From the Earth to the Moon
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:34:00
- Hurry up.
- Let's go.

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- Come on. Sit down.
- You got it set up?

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All the photographs from Apollo 11
were of Buzz taken by Neil...

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one astronaut with maybe the other guy
reflected in his visor.

:34:16
We had the idea
to use this timer...

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and get both me and Pete
in the picture...

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and not tell anyone about it
until the film was developed.

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- It was a great idea.
- Electric man.

:34:26
The trick was finding the right moment
so Houston wouldn't catch on.

:34:33
By the time we made it
to the Surveyor...

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we had less than an hour left outside
in the Ocean of Storms.

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Our first order of business
was that secret photo.

:34:43
I had practiced finding the timer
plenty of times and never had trouble.

:34:49
I had the whole procedure down
to a few seconds.

:34:52
The result
would have been magnificent.

:35:08
Had I been able
to find the damn thing.

:35:15
I'll be darned.
:35:18
- Isn't it in there?
- Let me look one more time.

:35:23
Wait. What's in your bag here?
:35:26
- It's just a film magazine.
- I'll try at this end.

:35:30
I knew I was wasting
precious time.

:35:33
If it didn't turn up quick, it would be
criminal to continue the search.

:35:37
- So...
- I've had it.

:35:40
- Forget it.
- All right.

:35:43
Let's mosey down there
and grab what we came here for.

:35:46
In 1967,
Surveyor's TV camera had broadcast...

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the first-ever television pictures
from the surface of the moon.

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We aimed
to take that camera home...

:35:57
so they could study
the long-term effects of the moon...

:35:59
on manmade machines.

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