NASA - The Flight of Apollo 7 AVs Command module recovery from sea, 22Oct68. 10:15:14 11Oct68 Crew into transfer van. LS Cape Kennedy launch pad 34; crew Eisele, Schirra and Cunningham in spacesuits out of van into elevator. Astronauts into spacecraft. Ignition and lift off - very good extreme CU rocket passing camera and LS into space. INT GVs launch control room - Houston? Very good stage separation sequence. On board film of Earth from orbit. Pan across Houston Mission Control centre. Animated simulation. On board film of S4B stage in orbit. S4B stage in orbit - propulsion system burned? - voices of control room heard. INT GVs crew in command module - good to show weightlessness. Water particles pass module; Fast TS of Earth from orbit. VS control centre staff at work inc. CUs talking into headsets - v/o "Apollo 7 - Houston - we acknowledge the error on the ground here" - inadvertent wake up call on downlink broke astronauts' sleep pattern. Radio talk on cold symptoms over footage of astronauts moving about command module and control centre doctor talking over radio. Tele-recording of live TV broadcast in B/W - cards held up by crew. Crew member gives voice over description to TV audience. Command centre. INTs command capsule with lens cap floating and put on camera; stills of Earth. Food and drinks prepared - packets of coloured liquid floating. EXT Carnavon Tracking Station; INT staff talking on headsets. Stills of astronauts. Very good T/S of earth from orbit. Shot ...
