1968-04-04: Launch of Apollo 6

Video from the channel Tom Owens UAP about Apollo 6, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 4:06. Language: English. Video type: Archive footage.

Period footage of the Apollo 6 launch, with the original audio from launch control and mission control.

It covers the final minute of the countdown, including the switch to internal power, pressurization, and the retraction of the swing arm. The ignition and liftoff of the Saturn V follow, announced at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

The announcer narrates the turn toward an azimuth of 72 degrees, the passage through maximum dynamic pressure around 1 minute 25 seconds, and the shutdown of the first-stage engines. Flight Director Cliff Charlesworth checks with his team before separation. The video ends with second-stage ignition, at about 40 nautical miles altitude and 70 nautical miles from the launch point.