In just a few minutes, it will be 20 July, 2019: the 50th Anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin becoming the first humans to walk on the moon. I’ve periodically looked for contemporary news coverage on YouTube. In particular, I’ve really wanted to see the interviews on CBS News with Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A. Heinlein.
Unsurprisingly, there’s a wealth of things on YouTube now. Here’s a sampling as our first commemoration of the semi-centennial of the first moon landing. I haven’t reviewed all of this yet; I may update the selection as I do.
This appears to be a comprehensive collection of all of the CBS coverage of the landing. It’s only the audio and it’s about 6 hours long.
Coverage of the launch, with video from 16 July 1969. Arthur Clarke is on hand for some of this. It looks like this started out as a live stream and it’s now up as a video.
Here’s the live stream of the CBS News Coverage, starting at 3:30 EDT.
This is the CBS coverage from the exact moments of the Moon landing. A bit more than 3 minutes.
And here are Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. About 4 minutes.
You can clearly hear Armstrong’s quote, “One small step for man, one giant leap for Mankind.” Cronkite didn’t quite hear it all first time through. Of course, there were many people who thought it should be “One small step for a man…” Armstrong’s response? “That is what I meant to say and that is what I thought I said.” It’s possible that he did say that.
Finally, the end of my personal quest, the interview with Clarke and Heinlein.
More tomorrow!
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