Which Apollo program documentary did I watch?
March 14, 2010 10:13 PM   Subscribe

Please help me identify a specific documentary regarding the Apollo program.

Last summer, during the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, I saw a documentary regarding the Apollo program on TV. In one scene that I'd like to find again, landing parachutes swing back and forth in a shot looking up from the capsule. I think it's silent, but it might have music. I don't know which mission's landing is shown.

It wasn't In the Shadow of the Moon.
posted by snorkels to Media & Arts (6 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
It may have been For All Mankind. Minimalist score by Brian Eno.
posted by puritycontrol at 11:04 PM on March 14, 2010


The trailer For All Mankind does show the parachute shot you refer to.

It's from 1989, but was shown quite a bit during the anniversay last year.
posted by fairmettle at 11:12 PM on March 14, 2010


Best answer: Haven't seen it myself, so it's a shot in the dark, but maybe it was part of When We Left Earth? Wikipedia says the third segment, "Landing the Eagle," was re-aired specially for the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11.
posted by sigmagalator at 11:13 PM on March 14, 2010


Best answer: I'm pretty sure I remember seeing it in pt. 3 (or maybe even pt. 4, which is Apollo 12 - Skylab 3) of When We Left Earth, but I may be wrong and I don't have it around to skim through, sorry.
posted by The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal at 11:37 PM on March 14, 2010


It will be NASA stock, so could be in all of them
posted by A189Nut at 12:45 AM on March 15, 2010


Response by poster: Thanks everyone. It was When We Left Earth. Great shot.
posted by snorkels at 8:22 PM on March 19, 2010


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