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Apollo 12: Uncensored
Actor(s): Apollo Series
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0030306755731
Format(s): ColorNTSC
Label: Mpi Home Video
Language(s): English Original Language
List Price: $19.98
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Product Group: Video
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Release Date: 2003-08-26
Running Time: 44minutes
Studio: Mpi Home Video
UPC: 030306755731
Editorial Reviews
Description:
The Apollo series captures the events of five of NASA's tremendously successful and groundbreaking manned missions to the moon. Before these expeditions, the moon was a topic full of speculation and debate. The Apollo program ended those discussions and replaced hypothesis with fact. Each documentary is loaded with stunning footage from the lunar missions and interviews with crewmembers, historians and NASA personnel involved in each flight. Behind the scenes stories, mission objectives, astronaut training, barriers and significant scientific discoveries are detailed. Apollo 12: Uncensored
Apollo 12 served as the second manned mission to the moon. The mission began with what almost became certain disaster. Lightening struck the rocket twice during liftoff, cutting all electrical power. Mission control thought the mission would have to abort but after major collaborations they were able to re-power all systems and the mission went on as planned. The astronauts were equipped with a color television camera but it was rendered useless after one of the astronauts pointed it at the sun.
Customer Reviews Average rating - 4.0
Rating - 4 Date: 2003-11-27
Content: Apollo 12 is the most obscure mission, in that the TV feed was stopped after Alan Bean inadvertently pointed the camera at the sun. This VHS seeks to correct that error by presenting the story of the mission. This includes interviews with all members of the crew, along with other key NASA controllers.Unfortunately due to the lack of motion picture source, the majority of footage is from other Lunar missions. However, this does not really distract from the overall presentation, as all vision is in context with what is being described. Overall a very informative documentary well worth the purchase price. My only beef is that it is not available on DVD, and thus the 4/5 rating.
Summary: Great VHS
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