Classic NASA Film Collection

This collection contains 4 movies and is 87 minutes of video.

Title Description
Duration
Ham the Chimp

Story of Ham the chimpanzee, from the preflight testing to the launch and recovery of his capsule - a miniature version of the same used later in the mercury launches.

Sound, B&W
9:13
Highlights 1965

A film touting the accomplishments of NASA for the year 1965. Including the Lunar and planetary program, physics and astronomy, bioscience, manned space science, Launch vehicle and propulsion, meteorological, communications and navigation. Mention of whirlybird the first commercial communication satellite. Photos of possible moon landing sites, progress report on surveyor, and mariner.

Sound, Color
39:38
NASA Apollo

Brief history of mankind, leading up to the Apollo program. History of the Apollo 11 mission, from the loading of the astronauts, Armstrong, Allen, Aldrin. Fantastic launch footage, and actual audio from the capsule. Great coverage from the on module cameras of the landing on the moon, with audio. Watch the first steps on the moon, along with the immortal quote.

Sound, Color
34:11
Golf

Footage of the first golf shot on the moon.

Sound, color
3:14