To Another Moon (1971)

[Music] on Wednesday morning July 16th 1969 three citizens of Earth set out on a 4-day journey to the [Music] Moon liftoff we have a liftoff 32 minutes past the hour Li off on Apollo 11 this is Bucharest Romania a communist nation everyone shared in the journey to the New [Applause] Frontier Neil Armstrong Ed Aldren and Mike Collins had plenty of company the miracle of Television brought 600 million people into their tiny [Music] spaceship Apollo 11 this is Houston you are confirmed go [Applause] [Music] the lunar module was launched and Mike Collins stayed behind in the Command Module standing by for your bur report over London England -.1 -4 in the limb Neil Armstrong of wapa canetta Ohio Ed Aldren of Montclair New Jersey a quar of a million miles from home Cameron near the bottom the screen we can see a temple Paris France the Palace of Discovery an appropriate setting in which to wonder if man could walk upon the moon depression I'll Zoom the camera in and try and give you a little closer look at this 41720 p.m. eastern Daylight Time July 20th 1969 we touch down upon the Moon [Applause] 6 hours later the television screen filled with the most memorable of images Man's first step upon the moon offer a moment of Silent PR for the continu of asut Toyo Japan that's one small step for man one Le for the is fine and Battery I can I can pick it up Loosely with my toe it does adhered in fine layers uh like powdered charcoal to the uh July 20th 1969 for a few brief moments the world became one we all shared in a new frontier now there are other moons to reach for just as there have always been other Moons for other [Music] men on May 20th 1927 Charles Lindberg set out to reach his moon to become the first man to ever fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean Millions shared in the suspense Lindy was out of contact with Earth for 33 and 1/2 hours his safe landing was hailed as the achievement of the Century as television carried us all to the Moon back in the 1920s radio carried us on the first solo flight across the Atlantic Lindy's words and the words of others spoken about him were instantly carried Across the Nation by this new means of communication radio microphones were everywhere and with radio if you didn't get a chance to see him in New York Washington St Louis or San Francisco you could hear all about it radio made it possible to share the experience everyone now shared in news events like this early air-to-air refueling experiment radio reporters brought the news into your home you were there the refueling ship panne is now taking off with the evening meal for Brian and Jackson the refilling ship is just left the ground and make another contact with the two human dynamos of the air radio reminded us of man's continuous quests to build the biggest the greatest of anything and everything the world's largest violin for inston we present Mr Max Dolan our musical director who plays on the world's largest violin accompanied by the musical Musketeers under the direction of Walter bband [Music] can you sound that a for me please once again please wait a minute I think this a little flat I'll figure it out [Music] Will Rogers made news events something to understand and chuckle about like the money owed to the us since World War I you all know Mr Owen D young you know he uh started the young plan in in Europe that was that every nation pay uh just according to what they could afford to pay be and uh well somebody else come along with a with a with an older plan and Young's plan and it was that nobody don't pay anybody anything and uh of course that's the oldest plan there is and that's the one they're working under now radio is one of the few things Thomas Edison didn't invent but the great man enjoyed using the new medium he helped honor the nation's brightest science students in 19 1930 and the home audience shared it it gives me very real pleasure to welcome you 49 young men from each state in the Union of the District of Colombia I congratulate you all for having earned the right to compete to the final examination here but let me say this to all of you do not count too heavily on your medal attainments they are necessary say to success but remember always there is no substitute for a hard work exciting Sports broadcasts help create a nation of sports fans it's going to be a tough game won't be long now before things get underway he's coming up nicely On The Run it's good and it's going up in the air back goes let takes on his five he's down 10 15 20 25 and he's down on the 30 yd line the usual reverse with Bowman carrying R Bowman getting in the clear going for Touchdown hootstein chasing him beautiful tackle bin they dive across the turf for five yards he passes it quickly football made it big on radio and so did golf which had been a rich man's game this one of the hottest days I've ever seen on a golf course [Applause] in 1930 radio carried Millions Along on Bobby Jones spectacular Grand Slam comes Bobby Jones up to the ninth green with his usual large [Applause] Gallery Bobby Jones an amateur won gulf's four greatest championships all in the same year [Applause] radio made Bobby the biggest hero since Lindberg oh is he a wonderful golfer and isn't he good looking New York City honored Bobby Jones and then Bobby talked to the nation followed by New York's mayor Jimmy Walker all I can say is that I'm overcome by the very fine welcome that's been prepared for me here in New York and I'm probably more happy than that to be back again these titles were one before you won them and they will be won for years to come but what we feel in our heart of hearts is that they will never have been one and never will be one by a more superlative Sportsman and a finer gentleman in all civil [Applause] ization just about then it became possible to have a radio in your car for the first time we have a radio right here in the car just like we have in our own home now let's see what we can get what would you like Patty jazz jazz all right we'll try WABC there you are like that r [Music] have [Music] the radio was there when 5 years to the day after lindberg's historic Journey Amelia aart set out to become the first woman the solo the Atlantic with her was husband George on May 20th 1932 well you're all set are you yes I all right please don't forget the phone just a minute you get there eh I will goodbye so long amart took off from New Finland and 14 hours and 56 minutes later sat down safely in Ireland her story inspired millions of young women that challenge New Frontiers back home in Medford Massachusetts her family gathered around the radio to hear Amelia's first dramatic broadcast we are presenting Amelia aart putam now in London telling her own story of the flight about 11:30 the moon disappeared behind some clouds and I ran into a storm was rather a severe one with lightning and I was considerably buffeted about about 4 hours out of new found land I noticed that the Flames were coming through a broken weld however the metal was very heavy and I hoped it would last until until I reached land I was sure am meia would do it I had not the moment of anxiety Then television came along another Moon radio had provided a miracle of worldwide communication yet by 1937 there were signs radio would have to take a back seat to this new electronic Miracle actual transmitting and receiving are filmed for the first time television camera is moved into place it is Compact and not cumbersome everything is under control on the stage every intricate technical Det carefully checked now an actual television program with no faking attempted is brought to Motion Picture audiences first a singer takes the television [Music] Spotlight that the [Music] justce radio led us to the wonders of Television Charles Lindberg Amelia aart and others like them led us into the age of space and of course once again it's just a beginning for example would you be interested in taking the first commercial trip to the moon when Pan-American Airways began accepting app applications there were plenty of takers I'd like to go to the Moon because when I was a little boy the most impossible feat would be to go to the moon and now that it's going to be accomplished I'd like to see for myself what it's like up there people might say that's ridiculous but you look my grandfather in his time he came in the 1800s early late 1800s they were saying man couldn't go 25 M hour in a car now we the right Brothers came they had a crate they didn't think that would ever fly and look where we're going in airplanes now I flew around the world in panaman and uh everybody said where are you going next so I thought the moon would be the most logical place to go I'd like to know more about Luna Madness whether it actually stems from there and comes down to here and affects people various ways uh I signed up for the first moon flight because at the time there was only one man on the list from scars deal and uh I thought I'd sign up to make it you know toome I'd love to go I think uh it would be an exciting Adventure man always wants to go and see with his own eye and touch with his own hand I think that quality in man will continue forever astronaut Mike Collins says man has always gone where he has been able to go he will continue pushing back his Frontier no matter how far it may carry him from from his homeland someday in the not too distant future when I listen to an Earthling step out onto the surface of Mars or some other planet I hope I hear him say I come from the United States of America Mike Collins is talking about another Moon your moon reach for it n [Music]