Apollo 14 Launch Views - High FPS Cameras, Real Speed, 60fps, Saturn V, NASA, 1971

Video from the channel Retro Space HD about Apollo 14, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 12:39. Language: English. Video type: Launch.

Footage of the 1971 Apollo 14 launch on a Saturn V, shot with high-speed cameras and shown at real speed. It opens with several shots running in parallel, and ends with each camera's footage shown separately. The footage carries the air-to-ground audio, the cabin audio and the rocket's sound.

The countdown is heard from the switch to internal guidance, the start of the ignition sequence at eight seconds, and liftoff three minutes past the hour. Once the tower is clear, Houston takes control and the crew confirms thrust from all five engines. At 16 seconds the yaw and pitch program begins; shortly after, Shepard reports that roll is complete, though pitch is still in progress. At 37 seconds the vehicle switches to abort mode 1B, called out by capcom Gordon Fullerton. Past the first minute, cabin pressure drops and mission control sees all parameters in the green. Around 1 minute 19 seconds the vehicle approaches maximum dynamic pressure. The sequence then repeats with the cabin audio, where the astronauts' comments during ascent can be heard.

The ascent goes off without incident in what the video shows: mission control has everything in the green and the crew confirms all is well. The second half is mostly camera views set to music, with no narration.