Apollo 4 / Unidentified Photographer

The first Saturn V rocket on Pad 39A at Sunset

November 1967

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
-

Conditions of Sale
FAQs
This lot is offered by Christie Manson & Woods Ltd

Brought to you by

Lot Essay

In the early evening of Nov. 8, 1967, the 363-foot tall first Saturn V launch vehicle stands ready for lift-off at the Kennedy Space Centre five years after President John F. Kennedy’s speech to a crowd at Rice University in Houston on Sept. 12, 1962, explaining some of the challenges of going to the Moon.

“If we shall send to the Moon, 240,000 miles away ... a giant rocket, ... made of new metal alloys, some of which have not yet been invented, capable of withstanding heat and stresses several times more than have ever been experienced, fitted together with a precision better than the finest watch -- then we must be bold.”
President John F. Kennedy, speech at Rice University, September 12, 1962