Apollo 14 in 24fps: Landing, Moonwalk & Liftoff

Video from the channel Dutchsteammachine about Apollo 14, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 15:05. Language: English. Video type: Archive footage.

16mm film shot from Apollo 14's lunar module at three moments: the final descent and landing, activity on the surface next to the module, and the liftoff back to lunar orbit. During the descent, the crew's altitude and vertical speed readouts can be heard, along with the reference to Triplet and Doublet craters as the landing target and the call confirming contact with the surface. These are followed by scenes of the astronaut on the ladder, the planting of the flag and the adjustment of the television camera, and the liftoff of the ascent stage with its countdown.

The footage is the original mission material, filmed on the lunar surface by the module's onboard camera. The piece interpolates it from 12 to 24 frames per second and synchronizes it with NASA audio and BBC commentary.

The television commentary recalls that during the landing phase there was a spurious abort signal, and explains during the ascent that the two guidance systems, the primary and the abort one, agreed with each other and with the ground tracking network MSFN, a sign that the liftoff was proceeding normally.