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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website “The Busy World of Outer Space“ is an episode of the TV program “Discovery '68”. Discovery (with a two digit year following the title) aired on ABC from 1962 until 1971 as an award-winning children’s program about the history and culture of America. This episode covers the launching, functions, and systems of rockets and satellites in space, with a look at the Apollo and Surveyor Programs, and explains the plans for a self-supported base on the Moon for mankind. The film is a Jules Power production in association with ABC News, hosted by Bill Owen, written by Ronald Liss, directed by Allan B. Schwartz, photographed by Paul Hipp, edited by Stuart Chasmar, and produced by Daniel Wilson in consultation with the NEA in cooperation with the American Library Association. A surveyor in outer space landing on the moon (00:06). “The Busy World of Outer Space” title banner (00:42). Discovery 68’ intro-segment (00:45). Host Bill Owen introduces the episode in a studio with models of a city on the Moon (01:10). Engineers constructing Surveyor to be sent to the moon (01:35). An Atlas-Centaur rocket launching (01:47). Graphics of the rocket’s stages in space (01:56). The Surveyor is detached in stage 3 (02:09). The Deep Space Tracking Network sends commands to the Surveyor from earth (02:36). The Surveyor approaches the moon (02:41). Views of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center in California (03:08). Graphics of the Surveyor landing on the Moon while the landing is monitored at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (03:11). Pictures of the moon sent by the Surveyor are assembled (03:49). Bill Owen explains the Apollo Lunar Module (04:07). A rocket being launched by the Saturn V rocket booster (04:26). Bill Owen uses a model of the Lunar Module to further explain (04:44). A model of the base to be built on the Moon (05:15). Bill Owen talks about the possible base (05:49). Models of how supplies might be manufactured directly from elements in moon soil (06:24). Scientists collect and process algae to be brought to the moon (06:43). Views of a hydroponic farm (07:17). Bill Owen speaks about the base on the Moon and its future self-support (07:32). Graphics of space (07:50). Views of the Moon city model (08:02). Scientist working at the Rockwell/North American plant (08:17). Apollo Command Module in production (08:21). A rocket (08:36). A monitor center (08:46). A rocket launching (08:49). Astronauts in space (08:55). Graphics of astronauts in space (09:21). Mars (09:28). Saturn (09:33). The moon (09:39). An Olympic athlete running with a torch (09:42). Graphics of communication satellites orbiting earth (09:47). Views of meteorological forecasts (09:59). Stormy weather (10:04). Satellite transmitted images of earth (10:07). Cloud formations over earth (10:15). Satellite infrared camera equipment (10:18). A forest fire (10:26). A mineral deposit (10:29). Swimming fish (10:37). Satellite pictures of earth in color (10:42). Owen standing behind four models of satellites in orbit around earth (10:54). The Syncom satellite launched in 1963 (11:03). The Intelsat I or Early Bird satellite launched in 1965 (11:07). The Intelsat II launched in 1966 (11:12). The ATS satellite (11:20). Owen explains the functions of the satellites (11:28). Views of the satellite assembly (11:57). The launching of an Atlas-Agena Rocket (12:06). Graphics of the separation of its capsule and the satellites stabilization and navigation systems (12:12). Models of the satellite’s motor (13:04). Views of ground space stations (13:26). A transmitting station (13:33). Graphics of the transmission (13:38). Owen speaks about space (13:42). Illustrated rockets and space stations (13:59). Owen and illustrations explain a proposed space station (14:22). The construction of a commander module (15:17). Owen interviews space scientist Dr. Eric from the Autonoetic Division of North America/Rockwell about a space hospital and hotel using models and illustration (15:25). Owens summarizes the episode (20:12). Credits (21:15). The Surveyor program ran from June 1966 through January 1968, and sent seven robotic spacecraft to the surface of the Moon. Its primary goal was to demonstrate the feasibility of soft landings on an extraterrestrial body. Five of the Surveyor craft successfully soft-landed on the Moon, including the first one. The other two failed: Surveyor 2 crashed at high velocity after a failed mid-course correction, and Surveyor 4 lost contact (possibly exploding) 2.5 minutes before its scheduled touch-down. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
