Produced by North American Aviation for screening at the 1967 Paris Air Show, this industrial film overviews the manufacturing of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Detailing the rocket’s construction down to the types of welds used, the film covers the production and testing of Saturn V stages, bulkheads, fuel tanks, and boosters. Beyond the Saturn V launch vehicle itself, this film also explains many of the processes, techniques and materials used and developed to build components of an Apollo spacecraft and its Command/Service Module.

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