Saturn V staging footage

Everyone has seen the famous footage of a Saturn V first stage and
interstage dropping off, and the third stage firing and pulling away -
from the perspective of the second stage. I just finished watching
the Mighty Saturn V DVD (except for some of the quarterly reports),
and the first stage and interstage are from Apollo 4. But the third
stage as seen from the second stage isn't on the DVD set (unless I
dozed off somewhere). Which mission is the famous third stage video
from (and which DVD)?

Secondly, how did they recover this film - did the camera stay with
the second stage? Did it eject and parachute back?
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Jud McCranie wrote:
Everyone has seen the famous footage of a Saturn V first stage and
interstage dropping off, and the third stage firing and pulling away -
from the perspective of the second stage. I just finished watching
the Mighty Saturn V DVD (except for some of the quarterly reports),
and the first stage and interstage are from Apollo 4. But the third
stage as seen from the second stage isn't on the DVD set (unless I
dozed off somewhere). Which mission is the famous third stage video
from (and which DVD)?

Secondly, how did they recover this film - did the camera stay with
the second stage? Did it eject and parachute back?

IIRC, that S-IVB was not really a Saturn V third stage separating from
the second - it was really a Saturn IB second stage separating from the
first. The giveaway is the three separation motors firing on the S-IVB -
the Saturn V version only required two because the separation occurred
at much lower dynamic pressure.

On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:38:22 -0500, "Jorge R. Frank"
wrote:

IIRC, that S-IVB was not really a Saturn V third stage separating from
the second - it was really a Saturn IB second stage separating from the
first.

I didn't think about that, but there is a good chance that you are
right.
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Jorge R. Frank wrote:

IIRC, that S-IVB was not really a Saturn V third stage separating from
the second - it was really a Saturn IB second stage separating from
the first. The giveaway is the three separation motors firing on the
S-IVB - the Saturn V version only required two because the separation
occurred at much lower dynamic pressure.

That's the case; the camera footage is from one of the earlier unmanned
Saturn 1B tests.
There's also existing footage showing the original upper stage with its
six RL10 engines separating from a Saturn 1, which is also mighty
impressive.
The cameras and film were housed in small ejectable pods which descended
into the sea separately from the stages themselves.
Here's a photo of one with its recovery ballute deployed:
http://uplink.space.com/attachments//455267-2cam.jpg
That's from he
http://uplink.space.com/showflat.php...&Number=451237
I assume the footage is on the DVD set dedicated to the Saturn 1.

Pat

On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:52:04 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote:
That's the case; the camera footage is from one of the earlier unmanned
Saturn 1B tests.

I haven't been able to find it on the DVD.

There's also existing footage showing the original upper stage with its
six RL10 engines separating from a Saturn 1, which is also mighty
impressive.

That's SA-6, and is on the first Saturn I/IB DVD (twice).

The cameras and film were housed in small ejectable pods which descended
into the sea separately from the stages themselves.

On the Saturn V from the bottom of the second stage, (there seems to
have been two cameras) I think you can see what seems that the cameras
are being ejected and continuing to film for a short bit.
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Jud McCranie wrote:
That's the case; the camera footage is from one of the earlier unmanned
Saturn 1B tests.


I haven't been able to find it on the DVD.


They _have_ to have that; it's the most famous piece of Saturn 1B
footage, and served as the inspiration for the ejection of the
greenhouse domes from the Valley Forge in "Silent Running" and the
launch of the escape pod from Princess Leia's ship in "Star Wars".
There's even a YouTube video of it: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2dz9S5d8gtE

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:

They _have_ to have that; it's the most famous piece of Saturn 1B
footage, and served as the inspiration for the ejection of the
greenhouse domes from the Valley Forge in "Silent Running" and the
launch of the escape pod from Princess Leia's ship in "Star Wars".

Make heads or tails of this website: http://www.experiencefestival.com/s-ivb
They're the "Oneness Commitment", yet the ads concern how to get
divorces and divide property, as well as model rockets.
Big White Earth on Big Blue Shield...I smell UN Homosexual Agenda big time.
Blueboy Magazine goes global.
"Flower Essences"...yup, should "One-Worlder Pansy Essences" shouldn't it?
"Essential Oils"...yeah, they probably mean KY Jelly.
"Dream Interpretation"...uh-huh..."I dreamt I was resting on top of
Liberace's piano while naked, and suddenly I felt a need to stroke all
of the candles in his candelabra, and the flames started shooting
violently upwards from them as I did...and their hot white wax started
running down all over my fingers. Then I felt my big crotch rocket
needed a dark brown silo to hide itself in."
Hindu Homos...what's worse than One-Worlder Hindu Homos? :-)

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Jud McCranie wrote:
On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:52:04 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote:
That's the case; the camera footage is from one of the earlier unmanned
Saturn 1B tests.

I haven't been able to find it on the DVD.

It was _apparently_ from AS202.

http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers...meras%2001.jpg

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On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:30:00 GMT, Dave Michelson
wrote:

I haven't been able to find it on the DVD.

It was _apparently_ from AS202.

There is some similar footage from AS-201 but it is shorter and not as
good. The famous footage is not on the Mighty Saturn I/IB DVD and it
is not on the Liftoff DVD. I can't find it on my DVDs.
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On Sep 5, 3:18 am, Pat Flannery wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote:

They _have_ to have that; it's the most famous piece of Saturn 1B
footage, and served as the inspiration for the ejection of the
greenhouse domes from the Valley Forge in "Silent Running" and the
launch of the escape pod from Princess Leia's ship in "Star Wars".

Make heads or tails of this website:http://www.experiencefestival.com/s-ivb
They're the "Oneness Commitment", yet the ads concern how to get
divorces and divide property, as well as model rockets.
Big White Earth on Big Blue Shield...I smell UN Homosexual Agenda big time.
Blueboy Magazine goes global.
"Flower Essences"...yup, should "One-Worlder Pansy Essences" shouldn't it?
"Essential Oils"...yeah, they probably mean KY Jelly.
"Dream Interpretation"...uh-huh..."I dreamt I was resting on top of
Liberace's piano while naked, and suddenly I felt a need to stroke all
of the candles in his candelabra, and the flames started shooting
violently upwards from them as I did...and their hot white wax started
running down all over my fingers. Then I felt my big crotch rocket
needed a dark brown silo to hide itself in."
Hindu Homos...what's worse than One-Worlder Hindu Homos? :-)

Hindu Homo? The term is "gaandu".


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