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Apollo 7 - Historic Videos
« on: 07/14/2023 09:31 pm »
The Flight of Apollo 7 - AI remaster, Color Corrected, Wide Angle Lens Corrected, Documentary, 1967

Jul 13, 2023
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Restored NASA documentary about the Apollo 7 mission. AI upscale (Topaz AI) was used to improve a soft HD source. While it works in most cases, some artifacts are present in some sequences.

Original in-flight film sequences and photos were replaced with modern sources, matched frame by frame.
Color was corrected by scene. Wide angle lens distortion present on the 16mm DAC footage and on the Apollo TV camera images was also corrected. Sound equalization and noise reduction were applied.

Some TV footage was sourced from the LM5 channel:    / @lunarmodule5   

Sound and image cleanup,  conversion to original 24 fps frame rate, geometry correction, AI upscale, and color restoration by RetroSpace HD.

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Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program. The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with command module pilot Donn F. Eisele and lunar module pilot R. Walter Cunningham.

Apollo 7 was launched on October 11, 1968, from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean eleven days later. Extensive testing of the CSM took place, and also the first live television broadcast from an American spacecraft.



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Re: Apollo 7 - Historic Videos
« Reply #1 on: 07/14/2023 09:50 pm »
Cool stuff, thanks for this!

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Re: Apollo 7 - Historic Videos
« Reply #2 on: 07/15/2023 08:41 pm »
Good stuff, thanks for posting.

Too bad they didn't get Schirra off cigarettes before sending him on an 11 day mission.   May have made a difference for the careers of his crewmates.

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Re: Apollo 7 - Historic Videos
« Reply #3 on: 11/14/2025 12:41 am »

Apollo 7 Launch - Tracking and Pad Cameras, Real Speed, Staging, Multiple Views, Saturn IB, 4K



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Nov 13, 2025  #apollo6 #saturnv #launch
Tracking and pad camera angles of the Apollo 7 launch presented side by side at real speed. Colors were adjusted across the different cameras to achieve a uniform look. 4K resolution was used to improve export video quality.
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CHAPTERS

00:00 Tracking Cameras
02:49 Pad Cameras
03:38 Multiple Views
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Sound and image cleanup, cleanup, upscale and color restoration by RetroSpace HD. Some music segments might be replaced by background sounds or generic themes.
PSA #3:  Paywall? View this video on how-to temporary Disable Java-Script: youtu.be/KvBv16tw-UM
A golden rule from Chris B:  "focus on what is being said, not disparage people who say it."

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