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Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch Camera E-8

Mark Gray · 10.5M views · 2013-04-08 · 8:43

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Overview

Raw 500 fps footage from Camera E-8 on the launch tower for the Apollo 11 Saturn V liftoff, transferred in HD from the 16mm original. More than eight minutes of film covers about 30 seconds of real time.

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HN commenters recommend it for its slow-motion view of the first seconds of liftoff and cite it when comparing launch pads and engine behavior.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2016–2024

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What people said

iClaudiusX · 2019-04 · Recommendation

Here is 500 fps film of the Saturn V launch for Apollo 11, narrated by Mark Gray. It explains the sequence of events over the course of 8+ minutes (30 seconds real time). [VIDEO]

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NaOH · 2017-02 · Recommendation

This version of the same video includes informative narration of what are the first 30 seconds after Apollo 11 liftoff: [VIDEO]

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voidUpdate · 2024-06 · Reference

You could protect it in the same way they shielded the pad cameras during apollo (such as the E-8 camera [VIDEO] ), with a quartz shield

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