| Gemini Finale: Program's Triumph Prepares Moon-Shoot | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1754 |
| Catalog #: | 425552 | |
| Clip Number: | 425552-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-093-02 | |
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| Location: | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Courage CROWDS: Misc. LOCATIONS/ATLANTIC OCEAN: Misc PHOTOGRAPHY: Misc SPACE EXPLORATION: Astronauts / Cosmonauts SPACE EXPLORATION: Space Orbiters SPACE EXPLORATION: Space Walks SPACE EXPLORATION: Splashdowns | |
| Description: | NO AUDIO The final flight of the Gemini Space Program, Gemini 12, caps the project on a note of triumph. Astronauts Lovell and Aldrin return with films showing Aldrin's record-breaking "working" spacewalk of over two hours. Next space step: Apollo program...aimed toward the moon. Establishing shot - Naval helicopter taking off from the deck of the USS Wasp. CU - Commanding Naval officer looking through binoculars. LS - Aerial - The re-entry and splashdown of the Gemini 12 spacecraft at the close of the mission, 11/15/66, in the Atlantic Ocean. High Angle Shot - Gemini 12 floating in the ocean. High Angle Shot - The rubber raft next to the Gemini 12, space craft. In the raft James A. Lovell Jr. Command Pilot and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. Pilot. Shot from helicopter - One of the astronauts being lifted up into the helicopter. High Angle Shot - The second astronaut gets lifter up into the helicopter. CUS - The two astronauts inside the helicopter. MS - Aboard the USS Wasp they have a welcome banner welcoming the two astronauts, sailors and officers all lined up at the railing's so they can see the retrieval of the astronauts. MS - Astronaut Lovell and Aldrin disembarking from the helicopter. MS - Astronaut Aldrin takes off his hat and waves it to the camera.. CU - Sailors standing on the deck of the USS Wasp. MS - Aldrin conducted ultraviolet photography and Earth photography in his spacewalk. CU - Aldrin in outer space with the backdrop of the planet Earth behind him. MS - Aldrin installing hand rails on Gemini 12 and performing different tasks on the space craft. Buzz Aldrin broke a record spending 5 hours and 30 minutes out in space. CUS - The two Astronauts holding sabers in their hands cutting their Gemini 12, Welcome Home cake. CU - Aldrin and Lovell drinking coffee and eating cake. Yum! | |
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