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Audio Visual, circa 1960 - 2011

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 12

Scope and Contents

This series contains a variety of recordings, films, and media that chronicle the life and career of Neil Armstrong. Some of the content that can be found in this series includes interviews, documentaries, news and media coverage of the space program, home movies, and fan recordings sent to Armstrong. The audio-visual series also includes recordings, corresponding documents, transcripts, and photographs for the 1992 Documentary Series, First Flights... with Neil Armstrong

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Dates

  • Creation: circa 1960 - 2011

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Collection material is primarily in English. Russian and Korean is also present.

Access Information

Collection is open for scholarly research. A 48 hours notice and consultation with the Flight Archivist is required to access the collection.  Portions of the collection are restricted per donor restrictions and third party privacy.

Extent

15.157 Cubic Feet (Nine letter-size full-width manuscript boxes, six cubic feet boxes, two legal-size full-width boxes, two letter-size half-width box, and one flat box, eight 16mmX800 ft. film canisters, eight 16mmx1200 ft. film canisters, three 16mmx400 ft. film canister) : 20_16mm films

6.05 Gigabytes (49 digital files [access])

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Arrangement

The audio visual material has been grouped by subject and in most cases is in chronological order. There are ten sub-series.

  1. Experimental Test Pilot
  2. Gemini Program
  3. Apollo Program
  4. Post Moon Landing World Tour and Celebration
  5. Apollo 11 Fan Mail
  6. Post Apollo 11
  7. Neil Armstrong's Home Movies and Audio Recordings
  8. Documentaries
  9. First Flights with Neil Armstrong Documentary Television Show
  10. Commercial Media

Repository Details

Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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