7.9
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.
Neil Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Buzz Aldrin
Self (archive footage)
Michael Collins
Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
Bruce McCandless II
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Duke
Self (archive footage)
Andy Aldrin
Self
Patricia Mary Finnegan
Self
Janet Armstrong
Self
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Jim Lovell
Self
Gene Kranz
Self - Flight Director White Team
H. David Reed
Self - Flight Dynamics Officer
Clifford E. Charlesworth
Self - Flight Director Green Team
Deke Slayton
Self - Director of Flight Crew Operations
Bill Anders
Self - Backup Command Module Pilot
Director
Todd Douglas Miller
May 29, 2019
9
With so much crystal-clear recorded footage of the moon landing available, the story of ‘Apollo 11’ feels more like a time-travelling thriller and less like a conventional documentary. It’s a virtuoso feat of editing, and awe-inspiring in a way that rescues that phrase from cliché. We're not so much hearing what happened in the past as seeing it happen before our eyes. - Jake Watt
Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-apollo-11-a-transcendent-journey-to-the-moon
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