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Summary: WOW! If you love the Saturn V - get this set!
Review: I always knew the Saturn V was powerful - and that it was one of the technological (though as simple in design as possible) achievements that put man on the moon. What I hadn't fully comprehended until this set was just how enormous was the task and how powerful was the vehicle.Disc one presents a nice documentary about the launch vehicle - with interviews from some Saturn veterans on the development of the vehicle. What's great too is that some of the other footage has even more of the sound from these interviews, and some of the background and stories are great. This documentary doesn't have the great montage on Von Braun that the first Saturn documentary has (on the Saturn I and IB set) but it is still great. My favorite part is when Von Braun asks one of the engineers to come outside the launch control center to watch (and feel) the first Saturn V launch. And then the whoops in the control room as it works! Awesome stuff. What's great also is that this is a labor of love for Spacecraft Films (all the sets are great), and it shows. The 500F rollout is presented as such - not as a flight vehicle. And there is cool stuff - such as engine testing - even a camera from inside the Apollo 8 liquid oxygen tank (strangely mesmerizing to see liquid oxygen drain!). Disc two contains several angles of each Saturn V launch. Disc three contains fantastic pad cameras that look spectacular. Plus on disc three are 11 reports that Marshall in Hunstville did as an update on quarterly progress in developing the vehicle. Well worth the money if you're interested in the Saturns.
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