From: higgins@fnalf.fnal.gov (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Smithsonian videodisks (was Re: Apollo Program photos)
Date: 26 Jan 93 13:23:03 -0600
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In article <19930126133842.Roger.Wilfong@umich.edu>, Roger.Wilfong@umich.edu  (Roger Wilfong) writes:
> In Article <11748.409.uupcb@the-matrix.com> "george.gassaway@the-matrix.com (George Gassaway) " says:
>> I am currently researching Apollo-7 for the purposes of creating and 
>> documenting detailed drawings of the Saturn-IB launch vehicle. 
> I too am researching Apollo with similar intentions; however, my interest is
> in SA-6 and SA-7 (Saturn I, Block 2).  I too would be interested in the disc 
> to which George refers.  

Oh, well, if there are *two* of you guys out there, there may well be
more, so I shall post this old 1989 article instead of simply mailing
it to Roger and George...

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I just received a catalog of aviation history books from the Smithsonian
Institution Press.  It includes six videodiscs full of stills at fifty-five
bucks apiece.  I don't have a player, but maybe some readers will be
interested.

"The National Air and Space Museum is reproducing its entire photo archives aon
videodiscs.  Ten discs are currently planned...[these laser NTSC 525-line
discs] can be played on all laser videodisc players." 
 Two of the six discs are relevant to students of spaceflight.  Quoting from
the catalog:
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Archival Videodisc 6
 
The Lunar Missions Imagery Disc documents the history of manned and unmanned
lunar missions with over 70,000 images.  The unmanned Ranger, Surveyor, and
Lunar Orbiter missions are represented with a selection of over 6,000
black-and-white images on side A, followed by 23,000 color and black-and-white
images taken by the Apollo astronauts.  Because many of these images were shot
in rapid sequence, they provide an "animated" re-creation of many aspects of
the Apollo missions when played in an auto forward mode.  Each image is
referenced with an index.  

Also on Side A are chronologies of American and Soviet lunar missions,
photodocumentaries of lunar explorations, and biographies of the Apollo
astronauts.  Details of lunar mapping are provided as a cross reference to the
Apollo photographs.

Side B stores roughly 47,000 frames of Apollo panoramic photography from Apollo
15, 16, and 17.  A mapping index is provided for Side B.
ISBN: 0-84747-939-5S  $55.00 (Smithsonian members $44.00)

Archival Videodisc 5
[NASA history, U.S. space program, Shuttle Hasselblad photography from STS-1 to
STS-61C.] Index included.
ISBN: 0-84747-936-0S  $55.00 (Smithsonian members $44.00)
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The other discs are of interest to aviation buffs:
#1  Aircraft, alphabetical by manufacturer (100,000 images)
#2  More aircraft, personalities, events
#3  USA(A)F through 1954, including 50,000 WWII images
#4  USAF pre-1954, Korea, art collection (Single-sided, 50,000 images)

If you're interested, contact:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Dept. 900
Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17294-0900
(717)794-2148

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