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In reply to the discussion: So...Who watched The Moon Landing? [View all]Mad_Dem_X
(9,705 posts)58. It's the first memory I have. I was 2-1/2 years old.
All I remember is standing in the living room, watching it on TV, with my mother behind me, either ironing or sitting in her chair.
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Thanks. I was pretty sure I remembered sitting around the old black and white tv.
captain queeg
Jul 21
#47
Go to :31 of this video, which is time compressed, but it shows it was upside down.
rsdsharp
Jul 20
#34
I didn't watch it because of this or maybe someone grabbed me at the right time.
LeftInTX
Jul 21
#91
Oh, I remember my dad's transistor radio which I borrowed for certain events! What a great experience you had!
electric_blue68
Jul 20
#18
I saw it. I was working my first job at the Delaware State news in Dover, Delaware
Walleye
Jul 20
#8
One of my favorite big coffee table books was put out by the Association of Space Explorers. Ad Astra!
electric_blue68
Jul 20
#21
Ty. Heh, I didn't do any weed till the early '70s Which some people consider part of The 60s... so
electric_blue68
Jul 21
#49
I was 12 and was also bored. I had seen the color images from their previous missions.
LeftInTX
Jul 21
#92
Could you be confusing this with Alan Shepard's flight in 1961? The moon landing was in the month of July.
flor-de-jasmim
Jul 21
#53
Ty. I made a typo i just saw which might have given you that impression....
electric_blue68
Jul 21
#75
I remember seeing it for a special reason. I was away at summer camp where there was no access to TV
Rhiannon12866
Jul 21
#54
I watched it amid a cluster of airline reservations agents in downtown Milwaukee.
ariadne0614
Jul 21
#55
Aw, mannnn! You'd think (imho) they'd let you watch something that would engender patriotism in many people, and you'd..
electric_blue68
Jul 21
#78
i was still in elementary school. i have a large envelope of large format photos of that.
AllaN01Bear
Jul 21
#63
Not me. My mother would have graduated from being a Junior to a Senior in HS in 1969
Niagara
Jul 21
#67