Opinion | Ani Bundel: Television made the Apollo 11 moon landing a moment of national unity. - NBCNewsTHINK
Walter Cronkite holds up a copy of the New York Daily News with a "Man Lands on the Moon" headline during his coverage of the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. Former astronaut Wally Schirra sits beside him.On the 50th anniversary, it’s not surprising viewers are once again turning back to their televisions to tell them what to think and feel about it. The sheer wealth of footage means there are still brand-new images to see, even 50 years on.
America’s public television stations led the charge starting as soon as the July Fourth holiday was over with PBS' “,” looking at the public relations savvy that went into selling the moonwalk to the public as the ultimate historic event. As far as that special is concerned, the Apollo mission’s success came as much from how NASA sold itself to the public as any scientific breakthrough.
HBO perhaps has the splashiest of the entries, offering viewers the restored version of the 1998 miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon” about the entirety of the Apollo missions to get to the moon. The 12-part dramatization has a literal who’s-who cast, including Tom Hanks, Tony Goldwyn, Cary Elwes, Bryan Cranston and Adam Baldwin.
HBO may be re-airing Emmy award-winning content, but CBS had Cronkite, and it’s not about to let anyone forget it. The channel is going real-time on its , airing each event timed to when it originally happened, from launch to landing. It allows Cronkite’s famous patriotic reactions to paint the portrait of why this anniversary should mean so much.
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