John Suchet joined by Peter Snow and Andrea Catherwood here renacting the news from 1969 with the latest news graphics as if it was live and happening now.
Nice to see John back though there was something about him standing that didn't bode well... just like his last years at ITN from the 2004 revamp. Although we got a 60's ITN endcap as well which was very unexpected!
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A very interesting first programme, it was very well put together. The 3D graphics used in Peter Snow's segment were excellent, and it was also nice to see Andrea Catherwood back at ITN with her special report. The next few programmes should be very good.
(Incidentally I think the programme is presented as if today's modern technology was available then, rather than as if the events were happening now, as John introduced today as being 'July the 15th, 1969'.)
The 1960s ITN logo as the endcap was also a lovely touch!
However the show could have been improved with a clip or two from the news from 1969. I'm hoping they will include a report from Peter Fairley in there somewhere too as he was a prominent presenter with the ITN coverage of the Apollo Missions.
This show should be repeated at an earlier time on one of the ITV channels so that younger viewers can watch this as well.
However the show could have been improved with a clip or two from the news from 1969. I'm hoping they will include a report from Peter Fairley in there somewhere too as he was a prominent presenter with the ITN coverage of the Apollo Missions.
If it still exists... IIRC the BBC coverage of Apollo 11 doesn't
I was rather disappointed - it wasn't anywhere near as good as previous "historic" news bulletins have been - and the studio just looked awful - like a car park or something.
However the show could have been improved with a clip or two from the news from 1969. I'm hoping they will include a report from Peter Fairley in there somewhere too as he was a prominent presenter with the ITN coverage of the Apollo Missions.
If it still exists... IIRC the BBC coverage of Apollo 11 doesn't
It's a pity, but I think most of BBC and ITN's original coverage no longer exists. I recall from the time, ITN's coverage being better overall, they relied far more on the NASA audio commentary, while in my opinion the Beeb had too much talking from James Burke, who just served to obscure the 'real' info from NASA. If ITN had had Patrick Moore as one of their pundits, they'd have won hands down.
Strange how all the BBC election coverage has survived intact, but the moon shots, which to this day remain mankind's most impressive engineering achievement, don't
Haven't NASA lost the original recordings of quite a lot of the Apollo landings? (By those I mean the recordings made in the oddball Apollo video format - which was a slower frame rate and different line count, and when upgraded to colour was frame sequential) and only have recordings of the standards conversions recorded on broadcast VT in 525/60 (aka NTSC) - and possibly some Aussie 625/50 recordings (which I think were made directly from the Apollo video format in Aus for live broadcast, so they didn't have to go to the US and back)
I had read that when they went looking for them to do some restoration and improve on the quality of the conversions done in 1969 they couldn't find the original stuff... Those who watched the original broadcasts, pre-conversion, at the downlink sites say they had MUCH better pictures than the public got to see.
The rumour is that the original high resolution recordings have been found and will be released or announced today
They've appeared on Youtube from Lowry Digital already, though they may be restorations of the standards conversions rather than from the original. Gizmodo has a link up at the moment.
NASA are holding a presser in half an hour - which should be on NASA TV (on their website)
