Reference Resource: Apollo 11's Moon Landing - Specialty Microfilm

Apollo 11’s Moon Landing
[Microfilm 629.454 Apo]

This microfilm reel is one of the library system’s most unusual research resources, especially for space exploration buffs. Though there have been many books about humankind’s first physical visit to the Moon’s surface, written in the over-forty years since that mission took place, none have quite the same sense of immediacy as reading the articles that are included in this microfilm collection. This reel includes over 1000 pages of articles from 16 different newspapers (including The Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, The Houston Chronicle, The New York Times, and The Washington Post), and over 13 magazines (including Life, Look, National Geographic, Newsweek, Sky & Telescope, Time and U.S. News and World Report), all covering the build-up to the launch of Apollo 11, and the subsequent success of that mission that placed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in the moon’s surface. Though the technology of microfilm may seem a bit antiquated in today’s world of digitization, the images on this film capture the world-wide fascination with the Apollo program in a way that a book or a website just can’t seem to manage. If you are a space buff, I highly encourage you to stop at Bennett Martin Public Library downtown and ask to explore this excellent research archive! (B&W printouts can be made of articles for 10¢ per page)

[This review re-printed from March 2011 on BookGuide] [ Apollo 11 page on the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum site ] | [ Interactive Online Recreation of Apollo 11 mission ]

Recommended by Scott C.
Bennett Martin Public Library

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President John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963: A Microfilm Documentary

President John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963: A Microfilm Documentary
[Microfilm 364.152 Ken]

This microfilm reel, available for use on the microfilm equipment at the Bennett Martin Public Library downtown, is a unique resource for people interested in the coverage of the John F. Kennedy assassination. This microfilm contains the newspaper coverage of the assassination from the first announcement of its occurance through the public mourning and funeral for the slain president. But it is not the articles as they appeared in Lincoln's local paper -- rather it is a week's worth of in-depth coverage from approximately 20 major newspapers from across the entire United States and even some forgeign papers as well. Anyone who didn't already live through that era, and who is curious about the national mood during such a tragic week, will find a sense of the immediacy of those events in these articles and editorials. From the direct coverage by the Dallas newspapers, to the leading journals from New York, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and numerous other cities, you will get a good feeling for why everyone who lived through the events of November 22, 1963 is always quick to answer the question, "Where were you when Kennedy was killed?" A fascinating historical research tool! -- recommended by Scott C. - Bennett Martin Public Library

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Apollo 11's Moon Landing

Apollo 11's Moon Landing
[Microfilm 629.454 Apo]

This microfilm reel is one of the library system's most unusual research resources, especially for space exploration buffs. Though there have been many books about humankind's first physical visit to the Moon's surface, written in the over-forty years since that mission took place, none have quite the same sense of immediacy as reading the articles that are included in this microfilm collection. This reel includes over 1000 pages of articles from 16 different newspapers (including The Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, The Houston Chronicle, The New York Times, and The Washington Post), and over 13 magazines (including Life, Look, National Geographic, Newsweek, Sky & Telescope, Time and U.S. News and World Report), all covering the build-up to the launch of Apollo 11, and the subsequent success of that mission that placed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in the moon's surface. Though the technology of microfilm may seem a bit antiquated in today's world of digitization, the images on this film capture the world-wide fascination with the Apollo program in a way that a book or a website just can't seem to manage. If you are a space buff, I highly encourage you to stop at Bennett Martin Public Library and explore this excellent research archive! (B&W printouts can be made of articles for 10¢ per page)

[ Apollo 11 page on the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum site ] | [ Interactive Online Recreation of Apollo 11 mission ]

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