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When We Were Apollo (2019)

What made it so successful were the people.

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 20M

Director : Zachary Wheil

Synopsis

Who were the men and women of Project Apollo? Where are they today? What do they think of the extraordinary effort they helped make possible? Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing in 2019, When We Were Apollo is an intimate and personal look at the Apollo Space Program through the lives and experiences of some of its most inspiring behind-the-scenes figures: engineers, technicians, builders and contractors who spent the better part of a decade working to get us to the moon and back.

Actors

Bill Chandler
Bill Chandler
Self - NASA Engineer
John Tribe
John Tribe
Self - North American Engineer
Bob Barnini
Bob Barnini
Self - NASA Engineer
Brooks Moore
Brooks Moore
Self - NASA Engineer
Wallace Johnson
Wallace Johnson
Self - North American Engineer

Crews

Zachary Wheil
Zachary Wheil
Director
Kyle McConaghy
Kyle McConaghy
Director of Photography
Zachary Wheil
Zachary Wheil
Writer
Zachary Wheil
Zachary Wheil
Producer

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