National Archive employees collaborated closely with filmmakers to digitize their film footage at high resolution for better clarity than would have been possible with original technical restrictions. Miller did not exploit this aspect in his movie. Instead, Miller used this image of astronauts wearing spacesuits as an allusion to their monumental mission and its associated…
Apollo 11 immediately seduces viewers with its breathtaking clarity. From its meticulous depiction of moving trains on their journey towards launch pads to minute details depicted within the space capsule itself, every moment in this film feels intensely present and real. Miller’s film features only archived footage with minimal animated details to provide clarity for…
NFSA’s archive footage of the July 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing demonstrates humanity at its finest, from cars driving along highways to picnic rugs in Florida’s Merritt Island where sideburns and Instamatic cameras fill the screen in eagerness and expectation. But Miller appears to have hastened the editing of these tapes; his goal was likely…
On July 16, 1969, when Apollo 11 launches into space for its historic mission, millions of people will watch it unfold on television screens worldwide and document it via various forms of filming. The onboard lunar camera recorded in an unconventional format that required conversion for broadcast TV broadcast. Image quality varied depending on which…
