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1972SPACE EXPLORATION
Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon and the first to land in the lunar highlands.

ASTRONAUTS: JOHN W. YOUNG, THOMAS K. MATTINGLY II, CHARLES M. DUKE, JR. LAUNCH DATE: APRIL 16, 1972
SHOWS THE LANDING AND THE THREE LUNAR TRAVERSES IN THE HIGHLAND REGION OF THE MOON, NEAR THE CRATER DESCARTES. INCLUDES AN ASTRONAUT'S EYE VIEW FROM THE ROVER, LUNAR GRAND PRIX, DISCOVERY OF THE HOUSE-SIZED ROCK, LUNAR LIFT-OFF AND EVA (EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY). 173,000 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. MICROPHONES, CAMERAS IN MISSION CONTROL RECORD THE EMERGENCY PROBLEM SOLVING DURING THE PRELANDING CRISIS AND THE REACTIONS OF THE SCIENTISTS ON EARTH AS THE ASTRONAUTS EXPLORE THE MOON, MOON ROVER.
APOLLO 16.

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GRAPHIC FOR NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION U.S.A
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W/S SUNRISE OVER MARSH
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MAN WRAPPED IN BLANKET LYING ON HOOD OF HIS CONVERTIBLE. VEHICLES AND CAMPERS PARKED. MALE STARTING A FIRE ON PROPANE GRILL
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W/S APOLLO 16 IN LAUNCH PAD AT DAWN, APRIL 16, 1972.
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ASTRONAUT CREW OF APOLLO 16 RELAXING, HAVING BREAKFAST AT LARGE TABLE IN ASTRONAUT QUARTERS, READING NEWSPAPERS, CHATTING CASUALLY.
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C/U ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG EATING BREAKFAST.
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C/U FROM REAR, ASTRONAUT THOMAS KEN MATTINGLY, II READING THE NEWSPAPER.
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C/U ASTRONAUT CHARLES M. DUKE READING NEWSPAPER.
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SLOW Z'IN OF BUILDING AGAINST CLEAR BLUE SKY WITH FADING FULL MOON.
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SHOTS OF THE MOON'S SURFACE FROM THE APOLLO 16'S LUNAR ROVING VEHICLE AS IT TRAVERSES IN SPACE.
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TITLE FOR FILM "APOLLO 16 NOTHING SO HIDDEN..."
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PAN LARGE CROWD GATHERED AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BEFORE LAUNCH.
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W/S APOLLO 16 ON LAUNCH PAD.
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AERIAL MISSION CONTROL CENTER AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. ROWS AND ROWS OF PEOPLE AT COMPUTERS.
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W/S APOLLO 16 LIFTING OFF. SMOKE BILLOWING OUT FROM SPACE CRAFT, FIRE SHOOTING FROM ROCKET AS IT SLOWLY SHOOTS STRAIGHT UP INTO THE SKY.
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GREAT W/S ROCKET LIFT OFF.
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MEN AT MISSION CONTROL WITH HEADSETS LOOKING UP DURING LIFT OFF.
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APOLLO 16 FLOATING IN SPACE.
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SHOTS OF THE MOON FROM THE SPACECRAFT, POV ASTRONAUTS.
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THE LUNAR MODULE LIFTING OFF FROM THE SPACECRAFT WHILE IN SPACE.
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ASTRONAUT'S EYE VIEW OF CRATERS ON THE MOON'S SURFACE.
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COMMANDERS AT MISSION CONTROL CENTER
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LUNAR MODULE IN SPACE.
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SERIOUS MEN IN MISSION CONTROL WITH HEADSETS AND AT COMPUTERS.
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MORE SHOTS FROM THE MOON - POV ASTRONAUTS. SPACECRAFT ATTEMPTING TO DOCK IN BG.
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SERIOUS TALKING HEADS WITH MICS AT MISSION CONTROL.
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W/S THE LUNAR ROVING VEHICLE (LRV).
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TALKING HEADS AT MISSION CONTROL. PROBLEM SOLVING.
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W/S IN SPACE - LRV
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TALKING HEAD MALE ON TELEPHONE. VAR SCIENTISTS AT MISSION CONTROL ON MICS PROBLEM SOLVING AND DISCUSSING THE LANDING.
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POV ASTRONAUTS FROM SPACECRAFT AS THEY PASS OVER THE MOON - CRATERS, AND ROCKY UNSMOOTH TERRAIN CAN BE SEEN
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SPACECRAFT LAND ON MOON.
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ASTRONAUT JOHN YOUNG STEPPING OUT ONTO THE MOON'S CRATER "DESCARTES" FORMATION.
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VAR MEN AND SCIENTISTS AT MISSION CONTROL
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W/S CLASSIC MAN ON THE MOON IN SPACESUIT WITH AMERICAN FLAG.
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ASTRONAUTS WALKING ON THE MOON. AMERICAN FLAG. ASTRONAUT JUMPS UP AND DOWN WHILE SALUTING THE FLAG.
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ASTRONAUT JOHN YOUNG SETTING UP ULTRA VIOLET CAMERA ON MOON
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PHOTOS FROM THE MOON OF THE EARTH'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE, INNER STELLAR GAS, ULTRA VIOLET HALOS.
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W/S ASTRONAUT DUKE DRILLING A HOLE ON THE MOON. YOUNG SETTING UP CENTRAL STATION. MOON EXPLORATION.
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C/U NASA SCIENTIST FROM MISSION CONTROL WORKING ON HEAT FLOW.
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ASTRONAUT WALKING ON MOON CARRYING EQUIPMENT, EXPLORING
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POV ASTRONAUTS FROM THE ROVER - THE MOON.
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ASTRONAUT YOUNG USING PORTABLE INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE THE MOON'S MAGNETIC FIELD.
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ASTRONAUT PICKS UP A LUNAR ROCK SAMPLE.
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ASTRONAUT YOUNG DRIVING THE ROVER, WHICH RESEMBLES A TRACTOR OR OFF TRACK VEHICLE, BOUNCING UP AND DOWN ACROSS THE MOON'S SURFACE. BANJO MUSIC PLAYING.
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ASTRONAUT WALKING ON THE MOON TOWARD THE LUNAR ROVER.
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SCIENTISTS IN MISSION CONTROL CAFETERIA ENJOING A MEAL.
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POV ASTRONAUTS, SHOTS OF THE MOON FROM SPACECRAFT.
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HIGHLAND REGION OF THE MOON, HUGE CRATER SHOT FROM 700 FEET ABOVE THE LUNAR MODULE. ASTRONAUTS TRAVERSING THE MOON TALKING WITH EACH OTHER WHILE TAKING SAMPLES.
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MISSION CONTROL AGAIN. WORKING ON DEVELOPING FILM SENT FROM THE MOON BY ASTRONAUTS.
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W/S OF THE ROVING LUNAR MODULE. C/U ASTRONAUT IN SPACE SUIT.
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TALKING HEADS DISCUSSING THE SERIOUSNESS AND IMPORTANCE OF THE APOLLO 16 SPACE EXPLORATION.
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APRIL 23, 1972 ASTRONAUTS ON TRAVERSE NUMBER 3. SHOWN GETTING THINGS READY
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OPEN LOOSELEAF BINDER, TURNING PAGES.
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TRAVERSING THE MOON SHOTS FROM LUNAR MODULE. ASTRONAUTS LOOKING AT LARGE CRATER. THE ROCKY SANDY SURFACE OF THE MOON.
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ASTRONAUT DISCOVERS GIGANTIC HOUSE-SIZED ROCK. ASTRONAUTS WALKING TOWARD THE HUGE BOULDER.
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SCIENTISTS LOOKING AT PHOTO TAKEN FROM THE MOON.
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MISSION CONTROL GUYS LAUGHING AND JOKING AS THEY WATCH LIVE AS ASTRONAUTS DISCOVER THE HUGE BOULDER.
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W/S OF HUGE BOULDER ON THE MOON. ASTRONAUTS CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE.
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ASTRONAUTS HEADING BACK TO BASE TO CLOSE OUT THE EVA (EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY) AND TO LIFT OFF FOR HOME. MORE SHOTS OF MOON'S SURFACE POV ASTRONAUTS FROM SPACECRAFT.
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SLOW Z'IN FROM THE SPACECRAFT OF THE ROVER STILL PARKKED ON THE MOON.
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GUYS FROM MISSION CONTROL GETTING READY FOR ASCENT.
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AWESOME SHOT OF LUNAR LIFT OFF. SPACECRAFT BREAKING OFF FROM IT'S BASE ON THE MOON. APOLLO 16 FLOATING THROUGH SPACE.
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SHOTS OF ASTRONAUTS JOHN YOUNG, KEN MATTINGLY, AND CHARLIE DUKE. FROM INSIDE SPACECRAFT HEADING HOME.
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ASTRONAUT JOHN YOUNG EATING ICECREAM.
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W/S OF PLANET EARTH AS SEEN FROM SPACECRAFT OVER THE MOON.
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KEN MATTINGLY STILL IN SPACE CLIMBS OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF THE COMMAND MODULE CABIN 173,000 MILES FROM EARTH.
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PLANET EARTH TAKEN FROM THE COMMAND MODULE AS IT APPROACHES.
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PARACHUTING DOWN BACK TO EARTH AS MISSION CONTROL WATCHES AND APPLAUDS.
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GREAT W/S OF TRIPLE PARACHUTED SPACE MODULE LANDING INTO OCEAN.
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MISSION CONTROL GUYS APPLAUDING.
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THREE ASTRONAUTS SALUTE AS THEY DISEMBARK FROM HELICOPTER.
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