Product Details

• Actors: Spacecraft Films
• Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Digital Sound, DVD, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Restored, Special Edition, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Spacecraft Films
• DVD Release Date: June 15, 2005
• Run Time: 1200 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007LFPUW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,935 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grand Material with the (only) Grand Prix, August 9, 2005

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Laurenc SVITOK (Bratislava Slovakia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apollo 16: Journey to Descartes (DVD)

I've just went through this marvelous material and it's absolutely fantastic. I own earlier two disc set which can serve as an apetizer to this complete and full of rare material collection.
You have here several unique footages you find nowhere else. First of all it's a famous Lunar Rover Grand Prix with John Young driving the rover up to its limits - really breathtaking and - this is the only footage of the rover taken ever. Reason is obvious - TV camera was always attached to the rover so the only coverage could be made by an astronaut equiped with the DAC camera ( Charlie Duke in this case).
Lunar EVAs are 100% complete covered either by Rover TV or DAC camera during transfers between the lunar stations ( TV would not work during the transfers due to bumpy drive making the pointing of the rover parabolical transmission antena towards the Earth impossible). Apollo 16 astronauts covered most of the transfers, however, some of them are a little bit "jumpy" - probably the DAC camera did not work 100% correctly - but it's an unique and excellent document and the rest of the transfers is covered perfectly. Again - Apollo 16 was very unique in this way. You can watch the EVAs without interruption as they happened 33 years ago in Descartes region of the Moon - very nice.
Another rare footage is dismantling and repair of the CSM after the Saturn V stack was returned to VAB from the pad and second roll-out in a windy and really very rainy weather - I believe this was the only Apollo Saturn V roll-out during such bad weather.
Audio is also excellent, e.g.you have the opportunity to listen to the CSM-LM discussion behind the Moon after discovering the SPS problem nearly killing the landing opportunity.
All other "usual" footages are here - all kind of training, launch day activities, multi-angle launch coverage, transposition and docking, Trans-Earth EVA of Ken Mattingly, CSM and LM in lunar orbit, lunar lift-off, all in splendid quality. Landing and recovery section is complete with nice shots of CSM on parachutes from helicopters and main recovery ship including splashdown, helicopter pick-up and the speaches of the astronauts on board.
Audio is (except of few minutes) everywhere, accompanying brochure is very well done with all chapters named and timings given - big help for watching. Well, you simply MUST have it, nothing else can compete the completeness and quality of this material, great job from Spacecraftfilms !
One more comment - all Spacecraftfilms DVDs are Region 0, so do not be discouraged by info given by Amazon that this DVD is Region 1. It's zero and you can play it anywhere.

Laurenc Svitok, Bratislava, Slovakia

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Apollo Freaks Only, October 7, 2005

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Carl A. Johnson "Space Cadet Carl" (Lake Orion, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apollo 16: Journey to Descartes (DVD)

An incredible six DVD set encompassing the next to last manned flight to the moon in April, 1972. Mark Gray's Spacecraft Films has realized a dream for many Apollo Freaks that have wanted the best quality footage and video availiable of America's early space missions. Previously released bootleg videos of the Apollo moonwalks were copied from grainy film kinescopes, not the master videotapes. For this new set, Spacecraft Films made sure that nearly all of the lunar EVA video had been digitally enhanced and remastered from the master two-inch videotape reels that were stored at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. This results in that "live as it happened" look that only original master videotape can give you. Bravo, Spacecraft Films!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great research material for the Apollo historian, November 22, 2006

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O. Hommes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apollo 16: Journey to Descartes (DVD)

This six disc DVD set is really superb. The video has been taken from the master tapes but one still has to realize that these images where taken in 1972 and with regards to the TV images transmitted from the moon. Although already enhanced, I personally add my own video touch with real-time noise filters and video equalizer settings to really enhance the experience. I recommend watching these discs while keeping the press release kit info at hand (see lunar surface journal online) for some summary info about the purpose of the scenes.

Also includes a great landing site and traverse flyover animation to set the EVA context.

Again definitely great material for everyone with great interest for the Apollo missions.