Taken by a RCA TV camera aboard the spacecraft

Three vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ (2) and KSC captions numbered “68-H-1404”, “68-H-1402” and “68-H-1406” on the versos
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Borman at the control of the spacecraft, Anders trying out his toothbrush, Lovell wishing his mother a “Happy Birthday” from space in the first live TV transmission from the spacecraft. The Apollo 8 crew was 120,653 nautical miles from Earth traveling at a speed of 3,207 mph at the time the TV pictures were made (NASA captions).

031:10:52 Mattingly (Mission Control): Okay, Apollo 8. We have a good (TV) picture. [...]
031:10:57 Borman: Okay. We’re rolling around to a good view of the Earth, and as soon as we get to the good view of the Earth, we’ll stop and let you look out the window at the scene that we see. Jim Lovell’s down in Lower Equipment Bay preparing lunch, and Bill is holding a camera here for us both. [...]
031:19:56 Borman: This transmission is coming to you approximately halfway between the Moon and the Earth. [...] We have about less than 40 hours left to go to the Moon. You can see Bill’s got his toothbrush here. He’s been brushing his teeth regularly. To demonstrate how things float around in zero g. It looks like he plays for the Astros, the way he tries to catch that thing. [...]
031:21:54 Mattingly: Hey, Frank, how about a couple of words on your health for the wide world.
031:22:03 Borman: Well, we are all in very good shape. Jim is busy working preparing lunch. Bill is playing cameraman right now, and I am about to take a light reading on the Earth. We all feel fine. It was a very exciting ride on that big Saturn, but it worked perfectly, and we’re looking forward now, of course, for the day after tomorrow when we will be just 60 miles away from the Moon.
031:22:33 Mattingly: Roger. You all look great on candid TV [Pause.]
031:22:44 Borman: Okay. I just got a reading on the Earth, Houston. It is 320. The Earth is showing 320 lumens now. [Pause.] If you get a close-up of Jim Lovell, Bill, you can let everyone see he has already outdistanced us in the beard race. Jim has got quite a beard going already. [Pause.]
031:23:28 Lovell: Happy birthday, Mother. [Long pause.]
031:23:49 Borman: Okay. Jim is going to take a shot of us from the Lower Equipment Bay, and then we have to get back to our Passive Thermal Control in the barbecue mode so that we don’t get one side of the spacecraft too hot for too long at a time. So we will be signing off here, and looking forward to seeing you all again shortly.
031:24:10 Mattingly: Roger.
031:24:13 Borman: Goodbye from Apollo 8.
031:24:17 Mattingly: Thank you. That’s a good show.