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Apollo Program Group of (12) 70mm NASA Transparency Film Rolls

Thousands of vintage 70mm NASA transparencies—including Apollo 11

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Thousands of vintage 70mm NASA transparencies—including Apollo 11

Impressive collection of twelve rare rolls of 70mm positive and negative transparencies, both black-and-white and color, representing Apollo 8 through Apollo 15 (except for Apollo 14), and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. In all, these reels contain well over 6,500 historic images taken on these Apollo missions. Some of the highlights include a black-and-white version of the famous Apollo 8 'Earthrise,' fabulous color images of the Apollo 9 capsule, views of the moon captured during the Apollo 11 mission, and dozens of other memorable examples of Apollo photography. In overall very good to fine condition.

The film rolls included, most of which contain images from multiple magazines, are listed below. Image counts are based on the labeling of the rolls and NASA mission reports, and have not been verified.

Apollo 8 (B/W negatives on spool in canister, 865 images)
Magazine "B" - 152 images
Magazine "A" - 78 images
Magazine "F" - 46 images
Magazine "G" - 81 images
Magazine "C" - 169 images
Magazine "D" - 171 images
Magazine "E" - 168 images

Apollo 9 (Color positives on spool, 673 images)
Magazine "A" - 144 images
Magazine "B" - 146 images
Magazine "C" - 151 images
Magazine "D" - 144 images
Magazine "E" - 125 images
Magazine "F" - 63 images

Apollo 9 (Color positives, 140 images)
Magazine "AA" - 140 images

Apollo 10 (B/W negatives on spool in canister, 1,319 images)
Magazine "N" - 133 images
Magazine "M" - 165 images
Magazine "T" - 152 images
Magazine "S" - 182 images
Magazine "Q" - 173 images
Magazine "P" - 163 images
Magazine "O" - 176 images
Magazine "R" - 175 images

Apollo 11 (B/W positives, 181 image)
Magazine "O" - 181 images

Apollo 12 (B/W positives on spool, 104 images)
Magazine "AA" - 104 images

Apollo 12 (B/W negatives on spool in canister, 1,033 images)
Magazine "Z" - 153 images
Magazine "EE" - 177 images
Magazine "X" - 150 images
Magazine "U" - 185 images
Magazine "T" - 173 images
Magazine "S" - 175 images

Apollo 12 (B/W negatives on spool in canister, 576 images)
Magazine "V" - 153 images
Magazine "Y" - 154 images
Magazine "R" - 129 images
Magazine "Q" - 140 images

Apollo 13 (B/W negatives on spool in canister, 344 images)
Magazine "L" - 151 images
Magazine "N" - 26 images
Magazine "II" - 167 images

Apollo 15 (B/W positives on spool, 1,234 images)
Magazine "S" - 133 images
Magazine "LL" - 177 images
Magazine "MM" - 118 images
Magazine "OO" - 171 images
Magazine "PP" - 150 images
Magazine "QQ" - 178 images
Magazine "RR" - 136 images
Magazine "SS" - 171 images

Apollo 15 (Color positives on spool, unknown quantity)
Unknown magazines

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (Color positives on spool, unknown quantity)
Magazine "CX-10" - unknown.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Space & Aviation
  • Dates: #594 - Ended October 15, 2020