Did I find some GREAT movies!

[Archae]

8mm and Super8 ones, that is.

Going to put them in digital format, using my latest gizmo.

Ed White's space walk.
Apollo 7.
2 films of Apollo 11.

Bought all 4 at a thrift store.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. I toured the USS Hornet

in early December.

A decommissioned WWII era Air Craft carrier that was in the Pacific Ocean in 1969 that picked up the Apollo 11 crew. There on display was the actual Apollo 11 Command Module, as well as the Bell Helicopter that fished them out of the water. The USS Hornet is on permanent display at the once Alameda Naval Station located on the East side of SF Bay. Spent over 4 hours there.

[Archae]

2. Odd. I saw the Apollo capsule at the Air and Space museum.

Unless it was a different one.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Or perhaps it was an exact replica.

The one I saw

[mopinko]

5. there are several replicas out there.

there is one at museum of science and industry here in chi.

[Ptah]

4. Apollo splashdown display

USS Hornet was selected in 1969 to serve as the Prime Recovery Ship (PRS) for the Apollo 11 Moon mission. Hornet led the recovery of the first astronauts to land on the Moon following their splashdown back on Earth. Four months later, Hornet recovered the all-Navy crew of Apollo 12. The USS Hornet Museum has the largest Apollo Program exhibit on the West Coast of the United States. Artifacts on display include:

Apollo Command Module CSM-011 used for the AS-202 uncrewed suborbital flight tes
Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) used by the Apollo 14 astronauts following their return to Earth
SH-3H Sea King used in the 1995 movie Apollo 13
Memorabilia and photos from the Apollo 11 and 12 splashdowns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_Museum#Apollo_splashdown_display