The flight of Apollo 11 spawned an entire cottage industry of commemorative LP records. CBS issued an LP (similar to what they did with the '68. '69 and '70 year in review albums) and a 7" record (33 1/3 rpm). Metromedia and others did too, with audio highlights of their respective news coverage. ABC Radio released an album and small hardcover book that showcased their network broadcast. Here's a small snippet from the tail end of side B. The splashdown description is followed by a summary (along with Nixon's "life on other worlds speech" !) and hopeful words about the future of manned space exploration...done in that wonderful late 60's style.
Since I couldn't load an audio file directly to the site, I encapsulated the audio within a static video. Next time I do this, I promise that I'll make it more fancy!
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