Two Of The Skylab Astronauts Are Home

How to cite this film

‘US Skylab Astronauts Home’, [newsfilm, online], 29 Sep 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z017342 (Accessed 09 Jul 2025)

Technical Info

Format / Codec: Flash / VP6
Source Format / Codec: MOV
Video Bitrate: 800 kbps
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps
Frame Size: 640 x 480
Pixels Cropped At Encoding: Top: 0, Bottom: 0, Left: 90, Right: 90
Reason For Crop: Removal of video noise
Other Edits: Video was trimmed of first 7 seconds to remove AP title card

Slug

US Skylab Astronauts Home

Date

29 Sep 1973

Dateline

Houston Texas

Script

Arrival of astronauts by plane in Houston and speech by Commander Alan Bean.

Shotlist

1. ws astronauts down from plane greeted by jaunty band playing
2. ms band
3. ws crowd
4. ms Alan Bean speech SOUNDBITE we think... we did the job right... we were safe... and we had a good time.

Film status

Syndicated

Processing date

29 Sep 1973

Processing location

New York: c0040288

Original film

Colour Positive

Original sound

Optical Sound On Film

Duration

00:00:59:21

Sources

AP Television

NoS ID

z017342

How to cite this record

'Two Of The Skylab Astronauts Are Home', 29 Sep 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z017342 (Accessed 09 Jul 2025)

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