#54 is probably our first full Documentary - (not counting Nanook, which is sort of a docudrama) - This film is quite simply a document of the Apollo missions as shot by NASA, who apparently had thousands of hours of film in the archives that had never been seen before by the public.
Strictly speaking it is footage of all nine missions, and they are intercut to appear as one mission, from boarding the spacecraft, to launch, to the lander and moonwalks, back to re-entry - the Astronauts on the missions narrate some of the action and what they saw.
It's honestly something I wasn't sure I'd get into too much but when you remember again what we did - (and haven't done since) - it seems like such a massive undertaking - the sheer size of the Saturn rockets, the amazement of Earth from a distance, and some of the footage was incredibly clear - (and some was 16mm grainy) -
it's a pretty good film - there's a few extras on Filmstruck - There is also apparently - (though I didn't find it) - an ingenious use of closed captioning that is used JUST to identify faces and voices in the documentary, as you might be curious which Astronaut and mission is being seen at the time.
it would be very interesting to see an extended version with lots more footage released - (they certainly had the footage) - but as it stands it seems like just the right length - good stuff and a nice change up from the usual foreign film fare.
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