Your Apollo collection

[onebigmonkey]

Basically this post is to announce to the world that I have just taken delivery of a proper copy of the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report, obtained at a bargain price on ebay and words can't describe how pleased I am with it. Apart from those words obviously. It's fabulous seeing it 'in real life' instead of on a screen.

I started buying newspapers and magazines mainly to counter the nonsensical idea that the photos on the internet are somehow a recent thing, and no-one ever saw them before they appeared online and I've amassed quite a few now. Since then I've progressed to Viewmaster reels, slides, vinyl records and then memorabilia like the Wheaton series of carnival glass decanters (very pretty things!).

What's floated your boat in terms of collecting souvenirs and so on?

[ApolloGnomon]

I have a copy of the National Geographic "sound page" Sound of the Space Age. If you want it PM  me an address and I'll mail it to you.

[onebigmonkey]

I have a copy of the National Geographic "sound page" Sound of the Space Age. If you want it PM  me an address and I'll mail it to you.

That would be extremely cool It's not the flexi-disc that came with the National Geographic Apollo 11 edition is it? I have that one

[gwiz]

I started buying newspapers and magazines mainly to counter the nonsensical idea that the photos on the internet are somehow a recent thing, and no-one ever saw them before they appeared online and I've amassed quite a few now.

I'm old enough to have already been subscribing to Aviation Week at the time, and I'm enough of a squirrel to have kept interesting bits.  As you say, it enables you to counter some of the nonsense, eg showing that the original print of the "C" rock picture didn't have the "C" in it when it appeared as an AvWeek cover at the time.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/83874396@N06/13325730833/

[ka9q]

Obviously your copy of that AW&ST cover was faked. Someone broke into your house, went into your collection and replaced that issue with a "santized" version. Then they hypnotized you and brainwashed you into forgetting that you saw the 'C' when you first got that issue.

Or maybe they used a neuralizer, whatever. Remember, 'they' have incredibly advanced technology that can do anything...except go to the moon.

[Luke Pemberton]

I started buying newspapers and magazines mainly to counter the nonsensical idea that the photos on the internet are somehow a recent thing, and no-one ever saw them before they appeared online and I've amassed quite a few now.

I'm old enough to have already been subscribing to Aviation Week at the time, and I'm enough of a squirrel to have kept interesting bits.  As you say, it enables you to counter some of the nonsense, eg showing that the original print of the "C" rock picture didn't have the "C" in it when it appeared as an AvWeek cover at the time.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/83874396@N06/13325730833/

Sorry, but once Rene blew the gaff with the C-rock it is very clear that the image on front of Aviation Weekly was cleaned of the C to cover NASA's tracks. I've got no proof of this theory though. Out of all of Rene's theories, Apollo or non-Apollo, the C-rock ranks as the craziest, and he had some pretty far out ideas.

[dwight]

I have two kinescopes of Skylab TV downlinks. One features Al Bean on the ergometer and it was footage I had already, until I transfered the film and realized it has 5 extra minutes of material not on the tape! I also scored a lens cap from the Skylab photo cameras for $25. Oh and my HBO From Earth to the Moon satin jacket which people complement me on all the time.

[onebigmonkey]

The old technology thing is a mixed blessing!

As part of a general lot I now have a Super8 reel of footage from the Alabama Space and Rocket Center that I have no way of viewing. I also have quite a few 35mm slides so I'm trying to get hold of a slide projector (I'm loving the vintage Aldis metal ones!). Quite a few of these are photographs taken of the TV screen so getting them available to the world is important I think.

My favourite has to be the Viewmaster and reels - I remember these as a kid and they are great fun! But how you get those images viewable on the internet is beyond me!

[dwight]

onebigmonkey, Super-8 can be transferred fairly cheaply these days via a method called flash-scan. I used this system to transfer the Skylab footage (on a 16mm unit, though) and it cost me €120 for 50 minutes worth of footage. The quality can be as good as pro transfered material and can be done in HD. I didn't get the kinescopes done in HD because the source was SD TV.

To transfer the viewmasters, you should be able to scan them via a film scanner with minimal modification and just get the side-by-side editing done in something like photoshop.

[Kiwi]

This list is way out of date and doesn't include books obtained in the last few years, nor 73 Apollo and Space DVDs.

A recent prized possession, courtesy of member STS60, is the original book, "Apollo By the Numbers", and well-used is the DVD-ROM set of the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.

The old list:

CD-ROMS
"The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal", Eric M. Jones, Editor (1999) -- 4 CD-ROMS
   Transcripts of all communications to and from the lunar surface plus commentary from the astronauts.
   Apollo 11   1581 photos   38 movie clips   56 audio clips
   Apollo 12   2284 photos   2 movie clips   67 audio clips
   Apollo 14   1084 photos   4 movie clips   14 audio clips
   Apollo 15   2753 photos   4 movie clips   27 audio clips
   Apollo 16   2299 photos   4 movie clips   48 audio clips
   Apollo 17   3688 photos   68 movie clips   49 audio clips
"Apollo XIII - A Week to Remember", Odyssey Interactive Inc., U.S.A. (1995)
"For All Mankind", PC Format No. 98, U.K. (August 1999)
"Media Factor Space", Andromeda Interactive Ltd, Oxfordshire (1995)
"Nine Worlds", Hosted by Patrick Stewart, PC Format No. 93, U.K. (March 1999)
"Our Solar System and Beyond", CD Titles, Cambridge, MA (1995)
"SkyMap Pro 7 Demonstration Version", NZ PC World (June 2001)
"The Interactive Space Encyclopedia", Andromeda Interactive Ltd, Oxfordshire (1994)
"The Space Race", FlagTower, First Electronic Publishing Limited, U.K. (1995)


33-1/3 R.P.M. LONG PLAYING RECORD
"Apollo 11: We Have Landed on the Moon", Capitol Records (Bought 9 November 1969)


BOOKS
"Amateur Astronomer", Antonin Rukl.  Peerage Books, London (1985) -- Hardcover
"Conquest", David Baker.  Holland & Clark Ltd, London (1984) -- Paperback
"First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong", James R. Hansen, Simon & Schuster, New York (2005) -- Hardcover
"First on the Moon - A Voyage with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr", written with Gene Farmer and Dora Jane Hamblin, epilogue by Arthur C. Clarke.  Michael Joseph Ltd, London (1970) -- Hardcover
"Atlas of the Moon", Antonin Rukl.  Paul Hamlyn Publishing, London (1991) -- Hardcover
"Journey to Tranquillity - The History of Man's Assault on the Moon", Hugo Young, Brian Silcock and Peter Dunn.  Jonathan Cape Ltd, London (1969) -- Hardcover
"Life in Space".  Time-Life Books Inc., Alexandria, Virginia (1983) -- Hardcover
"The Invasion of the Moon 1969 - The Story of Apollo 11", Peter Ryan.  Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England (1969) -- Paperback (Bought about Oct-Nov 1969)
"The Moon", Patrick Moore.  Mitchell Beazley Publishers, London (1981) -- Hardcover


MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
"Space-age relic recovered" [Liberty Bell 7, 21 July 1961].  The Dominion, Thurs. 22 July 1999, page 5
"Footprints on the Moon", Hugh L. Dryden, Ph.D.  National Geographic, Vol. 125, No. 3, March 1964, pages 356-401
"The Moon Close Up", Eugene M. Shoemaker.  National Geographic, Vol. 126, No. 5, November 1964, pages 690-707
"That Orbed Maiden... The Moon", Kenneth F. Weaver.  National Geographic, Vol. 135, No. 2, February 1969, pages 206-228
"Awesome Views of the Forbidding Moonscape", Nine-page portfolio of photographs.  National Geographic, Vol. 135, No. 2, February 1969, pages 229-239
"How We Mapped the Moon", David W. Cook.  National Geographic, Vol. 135, No. 2, February 1969, pages 240-245
"A Most Fantastic Voyage" [Apollo 8], Lt. Gen. Sam C. Phillips.  National Geographic, Vol. 135, No. 5, May 1969, pages 593-631
"And Now to Touch the Moon's Forbidding Face", Kenneth F. Weaver.  National Geographic, Vol. 135, No. 5, May 1969, pages 632-635
"Man Walks on Another World" [Apollo 11], Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr and Michael Collins.   National Geographic, Vol. 136, No. 6, December 1969, pages 738-749
"Sounds of the Space Age, From Sputnik to Lunar Landing" [33-1/3 RPM Monaural Recording], narrated by Astronaut Frank Borman.  National Geographic, Vol. 136, No. 6, December 1969, page 750
"The Flight of Apollo 11: 'One Giant Leap for Mankind'", Kenneth F. Weaver.  National Geographic, Vol. 136, No. 6, December 1969, pages 752-787
"What the Moon Rocks Tell Us", Kenneth F. Weaver.  National Geographic, Vol. 136, No. 6, December 1969, pages 788-791
"Next Steps in Space ", Dr Thomas O. Paine.  National Geographic, Vol. 136, No. 6, December 1969, pages 792-797
"When Two Worlds Were One" [Apollo 11].  Sky and Space, June/July 1999, pages 14-21
"The Science of the Moon".  Sky and Space, June/July 1999, pages 26-27
"One Giant Leap" [Apollo 11], Kerrie Dougherty.  Sky and Space, October 1994, pages 16-21
"Moon Walk Remembered" [Apollo 11], Colour photograph of Collins, Armstrong and Aldrin.  The Dominion, Thursday 22 July 1999, page 5
"Terror In Space" [Apollo 13], Angus Mayer.  The Australian Women's Weekly, July 1995, pages 20-23
"The Climb Up Cone Crater" [Apollo 14], Alice J. Hall.  National Geographic, Vol. 140, No. 1, July 1971, pages 136-148
"History Written in Rock" [Apollo 15 -- Photos of Mount Hadley].  National Geographic, Vol. 141, No. 2, February 1972, pages 230-232
"To the Mountains of the Moon" [Apollo 15], Kenneth F. Weaver.  National Geographic, Vol. 141, No. 2, February 1972, pages 233-265
"What is it Like to Walk on the Moon?" [Apollo 15], David R. Scott.  National Geographic, Vol. 144, No. 3, September 1973, pages 326-329
"Apollo 16 Brings us Visions from Space".  National Geographic, Vol. 142, No. 6, December 1972, pages 856-865
"Exploring Taurus-Littrow" [Apollo 17], Harrison H. Schmitt.  National Geographic, Vol. 144, No. 3, September 1973, pages 290-307
"Have We Solved the Mysteries of the Moon?", Kenneth F. Weaver.  National Geographic, Vol. 144, No. 3, September 1973, pages 308-325


VIDEO TAPES
"Achieving the Goal -- NASA's Manned Spaceflight Overview".  United States Film Corporation (1992) 0:28:10 -- Bought 18 January 1996
"The Flight of Apollo 7".  Istead AV Science Series HQ187
"We Came In Peace -- Project Apollo: The Missions Volume 3 - Incorporating NASA's Manned Spaceflights of Apollo 11 & 12".  United States Film Corporation (1992) 1:34:32 -- Bought 18 January 1996
"From the Earth to the Moon" Parts 1-3
   2:48:00 Tape 33
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 4 May 1998 8:30pm — Part 1 Can We Do This? 0:55:40
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 4 May 1998 8:30pm — Part 2 Apollo 1 0:55:18
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 11 May 1998 8:30pm — Part 3 We Have Cleared the Tower 0:57:02
"From the Earth to the Moon" Parts 4-6
   2:39:13 Tape 34
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 18 May 1998 8:30pm — Part 4 1968 0:51:36
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 25 May 1998 9:40pm — Part 5 Spider 0:53:47
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 1 Jun 1998 9:35pm — Part 6 Mare Tranquilitatis 0:53:50
"From the Earth to the Moon" Parts 7-9
   2:20:55 Tape 35
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 8 JUN 1998 9:35pm — Part 7 That’s All There Is 0:46:57
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 15 JUN 1998 9:35pm — Part 8 We Interrupt This Program 0:46:24
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 22 JUN 1998 9:30pm — Part 9 For Miles and Miles 0:47:34
"From the Earth to the Moon" Parts 10-12 
   2:38:32 Tape 36
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 29 Jun 1998 9:35pm — Part 10 Galileo Was Right 0:52:48
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 6 Jul 1998 9:35pm — Part 11 The Original Wives Club 0:52:38
   "From the Earth to the Moon",  TV3 6 Jul 1998 10:45pm — Part 12 Le Voyage Dans La Lune 0:43:06
"Moonshot" Parts 1-3
   2:26:19 Tape 37
   "Moonshot" Part 1,  TV3 31 May 1998 10:45am 0:48:24
   "Moonshot" Part 2,  TV3 7 Jun 1998 10:51am 0:49:28
   "Moonshot" Part 3,  TV3 14 Jun 1998 10:45am 0:48:27
"Moonshot" Part 4,  TV3 21 Jun 1998 10:45am 0:49:47 Tape 38


MOVIE VIDEO TAPES
"Apollo 11" TV2 11 Aug 2001 12 noon 1:28:33 Tape 53
"Apollo 13" TV3 19 Jul 1998 8:30pm 2:13:49 Tape 41
"The Dish" TV3 7 Dec 2003 8:30pm 1:37:38 Tape 63


APOLLO "HOAX" BOOKS
"Dark Moon - Apollo and the Whistle-Blowers", Mary Bennett and David S. Percy.  Aulis Publishers, London (1999)
"NASA Mooned America!", [Ralph] Rene'.  Rene', Passaic NJ (1994)


APOLLO "HOAX" ARTICLES
"Mysteries of Our Moon Part 1 -- NASA's Fake Moon Shots", [Ralph] René.  Nexus Vol. 2-27 August-September 1995, page 45.
"Mysteries of Our Moon Part 2 -- NASA's 'Secret' Moon Photos", Vito Saccheri.  Nexus Vol. 2-28 October-November 1995, page 55.  Based on "Somebody Else is on the Moon" by George H. Leonard.  Reports of 'Bogey' and 'Santa Claus' from Apollo craft, astronauts allegedly talking about UFOs, and photo of Tsiolkovsky 'lake' on the moon.  Note by Doug Bennett:  Some people have claimed that Tsiolkovsky crater is a "dark-coloured lake with an island in it."  However, it is a large crater 198 km wide, on the back of the Moon at 21 degrees south, 128 degrees east, and close-up photos show that the solid, dark, volcanic material is peppered with craters, the same as the rest of the moon.


APOLLO "HOAX" VIDEO TAPES
"Conspiracy Theory — Did We Land on the Moon?" Fox, TV3 1 Sep 2001 8:30pm and TV3 24 Jun 2003 9:30pm 0:58:56 Tape 54
"We’ve Never Been to the Moon", Bill Kaysing, 0:20:43 Tape 24
"What Happened on the Moon? Part 1", Aulis Publishing 2:11:24 Tape 47
"What Happened on the Moon? Part 2", Aulis Publishing 1:30:00 Tape 48

[onebigmonkey]

That's an impressive collection Kiwi! I want to get my collection of magazines and clippings online, but I cycle to work at the moment (they have an A3 scanner) and they are likely to get damaged en route.

I've just got a nice slide projector from ebay, but in the mean time I have this little device - the only slide viewer that is appropriate for slides of Apollo:



The projector will be great for getting high res copies of the slides I've just received that are taken from the TV during Apollo 17!

[dwight]

There's currently a big hoo-haa about an Apollo 15 controller which sold at an auction for over 1/2 a million dollars. A lesser known, but much more important revelation was that two more kinescopes of Skylab TV were snapped up by a fellow who fancies himself a bit of an expert on space television. Turns out these films are ultra rare segments of TV which so far have not been seen by too many people. Additionally the same dude acquired a whole lot of pristine Skylab footage some of which has most definitely never been seen before outside of NASA.

[BazBear]

There's currently a big hoo-haa about an Apollo 15 controller which sold at an auction for over 1/2 a million dollars. A lesser known, but much more important revelation was that two more kinescopes of Skylab TV were snapped up by a fellow who fancies himself a bit of an expert on space television. Turns out these films are ultra rare segments of TV which so far have not been seen by too many people. Additionally the same dude acquired a whole lot of pristine Skylab footage some of which has most definitely never been seen before outside of NASA.

Hmm, an expert on space TV; anyone we might know of?

[dwight]

just your stock standard government shill...

[onebigmonkey]

There's currently a big hoo-haa about an Apollo 15 controller which sold at an auction for over 1/2 a million dollars. A lesser known, but much more important revelation was that two more kinescopes of Skylab TV were snapped up by a fellow who fancies himself a bit of an expert on space television. Turns out these films are ultra rare segments of TV which so far have not been seen by too many people. Additionally the same dude acquired a whole lot of pristine Skylab footage some of which has most definitely never been seen before outside of NASA.

There's a chap on a conspiracy forum (ATS) that makes a lot of fuss over Dave Scott (who, let's face it, does seem to have more than his fair share of stuff that maybe was supposed to have been left behind - or not taken at all ). Apparently having stuff from the Apollo missions is proof that there were no Apollo missions. Or something.

My feeling there is that they earned it - if I could have walked away with some souvenirs after risking my life I certainly would have!