Super 8
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Describes 8mm film of better quality and larger frame size than the standard, which it has now largely replaced. Introduced in 1965, it has mostly been used in education, marketing, industrial training and home movies, both as an original camera film and as a reduction print from 16mm originals.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Michael A. Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2009-04-15
Contents of the Collection
The Michael Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection is a small collection comprised of film footage and photomechanical prints relating to the recovery of the Apollo 13 spacecraft by the USS Iwo Jima on April 17 1970. The film footage, which was shot by Poirier and is about ten minutes long, depicts both a SIMEX (simulation exercise) of the Apollo 13 recovery using a boilerplate Command Module (CM), as well as the actual recovery of the real CM. Several shots feature U.S. Navy...