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Apollo 1: This is Cape Canaveral or as it was known in 1967, Cape Kennedy. It was renamed in 1963 as a tribute to the assassinated president, but reverted to its original name ten years later. And this is the burnt out shell of the Apollo 1 spacecraft. Also known as the Apollo/Saturn 204, it went up...

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Other Authors:	Thomson, Andrew (Producer), Swain, Madeleine (Narrator)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Geelong, Australia : World Wide Entertainment, 2007.
Series:	World history in video.
Subjects:	Chaffee, Roger B., > 1935-1967. Grissom, Virgil I. White, Edward Higgins, > II, > 1930-1967. White, Edward Higgins, > II, > 1930-1967 Space vehicle accidents > United States. Space vehicles > Fires and fire prevention. Canaveral, Cape (Fla. : Cape) Astronautique > Accidents > États-Unis. Véhicules spatiaux > Incendies et prévention des incendies. Canaveral, Cap (Flor.) Space vehicle accidents. Florida > Cape Canaveral (Cape) United States. Apollo 1 fire, 1967 Documentary Alexander Street Video. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Documentaires télévisés. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
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Summary:	Apollo 1: This is Cape Canaveral or as it was known in 1967, Cape Kennedy. It was renamed in 1963 as a tribute to the assassinated president, but reverted to its original name ten years later. And this is the burnt out shell of the Apollo 1 spacecraft. Also known as the Apollo/Saturn 204, it went up in flames on the 27th of January 1967 during a training exercise at launch pad 34. The AS 204 had a crew of three astronauts, all of whom died in the accident.
Item Description:	Previously released on DVD. Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (6 min.).