Apollo 15 - 1971| Movietone Moment | 30 July 2021

On this day in 1971, Apollo 15 landed on the moon with the first lunar rover. Here is a British Movietone report with highlights from the mission. Travelling shot across lunar surface from “Falcon“ Looking down at Hadley Rille Several shots of Houston Control Room Diagram showing spot of Lunar landing Control Room Photo: Lunar Landscape (x 2) Air View Cape Kennedy with traffic passing on Freeway 26th July, 1971 and Astronauts don Helmets GV Rocket on launch Pad, engine ignites, if off and out of frame Air view Lift off from Helicopter LS Rocket Ascending Long lens shot Rocket in flight Photo: Lunar Surface July 31st Scott climbs from “Falcon“ to lunar surface (seen on TV screen at Control) Houston Control watching IRWIN joins SCOTT Shots seen on TV screen of Astronauts loading “Rover“ with equipment (x 2) Film sequence onboard “Rover“ Composion photo: Hadley Rille from “Rover“ SCOTT adjusts Television Antennae Houston Control operating television Astronauts collecting Rocks and soil samples Core tube driven