from previous frame: Thrusting…Ok, Eagle. One minute ‘til Eagle drifting away from Tig. You guys take care. Columbia. Left panel— Shot of Columbia from ARMSTRONG Eagle, drifting away, lunar See you later surface in background.

21:30 INT. MOCR FLIGHT DIRECTOR Feelings of Ok, all flight controllers, Go/No Go for suspense grow Split screen, left panel-- powered descent. RETRO stronger! flight controllers at consoles. Flight Director RETRO Gene Kranz at right of Go frame. Right side of frame splits into 8 panels each FLIGHT DIRECTOR one showing flight FIDO controller giving status check, in following order: FIDO RETRO, FIDO, GUIDANCE, Go CONTROL, TELCOM, GNC, EECOM, Surgeon. FLIGHT DIRECTOR GUIDANCE

GUIDANCE Go

37 Flight Director: CONTROL

CONTROL Go

Flight Director: TELCOM

TELCOM Go

Flight Director GNC

GNC Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR EECOM

EECOM Go

Flight Director Surgeon

SURGEON Go

Flight Director: CAPCOM, we’re go for powered descent

CUT TO: Split screen, right CAPCOM panel—hand pushing EAGLE, Houston. If you read, you are button on console. Left go for powered descent, over panel—flight controller sitting at console with pocket watch in hand,

38 making notes. Right panel cuts to close up of pocket ARMSTRONG watch Descent armed

ALDRIN CUT TO: View of Eagle Altitude light’s on (Lunar Module) from window of Columbia ARMSTRONG (Command and Service (garbled) proceed Module). ALDRIN MOTION GRAPHIC: Proceed. One. Zero. -00:00:13 BURN FOR LUNAR LANDING

CAPCOM And Eagle, Houston. We had data dropout. You’re still looking good.

GUIDANCE Looks good, FLIGHT. Looks good. CUT TO: View from Eagle (Lunar Module) with part FLIGHT DIRECTOR of spacecraft in Rog foreground, as it descends toward lunar surface. ARMSTRONG Houston, you’re looking at our Delta H

ARMSTRONG 22:05 program alarm…it’s a 1202 An alarm flashes on screen! ALDRIN Feelings of 1202 Suspense! Graphic next to FUEL and ALTITUDE readouts: red FLIGHT CONTROLLER blinking “1202” 1202 alarm

CAPCOM 1202…what’s that?

39 FLIGHT CONTROLLER 1202 alarm

JACK GARMAN It’s executive overflow, if it does not occur again, we’re fine. If it has not occurred again, continue

FLIGHT CONTROLLER Ok, we’re go

ARMSTRONG Give us a reading on the 1202 program alarm

GUIDANCE We’re go

CAPCOM Roger, we got you, we’re go on that alarm

ARMSTRONG Roger

ALDRIN Same alarm and it appears to come up when we have a 16/68 up

FLIGHT CONTROLLER 22:50 6 plus 25. Throttle down. 6 plus 25 The alarm is back! Graphic next to FUEL and throttle down. Feelings of even ALTITUDE readouts: red more suspense! blinking “1202” ARMSTRONG Throttle down on time Music builds dramatically. ALDRIN You can feel it in here when it throttles down. Better than the simulator

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FLIGHT DIRECTOR Okay all flight controllers, Go/No Go for landing. RETRO

RETRO Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR FIDO

FIDO Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR GUIDANCE

GUIDANCE Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR CONTROL

CONTROL Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR TELCOM

TELCOM Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR GNC

GNC Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR EECOM

41 EECOM Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR SURGEON

SURGEON Go

FLIGHT DIRECTOR CAPCOM, we’re go for landing

CAPCOM Eagle, Houston. You’re go for landing. Over

ALDRIN Roger, understand. Go for landing. 3000 feet. Program alarm

ALDRIN 1201

Graphic next to FUEL and ARMSTRONG ALTITUDE readouts: red 1201 blinking “1201” GUIDANCE Same type, we’re go FLIGHT

CAPCOM We’re go

ARMSTRONG pretty rocky area

CONTROL Attitude hold

FLIGHT DIRECTOR Ok, at hold

42 ALDRIN 100 feet 3 and half down. 9 forward. 5%

CAPCOM Think we better be quiet flight

FLIGHT DIRECTOR Rog…Ok the only call outs from now on will be fuel

CONTROL Standby for 60…

FLIGHT DIRECTOR Rog

CONTROL 23:35 60 Music changes to a heavy beat as FLIGHT DIRECTOR the moon’s 60 seconds surface “FUEL” in graphic glows approaches. yellow CAPCOM 60 seconds

ALDRIN lights on…feet down 2 1/2...5 feet

ARMSTRONG Ok, Houston. looks like a good area here

ALDRIN Looking good, down a half. 2 forward, forward. 40 feet down, 2 ½…picking up some dust…30 feet, 2 ½ down

CONTROL 30

43 FLIGHT DIRECTOR 30 seconds

“FUEL” IN GRAPHIC ALDRIN GLOWS RED 4 forward. 4 forward. Drifting to the right a little…20 feet, down a half…drifting forward just a little…light

ARMSTRONG Contact light. Shutdown

ALDRIN Ok, engine stop…ACA out of detent

ARMSTRONG out of detent. Auto

ARMSTRONG Mode control both auto. Descent Engine Command Override, off. Engine Arm, off. 413 is in

ARMSTRONG Engine arm is off

CAPCOM We copy you down, Eagle

24:30 Feelings of Joy and Relief! CUT TO: Deke Slayton, Charlie Duke, and Jim ARMSTRONG Lovell sitting at consoles. Houston, ah. here. Charlie Duke makes a The Eagle has landed gesture of relief. Slayton raises his arm to quiet the CAPCOM applause Roger twan-Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of

44 guys about to turn blue. We’re breathing again. Thanks a lot.

CUT TO: of LM on lunar surface ARMSTRONG Thank you. Very smooth touchdown

CUT TO: MOCR Personnel, smiling.

25:30 CUT TO: Shadow of LM on Feelings of awe lunar surface and wonderment.

CUT TO: Charlie Duke at console, smiling

FADE IN: Photo of lunar surface taken from LM. The first photo taken by a human on another world. LM thruster visible in foreground. Panning right to show shadow of LM

CUT TO: Photo of LM with ARMSTRONG Earth visible beyond it Houston, that may have seemed like a very long final phase. The auto targeting was taking us right into a CUT TO: Photo of LM football field sized crater, and it shadow on lunar surface required us flying manually over the rock field to find a reasonably good CUT TO: Photo of area alternate angle of lunar surface, showing shadow of LM CAPCOM

45 CUT TO: Photo of a rocky Roger, we copy. It was beautiful from area of lunar surface. here. Be advised there are lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world. Over. FADE TO BLACK

INT. MOCR Heart rate PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER display at surgeon’s We have some heartrates for Neil console. Zoom out to Armstrong during that powered flight controllers looking descent to the lunar surface. At the at consoles in the MOCR time the burn was initiated, Armstrong’s heartrate was 110, at touchdown on the lunar surface he had a heartrate of 156 and the heart rate is now in the 90s…

26:50 View from LM window PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Feelings of being showing shadow of LM on …and we do not have biomedical data amazed. lunar surface. on Buzz Aldrin About to take the first step on the ARMSTRONG moon. The hatch is coming open

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Hatch reported coming open at 109 hours, 8 minutes, 5 seconds

INT. MOCR: View on CAPCOM consoles and projection And we’re getting a picture on the TV screens of TV signal from lunar surface

ALDRIN CUT TO: View from LM OK window, Armstrong’s shoulder visible as he begins to descend ladder

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View of Neil Armstrong ARMSTRONG from LM window as he I’m at the foot of the ladder. The LM 27:40 reaches bottom of ladder footpads are only depressed in the Feelings of surface about one or two inches, amazement! although the surface appears to be very, very fine grained as you get close to it, it’s almost like a powder. Ground mass is very fine…I’m going to step off the LM now…that’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.

ARMSTRONG It has a stark beauty all its own. It’s like the much of the high desert of CUT TO: Inside MOCR, the . It’s different, but it’s flight controllers watch very pretty out here. screens

CUT TO: Flight controllers watching screens inside MOCR

Series of photos of Aldrin ALDRIN emerging from LM and How far are my feet from the… coming down ladder ARMSTRONG Ok, you’re right at the edge of the porch

ALDRIN Ok, now I want to back up and partially close the hatch…making sure not to lock it on my way out…

ARMSTRONG [Laughter] Particularly good thought

ARMSTRONG

47 You’re on…You’ve got three more steps, then a long one.

ALDRIN CUT TO: Split Screen, left Beautiful view panel--flight controllers watching TV feed of ARMSTRONG Aldrin standing on lunar Isn’t that something? Magnificent surface next to ladder. sight out here Right panel---TV feed of Aldrin standing on lunar ALDRIN surface next to ladder. Magnificent desolation

CAPCOM We’re getting a new picture, you can tell it’s a longer focal length lens CUT TO: Split Screen, left panel—image from ARMSTRONG window of LM, showing For those who haven’t read the shadow on lunar surface. plaque, we’ll read the plaque that’s on Right panel—video feed the front landing gear of the LM. “Here of Armstrong and Aldrin men from the planet earth first set standing next to LM foot upon the moon. AD. We landing gear. Left panel came in peace for all mankind” CUTS TO image of plaque on landing gear. Tracking shot in front of CAPCOM consoles in MOCR Columbia this is Houston reading you loud and clear, over.

COLLINS Yeah, reading you loud and clear. How’s it going?

CAPCOM Roger, the EVA is progressing beautifully. They’re setting up the flag now.

COLLINS Great!

48 CUT TO: Shot of TV feed on projection screen in CAPCOM MOCR as Aldrin and I guess you’re about the only person Armstrong set up around that doesn’t have TV coverage American Flag of the scene

COLLINS How is the quality of the TV?

CAPCOM Oh, it’s beautiful Mike. It really is. They’ve got the flag up now and you can see the stars and stripes from the lunar surface

COLLINS CUT TO: Split screen, left Beautiful, just beautiful panel—view from LM of Armstrong and Aldrin near flag. Right Panel— view from TV camera showing Armstrong and Aldrin near flag with LM in background

CUT TO: Photos of Aldrin saluting flag

Series of photos PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER documenting the set-up of The SEQ bay contains the scientific the lunar experiments to be left on the surface experiments of the moon.

ALDRIN You got us a good area picked out?

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Buzz Aldrin carrying the two experiments

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ARMSTRONG Straight out on that rise out there is probably as good as any

ALDRIN I’m going to have to get on the other side of this rock here

ARMSTRONG The reflector is installed, and the bubble’s level and the alignment appears to be good.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER They’ve been on their life support systems 2 hours and 25 minutes

ALDRIN Houston, I have the seismic experiment flipped over now and I’m aligning it with the sun and all parts of the solar array are clear of the ground now

Photo of Aldrin on lunar ALDRIN surface. Armstrong and Anything more before I head on up, LM are visible in Bruce? reflection in visor.

CAPCOM Negative, head on up the ladder, Buzz

ALDRIN Adios, amigos.

ARMSTRONG OK CUT TO: Photo of the lunar surface covered in PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

50 Transferring the sample containers into the LM cabin now. Unofficial time off the surface at 111:37:32

CUT TO: Series of photos ALDRIN of Aldrin and Armstrong Ok, the hatch is closed and latched and inside LM verified secure

ARMSTRONG OK

CAPCOM And we’d like to say from all of us down here in Houston and really from CUT TO: Photo of LM with all of us in all the countries in the Earth beyond it entire world, we think you’ve done a magnificent job up there today. Over.

ARMSTRONG Thank you very much

ALDRIN It’s been a long day

CAPCOM Yes indeed. Get some rest there and have at it tomorrow FADE TO BLACK Computer animation of PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER LM lifting off from lunar Almost 5,000 pounds of propellant surface and docking with will be run through the ascent engine CM. on the ascent burn which will place Eagle back into and GRAPHIC: following that, the rendezvous DAY 6 sequence…(indistinct)… completed GRAPHIC: with the docking at 128 hours LUNAR LIFTOFF & approximately. RENDEZVOUS

51 CUT TO: row of Mission PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Control administrators Flight Operations Director, Chris Kraft, including Chris Kraft. commented that some 500 million people around the world were helping push Eagle off the moon and back into orbit

INT MOCR Split screen, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER left panel— GUIDANCE reports both navigation at console. Right panel— systems on Eagle are looking good. black.

Motion Graphic: -00:00:18 LUNAR LIFTOFF ALDRIN [static] 9,8,7,6,5, abort stage, engine Left panel CUTS TO: series arm. Ascent. proceed. of flight controllers and 32:05 administrators Loud static of Rocket Blast Right panel CUTS TO: through radio. bright light then view from LM window as it lifts ARMSTRONG off. The Eagle has wings

CUT TO: full screen of ALDRIN view from LM window of Standby for lunar liftoff pitchover…pitchover…very smooth. …

ARMSTRONG We’re going right down U.S. 1

CAPCOM Roger

GUIDANCE 30 seconds, FLIGHT

52 CUT TO: split screen, left panel— Guidance officer . ALDRIN GRAPHIC 700, 150 up. Beautiful STEVE BALES GUIDANCE OFFICER (GUIDO) WHITE TEAM FLIGHT DIRECTOR TELCOM Right panel—flight controllers at consoles TELCOM with Eidophor screens GO beyond them. Right Panel cuts to close up on Eidophor screen showing CAPCOM positions of Columbia and Eagle, Houston. Aft Omni, low-bit rate, Eagle and we’ll see you at 127 plus 51

CUT TO: View from LM window of lunar surface passing below

CUT TO: View from CM window of lunar surface passing below. The LM PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER becomes visible far below 127 hours, 39 minutes, 39.2 seconds. and grows closer. This is the start time for a series of velocity match maneuvers to bring Eagle in with Columbia

ALDRIN Ah, Houston, the AGS has a Delta-H of 15.5 and a maneuver of 51.3

CAPCOM Roger, we copy

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PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER 33:15 As the two vehicles come around on Feelings of the 26th lunar revolution, Mike Collins anticipation as the aboard Columbia is spring loaded to two vehicles dock. do what is called a mirror image maneuver

ARMSTRONG Ok, we’re about [garbled] feet a second coming in at you

COLLINS Eagle, Columbia. I’ve got 470 now for R-dot, and I just broke lock. Could you hold silence for a few seconds here while I re-acquire

CUT TO: View of Columbia from LM as it rotates nose forward COLLINS: Columbia has reacquired you CUT TO: View of Eagle from Columbia, growing ARMSTRONG nearer Ok, Mike, I’ll try to get in position here and then you got it CUT TO: Split screen, left panel—Columbia. Right COLLINS panel—Eagle. Each Eagle, Columbia’s starting to growing larger in frame maneuver to TPI attitude

ARMSTRONG OK

CUT TO: Full screen view of Columbia from Eagle

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CUT TO: Full screen view from Columbia of Eagle as ARMSTRONG it rotates into docking [Garbled} position

CUT TO: Split screen, left panel—Columbia. Right panel—Eagle. Each growing larger in frame

CUT TO: Full screen view of Eagle

CUT TO: Full screen view of Columbia

CUT TO: Full screen view ARMSTRONG of Eagle Looks good, Mike

CUT TO: Full screen view of Columbia

CUT TO: Full screen view 35:50 of Eagle, getting closer A docking sound is and docking heard. Feelings of relief. CUT TO: View from LM ALDRIN window of CM, now Ok, we’re all yours, Columbia attached ALDRIN Tell ‘em to open up the LRL , Charlie CUT TO: SPLIT SCREEN Flight controllers at their CAPCOM consoles, including Gene Roger, we got you coming home Kranz and Charlie Duke

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CUT TO: CHARLIE DUKE SMILING

Shot of Earth from CM ALDRIN window Let’s get some music…how about these tapes?

36:20 GRAPHIC: Song: Mother Country by John Begin fun music DAY 7 Stewart over radio. MOTION GRAPHIC: -37:51:34 RE-ENTRY

CUT TO: interior of CM, a When a century was and a tape recorder flipping end century had died over end About these good old days, the old CUT TO: Split screen, left lady replied panel—Mike Collins shaving, right panel Aldrin Why, they were just a lot of people, looking into camera. doing the best they could 36:35 Music is suddenly Right panel CUTS TO: TV clear and joyous! display in MOCR showing Aldrin looking at a Just a lot of people, doing the best they canister in his hands. could Panning over to show flight controllers watching

Left panel CUTS TO flight controllers looking at notes in MOCR

Right Panel CUTS TO flight controller watching And then the lady said that they did it screen pretty up and walking good

CUT TO: Flight controller watching TV feed of Collins eating Whatever happened to those faces in the old photographs?

56 CUT TO: alternate view of flight controller watching feed

CUT TO: Flight controller in MOCR 37:10 I mean the little boys. Boys—hell they Feelings of CUT TO: Camera zooms in were men excitement grow. on Charlie Duke smiling in MOCR

CUT TO: Split screen, left panel—Armstrong in CM. Center panel—Aldrin in CM. Right panel—Collins And here they come…sitting straight in CM and proud

CUT TO: Computer And he’s driving her stone blind animation showing trajectory of Apollo 11 as it returns to Earth. Breaks And would you look at her into split screen: center panel—Apollo 11 patch on flight suit. Right panel—Recovery ship, Ah, she never looked finer, always USS Hornet better than today

CUT TO: Full screen aerial shot of USS Hornet.

Graphic: Sweetheart on parade U.S.S. HORNET RECOVERY SHIP And the people cheered

CUT TO: Split screen, left Why I even saw grown men break panel—controllers at right down and cry consoles. Center panel— controllers at consoles.

Graphic RECOVERY ROOM HOUSTON, TEXAS

57 And the sun it is going down for Mr. Right panel—controllers Bouie at consoles watching displays.

Each panel cuts to different shot of controllers preparing for re-entry

CUT TO: Radar antennas on USS Hornet

CUT TO: ARIA aircraft in flight over deck of USS As he’s singing with his class of 1902 Hornet

CUT TO: aboard deck of USS Hornet

CUT TO: Split screen. Left panel—Buzz Aldrin in CM. Right panel—Carl Seiberlich, Commander of the USS Hornet talking to a member of the ship’s Oh, mother country, I do love you crew.

Right panel CUTS TO: technician mounting camera on helicopter on deck of USS Hornet.

Left panel CUTS TO: 38:13 Charlie Duke watching TV Music suddenly screen in MOCR cuts back to radio. Right panel CUTS TO: helicopter being lowered from deck of USS Hornet Oh, mother country, I do love you

58 Left panel CUTS TO: Flight controllers in MOCR

Right panel CUTS TO: radar display aboard USS Hornet

Left panel CUTS TO: Deke Slayton talking to Bruce McCandless in MOCR

Right panel CUTS TO: technicians prepping the mobile unit

CUT TO: tape recorder flipping aboard the CM

CUT TO: Armstrong at controls of CM, looks into camera View of Earth from ARMSTRONG window of CM Hey-this should be getting larger. And if it is, it’s the place we’re coming home to. No matter where you travel, it’s always nice to get home

CAPCOM We concur, 11…we’ll be happy to have you back Black. ARMSTRONG …good S-band signal strength now, GRAPHIC: Houston? FINAL TV BROADCAST FROM SPACE CAPCOM Ok, you’re coming through loud and GRAPHIC: clear now, 11, with your patch. DAY 8

MOTION GRAPHIC: -18:18:27 RE-ENTRY ALDRIN

59 This has been far more than three SPLIT SCREEN: Left men on a voyage to the moon. We feel 38:15 Panel—flight controllers that this stands as a symbol of the Feelings of Pride in MOCR watching TV insatiable curiosity of mankind to and transmission. Right explore the unknown Accomplishment. panel—black. Left Panel CUTS TO alternate shot of flight controllers watching video feed. Right panel—Aldrin speaking to camera COLLINS aboard CM. Left panel This operation is somewhat like the cuts to alternate shot of periscope of a submarine: all you see flight controllers in is the three of us. But beneath the MOCR. surface are thousands and thousands Left panel CUTS TO of others. Michael Collins talking to camera aboard CM. Right panel CUTS TO ARMSTRONG technicians in hangar We’d like to give a special thanks to all watching broadcast. Right those Americans who built the panel CUTS TO hundreds spacecrafts. Who did the construction, of technicians seated in design, the tests, and put their hearts hangar watching and all their abilities into those crafts. transmission. CUT TO: To those people, we give a special center panel—Neil thank you. And to all the other people Armstrong talking to that are listening and watching camera. Left panel CUTS tonight, God bless you. Goodnight TO: technicians watching from Apollo 11. broadcast. Right panel CUTS TO: flight controllers in MOCR watching transmission. Right panel CUTS TO technicians in hangar. Left panel CUTS TO technicians in hangar. Right panel CUTS TO technicians standing in a group in hangar. Left panel CUTS TO technicians standing in a

60 group. Right panel CUTS TO technicians standing and seated in a group. Right and left panels CUT TO black. Black.

GRAPHIC: DAY 9

MOTION GRAPHIC: -00:30:08 RE-ENTRY PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER FADE IN on deck of USS Weather in the recovery area: skies Hornet. ARIA aircraft at will be partly cloudy, 6-foot sea, edge of deck. Sun low over temperature near 80 degrees the horizon

40:05 PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Slightly loud This landing area is 215 miles to the sound of a CUT TO: helicopter takes northeast from the original landing Helicopter. off from deck of USS area, moved because of Hornet thundershowers in the original area

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Apollo 11’s distance now is 3000 CUT TO: Computer nautical miles, velocity now 26,685 animation showing Apollo feet per second. In the next 20 11 re-entry trajectory, and minutes, Apollo 11 will add almost maneuver to 10,000 feet per second to that figure. Entry at 75 statute miles. Beginning Graphic: blackout at 62 statute miles. And main RE-ENTRY shoot deployment 10,500 feet

CUT TO: Radar antenna aboard USS Hornet with moon visible beyond.

61 Graphic:

U.S.S. HORNET—ON STATION AT LANDING AREA

View from window of CM, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER at first just black but Guidance officer reports the window begins to glow Command Module computer looks red as atmosphere good and the guidance and navigation friction increases. system is go

Motion graphic: CAPCOM -00:00:18 RE-ENTRY And 11, Houston. You’re going over VELOCITY 24641MPH the hill there shortly, you’re looking mighty fine to us

ARMSTRONG See you later

ALDRIN 41:15 There’s your horizon Louder sounds as they begin re- Earth’s horizon comes ARMSTRONG entry. .. into view. Got the horizon now Grows even louder.

CUT TO BLACK PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER 42:05 And beginning of blackout Suddenly silence. CUT TO: Flight controllers approximately 17 seconds after entry Feelings of at consoles in MOCR interface into the atmosphere. Anticipation. 400,000 feet or approximately 85 CUT TO: Flight miles above the Earth Controllers in MOCR

CUT TO: Crewmen in bridge of USS Hornet, one SATELLITE TRACKING STATION with binoculars (indistinct) LOS

REDSTONE TRACKING STATION

62 CUT TO: Close up of LOS. Blackout crewman with binoculars in bridge of USS Hornet

CAPCOM CUT TO: ARIA aircraft in Apollo 11, Houston, through ARIA flight

CUT TO: Split screen, left and right panels show personnel in MOCR waiting for signal

CUT TO: Split screen, left and right panels show personnel in MOCR wait for signal

CUT TO: Split screen, left and right show personnel in MOCR waiting for CAPCOM signal Apollo 11, Houston, through ARIA 4

CUT TO: Personnel in MOCR wait for signal

CUT TO: Personnel in MOCR wait for signal

CUT TO: Personnel in MOCR wait for signal

CUT TO: Aircraft on deck of USS Hornet

CUT TO: Crewmen on FLIGHT DIRECTOR deck of USS Hornet Ok, CAPCOM, one last call here then we’ll have to give up and let the CUT TO: Recovery room Recovery people have it personnel CAPCOM Apollo 11, Houston through ARIA

63 CUT TO: Crewmen performing navigation tasks aboard USS Hornet

CUT TO: Radar display aboard USS Hornet

CUT TO: Series of shots of personnel in MOCR waiting for contact

EXT. LANDING AREA RECOVERY OFFICER Shoots deploying from Apollo 11, Apollo 11 this is Hornet Command Module Hornet, over 43:20 Feelings of Joy! COLLINS This is Apollo 11, reading you loud and clear. Our position—1330 16915

And Celebration! FLIGHT CONTROLLER There they are!

CUT TO: Series of shots: RECOVERY OFFICER MOCR personnel Condition of crew. Over applauding and celebrating pan over to projection screens ARMSTRONG The condition of the crew…4,000- CUT TO: aerial shot of CM 3500 feet on the way down. Latitude, descending with chutes longitude, 13. 30; 169.15…over deployed

RECOVERY OFFICER CUT TO: view from Hornet roger, copy. Out Command Module of chutes PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

64 Hornet reports spacecraft right on target point CUT TO: aerial shot of CM Splashing down RESCUE PERSONNEL Splashdown!

RECOVERY OFFICER Hornet copies

Helicopters circling CM in water SWIM 1 This is SWIM 1 the Command Module is at stable 1

RECOVERY OFFICER Hornet roger CUT TO: CM in water with rescue divers PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER approaching Stable 1 now, stable 1

COLLINS Our condition is we’re all three excellent. We’re just fine, take your time

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER That was Mike Collins reporting the crew is excellent CUT TO: Astronaut being lifted in cage by RESCUE OFFICER helicopter The third astronaut is in the (indistinct) and on his way up

CUT TO: Rescue (INDISTINCT) helicopter landing on deck of Hornet RECOVERY 1 44:50 This is RECOVERY 1, I have three Feelings of CUT TO: Spectators, astronauts aboard…tower frequency celebration as the including , tower frequency crowd cheers!

65 watch landing from Hornet HORNET RECOVERY 1, HORNET,Understand Big Swimmer has completed his decontamination of the Command Module

CUT TO: Recovery PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER helicopter taxis in on deck The elevator will take Recovery 1 of Hornet down to the hangar deck where the crew will enter the Mobile Quarantine Facility

CUT TO: Rescue helicopter being lowered from deck of hornet. Spectators and band stands on deck

CUT TO: Personnel in MOCR watching the Recovery

EXT. DECK OF USS HORNET Split screen: left panel—crew exiting recovery helicopter and entering mobile quarantine unit. Right panel-- personnel in MOCR celebrating

CUT TO: Interior of Mobile Quarantine Facility as crew enters PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER And the flags are waving and the CUT TO: Personnel in cigars are being lit up and clear across MOCR celebrating the big board in front is President John F Kennedy’s message to congress of May, 1961

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JOHN F. KENNEDY CUT TO: Projection screen …even though I realize that this is in at front of MOCR showing some measure an act of faith and quote by John F Kennedy vision. For we do not now know…

45:55 CUT TO: The crew smiling Feelings of and waving from the …what benefits await us. But if I were happiness! window of the Mobile to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall Quarantine Facility send to the moon,

CUT TO: The crew …240,000 miles away from the control speaking to personnel station in Houston… from the window of the Mobile Quarantine …a giant rocket, more than 300 feet Facility tall. Fitted together with a precision better than the finest watch… CUT TO: series of shots of flight controllers celebrating

CUT TO: USS Hornet, its …carrying all the equipment needed decks lined with for propulsion, guidance, control, crewmen, a banner communications, food and survival. reading “Hornet +3 On an untried mission, to an unknown Apollo 11”. Panning over celestial body… to show Mobile Quarantine unit on deck. …and then return it safely to Earth, CUT TO: M/S of mobile reentering the atmosphere at speeds quarantine facility of over 25,000 miles per hour, causing heat about half that on the CUT TO: series of shots of temperature of the sun, almost as hot spectators waiving and as it is here today, and do all this, and taking photos of Mobile do all this and do it right, and do it Quarantine Unit first, before this decade is out…

CUT TO: The CM being Then we must be bold lifted from the water onto the deck of the hornet

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CUT TO: President Kennedy at lectern making speech

FADE TO BLACK GRAPHIC: For Al and Theo

End Card: Apollo 11-- listing mission personnel from Apollo 11

END CREDITS

GRAPHIC: DEDICATED TO THE THOUSANDS OF NASA STAFF, CONTRACTORS, AND VOLUNTEERS OF APOLLO

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