Missão Apollo 11 pousa na Lua (1974)
Video from the channel Billy W. Martins about Apollo 11, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 2:54. Language: Portuguese. Video type: Documentary.
Piece narrated in Portuguese that, according to its title, dates from 1974. It recounts Apollo 11 from the launch preparations to the first steps on the Moon and ends with a song.
It describes the crowd, numbering between 700,000 and one million people, that gathered at Cape Kennedy with 300,000 tents and 80,000 trailers. It also follows the day of Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins: they get up at 4:15, climb the 110 m Saturn V and lift off at 9:32.
According to the narrator, the arrival on the Moon was broadcast live to 1.2 billion people. Armstrong stepped first with his left foot, where he weighed only 15 kg.