Apollo 4 Launch - Flight Director Loop
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- Apollo 4 Launch - Flight Director Loop
Here is the Flight Director Loop for Apollo 4. Until 2024 this tape has been in the US National Archive and was only digitised a few days ago (it is February 17th 2024 as I write this). Nearly 60 years has passed since it was recorded.
Apollo 4 was an "all up" test of the Saturn V, launched November 9th 1967.
This video contains footage of the stacking of the Saturn V, the roll-out, NASA films of the time, photographs, film of the retrieval of the film pods and SIC booster pieces - A lot of what you are going to watch has never been seen until now.
Audio - the Flight Director Loop is the main audio here. There is very limited audio of the PAO loop for the mission. The last 3 minutes of the count are all that I can find in complete form. The audio for the PAO comes from 4 sources - NASA tape (which is very incomplete) NBC/CBS TV and radio broadcasts live on the day and the Smithsonian collection. You will be able to tell they are different sources but they have been mixed together to form as complete a record as I think currently exists.
Audio is a two track channel - headphones are advised
The Flight Director Loop is just an awesome listen!
My thanks go to Mike Fried who helped me secure the NA audio and the stacking and film recovery footage and to Johannes Kempanen whose help with the documentation surrounding the SII camera pods and SIC recovery were invaluable.
Ed Hengeveld supplied the photos
All film and photos courtesy NA and NASA
All audio courtesy NASA/CBS/NBC/Smithsonian
Orbiter and KSP simulators used for launch sequences
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Oh man! This is simply the Apollo mission audio I've been looking forward to the most!
The perfect sound of flight controllers guiding SATURN V on its maiden flight!
Looks like another great job LM-5.
Yes this is the one I have been searching for many years now and finally it's here!
@@lunarmodule5 You did phenomenal.
I just wish CBS News would go find the Apollo 4 live TV recording of Cronkite!
@@goldenpacificmedia they have it, they just won't release it for some reason
I cannot believe the detail that’s in this video !! I mean the ullage casings ? Wow! This is like a yearly thing for me every November 9th ! I was like 4-1/2 years old , and ( of course ) I can remember in detail , I can remember those old “ Gulf” & “ Bell Western” commercials & lead in’s for T.V coverage !
Thank you LM5 ! You are a hero to us old space guys!!😀😀😀🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@bobstigall8206 thanks Bob
The definitive source for accurate space history -LM5 never disappoints with these marvellous recreations of our first steps into the void. Excellent to hear Glynn Lunney again showing his mastery of system direction and leadership.
As someone once said " Glynn is a perfectly normal human being -apart from being three hours ahead of everyone else! "
His expertise and leadership during Apollo 13 saved the astronaut's lives at that critical time when the CSM was dying and the LM had to be brought up in record time.
Glynn is a legend
Thank you for this great comment. I’ve met Lovell and Aldrin, and admire all the crews and controllers, but Glynn is the one who is my personal hero. I’m proud to have an autographed copy of his book on my bookshelf.
For the records: In 1967 they could conduct an all-up launch of the world's largest rocket and reach orbit at the first attempt...
hahahaha... yup... I've gotten some very unkind words sent my way from the fanboys when I helpfully point this out...
@@scottenglert4083....this was an " all up test" of the AS-501 Saturn V launch vehicle. 9-9-67.
I will never forget watching that launch live on TV. I was always a confirmed 'space nut' and had been looking forward to this first flight of the Saturn V ever since it was first described during the Gemini program. Many folks don't understand the significance of this first launch. This was the first time in US Rocket history that a complete three stage rocket was all-up tested at the same time. There was a lot riding on this first launch being successful.
Totally agree
1967 was such an amazing year. I wasn't around then but a lot of neat things happened then . Apollo 4, Sgt pepper, the ice bowl, shorter skirts.
Great, can't wait for that, will be great to listen to Glynn Lunney again! Could not follow too much over the last months due to health reasons, but will not miss this one!
Sorry to hear that KS. Hoping you are better soon. Will post the file in raw form in the Patron soon
@@lunarmodule5 Is Lunney "flight" on the loop?
@@goldenpacificmedia Yes he is.
Brilliant! Another triumph, Simon, as was the crucial "all up test" back in the days of my early teens. We were really experiencing "white knuckle" flights during the debut of the Saturn V, and were amazed back then (and, honestly, today, too) at the launch successes that the vehicle accomplished, becoming the "never fail" rocket. I wish you and all of your subscribers & fans could have been with us in the Sixties when Apollo was one of the very few sources of pride as a nation and a technological race. I recall being disappointed when the last 3 missions were canceled, as all but the Apollo 20 LM were already built. Few wanted to budget the operational costs of those flights, given the not-inconsiderable expense associated with Apollo missions. I'm just grateful for having lived during those events, as well as your efforts at creating these documentations. Again, bravo!
Thank you. Wish I had seen what you saw, but, it's important to hear from you guys now, it builds a picture from history and we get a feeling for what it was like to be there
Saturn 5's 1st voyage test 1967.
Bellissimo video per ricordare un memorabile programma che ha portato l Umanita sulla Lưna rispettando la fantadtica volonta đel lprrdidente USA J.F. Kennedy. Đã Cape Canaveral alle pianure đella base della Tranquillita alle montagne đi Fra Mauro. Complimenti sơno.anni.che seguo.con Voi queste missioni e ogni volta e sorprendente. Bươn lavoro "ragazzi" ún cordiale a presto per una.nuova avventura. ❤❤❤
Thanks Raul
Absolute fabulous Simon - as usual. What was the video feed bottom right just before liftoff ?
Thanks again LM5! This was the first beauty of the series.
It certainly was
Another absolutely amazing job. How do you do it? This footage has never been seen by most of us aficionados. Bravo!
Glad you liked it
Just think, from this unmanned first all-up test to man on the moon in less than 2 years🇺🇸. 2024 is so different
It was an amazing time in history
All in the money and the motivation..plus the whole country was focused on the goal back then..😊❤
Very relieved that we finally have a great Apollo 4 Launch video! The only one now that needs legit sleuthing is Apollo 6, only footage I have seen of that launch are some of the High-Speed cams and the B/W raw NASA feed.
Working on it but it's very hard footage to find
I remember hearing clips of the Apollo 6 FD loop on an ancient website that's long since disappeared. I hope it's something you can find! There's some... interesting debate when parts started falling off and engines cut out.
This is fantastic. I’ve never heard this audio before. I hope at some point you can get the Apollo 6 flight director loop. From what what I read in the Go Flight book. The loop was going crazy.
It's definitely on my bucket list
I've heard bits of it on a defunct website; I wish I've saved it. At one point Flight gives Booster this very calm but also clearly incredulous "You've lost the engines?" in response to being told not one but two second stage engines have shut down...
Another wonderful surprise from lunar module 5. hey that rhymes LOL😅 once again thank you sir for your wonderful work
You are always welcome Joe
The second most-daring mission after STS-1. Put all them danged stages and ship together and see if the designs work and the tests were accurate.
This a really well curated archive - outstanding work .
VB has a unique , eloquent accent . The Launch Control Centre is really futuristic looking for the time - the firing-rooms are huge - with long rows of consoles - but it's the MOCR that gets all the glory - I must up my knowledge because it looks hellishly complicated to get the Saturn beast up and past the tower . Amazing to think Apollo 8 was the first manned flight of this fantastic beast .
Epic!
I was born the next day - no wonder I became a space enthusiast. Thanks for another fantastic video.
Welcome as always
Phenomenal work LM5! You are nominal and 100x100
Thank you
my god no way this tape has been made public 😍😍😍😍😍😍, thank god im subscribed to your channel
Welcome as always Yasmine...hope all ok
@@lunarmodule5 All is ok 😊, proud to contribute to your work
@@yassm I can't thank you enough for what you do through the Patron, it really does help me get the material etc. I hope you caught the latest goodies I put in the Patron from this video!
@@lunarmodule5 Yes I did 😊
Good footage of Glynn Lunney, the true badass flight director!
Thanks as always LM5! Great, rare audio and outstanding graphics as usual. As a deep admirer of Glynn Lunney, this is now a personal favorite!
Welcome as always!!
There is so much of this I could not understand at all, and had to rewind it for the caption!
Another outstanding job! Thank you for all you do, LM5!
Thanks and you are very welcome
Look at that Rocket Go!! amazing work as always simon - this is where nasa says yes, we're really gonna make it to the moon!
Much thanks, LM5!! Sunday just got a whole lot better. Be well!
It's Sunday....lol
@@lunarmodule5 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭 still stands!!
A huge thank you for making this for us. I remembered something I had forgotten until I watched this. As a kid I remember wondering why they were giving the speed as feet/second. And I had absolutely no idea how many miles/hour! My dad who was a lifelong NASA engineer from the very beginning and ending his career at NASA/JPL as the mission controller for Galileo. And yeah I do have some pretty cool stuff from his work. One is the original structural drafts for the Galileo probe. Some other stuff is from both of the Viking 1 & 2 missions for original photographs of the Martian surface.
Awesome to hear you still have his work, thanks for sharing
Is there any chance of Apollo 6 mission as well? Did you guys also find the audio flight director loop for this as well?
@@Jacobtootoo I am working on it!
Really lovely footage. Really sharp. Thanks 😉
Thanks Bas..hope all ok mate
Really enjoyed these. Great job 👏🏻
Hola LunarModule5, para cuando la Eva numero 2 del Apolo 16 ?? Te mando el enlace de la Eva 1 que me gusto mucho. Estoy esperando las otras Evas del 16 y del 17.
Apollo 16 Full Mission (Day 6) - Moon Walk 1
Am working on it Jorge...these ones taker months and months of work. I have said I intend to complete EVA2 sometimes this year. Regards LM5
@@lunarmodule5 Gracias por contestar, seré paciente porque imagino que su vida no gira alrededor de este canal y tiene sus ocupaciones. Saludos.
I never get enough of these Saturn V launches! Thanks for your videos!
welcome!
Simon, thanks for the pictures. I always love the extra still shots. the video is a true piece of space history. fantastic work! best wishes Jim
Thanks Jim - hope you also grabbed the audio track from the Patreon - regards Simon
Man, love hearing the rumbling and shaking in the commentary. Wish I could've been alive to see it live, but this is the next best thing. Awesome work!
Thank you
Absolutely fascinating
STS-1 no doubt was the greatest test flight because of the live, human cargo but this all up test of the massive Saturn V has to be a close second. I'm always a bit disappointed by the network coverage and calls of these historic and incredibly risky and dangerous test flights. There's almost an expectation things will go just fine and the likes of Cronkite, Bergman, McGee et. al. never did express the gamble NASA took with this test. The entire man on the moon effort could have ended with a mishap on this flight (if the Saturn V had a first flight like Space X's super-heavy booster, that would have been the end). Uncle Walter's call is by far the best as he loses his cool, overwhelmed by the sheer power of the S-1C. "AWRRRUGH IT'S TERRIFIC our building is shaking! Look at that rocket GO into the sky at 3000 feet!!!
19:24 There’s the GOAT - Walter Cronkite! He did so much to promote the early space program!
Thank you for this one!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen any footage of the Navy recovering the cameras from the boosters! Cool stuff!
The film was in the national archives...we had it digitised...and here it is. I think it hasn't been seen since it was filmed
@@lunarmodule5 that actually made me smile and feel so good that there are people out there preserving this amazing story of what humanity can achieve. I will try to push this out to the “green feet” community. The families of those frogmen would love to see this. Hopefully some of the guys are still alive! My daughter just started her BFA in film and editing. I send her timestamped parts of your films to her all the time with the different ways you edit these. Thank you sincerely!
LM5, what is the helicopter video showing?
It's the recovery of the SII camera pods and parts of the S1C...there is a description on the screen before that film starts
Thank you Simon, Mike & Johannes for fishing this out of the archives and putting it together for us.
You are very welcome
Excellent, thank you LM5 !
Beautiful footage!
Thanks and you are welcome
That was another great presentation! Thank you!
Thanks Charlie
Now _that_ is a rocket.
So cool! Thank you for uploading this
Welcome!
Am I glad I found your channel. This is wicked cool, especially since if what you say is true, this has only been publicly available in this format for 3 days. Thank you
Thanks..yes the audio wasn't digitised until a few days ago. I think it was recorded on the day, and it is unlikely it was played back, though I can't be sure. It would have been stored, then archived at the national archives at some date. Although I do find film that has been seen before, but is currently not available on the archive for some reason, which indicates the film was used before, probably as a film to film transfer. But, because we haven't heard this tape before it is fairly safe to assume it has not been heard of since 1967... regards LM5
The fligh director loop videos are the best. Chris Kraft was truly a visionary. Thank you for your work LM5.
Welcome!
Another marvellous job LM5! The stereo on headphones is excellent and I've never seen these camera and booster recovery images before. Great effort Simon.
Thanks Mark...this one was full of first seen and heard ones!
Great stuff. PAO is loud relative to the Flight loop
13:24 that’s so cool that all those ground crew guys got to ride along.
Love this presentation! Well done?
Thanks Scott
Apollo 4.... awesome job dude!
Thanks!
I'm 62 and have spoken before about following space and writing 2:22 NASA since I was a kid. Each mission from Mercury thru Apollo had a sense of pioneering and danger to me. Can you imagine Glenn in that tin can for the first orbit? By Challenger, space flight became "routine" (only CNN covered the launch). The whole thing has always captivated me.
@@gregv79 me too...
@25.02 I can't believe they had USB's in 1967. Home computers were still years away back then! Is that why it was missing?
I think USB meant something else back then
Thank you so much!
Welcome
Great work again!
Thanks
Great historical footage!! Thanks for posting!!
You are most welcome
Wow thanks!👍🏼
Welcome
You are the best, LM5!!!
Thank you
LM5 - It's not my goal to be a "nitpicker," but I must point out that your animation, as good as it truly is, shows a Block 2 Apollo CSM. Unfortunately, Apollo 4 launched with a Block 1 spacecraft on top. Sorry. Otherwise, Brilliant!
Yeah I know but unfortunately the SIM doesn't yet show the boilerplate or block 1...so I have to use what's available
I'm surprised you didn't put "Uncle Walter" Cronkite's wild reporting while rocking around in his press trailer like dice in a crazy game of Backgammon. 🤣
Nice job, all the way baby.
Walters commentary has been on two of the videos I have put up here on Apollo 4 - I wanted this one to reflect the NASA side...thanks for the kudos!
25:03 "All sources: USB is missing." xD
Never enough ❤
Thanks
23:46