https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/742391c8-596f-433f-9034-56ed11992631 Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Browse our products on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2YILTSD This color silent film footage shows some of the events of 13 March 1969, as the Apollo IX mission comes to an end with splashdown and recovery of the crew. The U.S. Navy assault ship USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) performs the recovery mission. The helicopters shown are Sikorsky SH-3D Sea Kings of HS-3. The primary helicopter shown, emblazoned with the number "54" on the hull, is BuNo 152695. The astronauts were retrieved using a Billy Pugh net or basket. Astronaut James A. McDivitt, mission commander, was the third of the astronauts to egress the command module. Also on the mission were astronauts David R. Scott, command module pilot; and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot. The three rehearsed in Earth orbit the transportation and docking maneuvers necessary to occur in lunar orbit in order for future crews to land on the moon's surface. Splashdown occurred at 12:00:53 p.m. (EST), March 13, 1969, only 4.5 nautical miles from the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal, to conclude a successful 10-day mission. Opening: Helicopters on USS Guadalcanal (:14). Helicopters at sea hover over the water where the Apollo capsule floats after splashdown; two men float in a raft (1:04). Helicopter hovers over capsule (1:50). Aerial shots of helicopters hovering over capsule and floating parachutes (2:56). Helicopter hovers in the distance over capsule (4:48). Capsule floats at sea; helicopter hovers over it (5:27). Close up of the capsule floating in the ocean (7:08). Diver jumps out of helicopter to assist astronauts (7:57). Capsule floats (8:43). Helicopter hovers over the capsule as it floats (10:58). Men leave the capsule, divers assist (11:20). USS Guadalcanal ship approaches the capsule (11:46). Helicopter pulls up (12:35). Raft and divers near capsule (12:57). Helicopter lands on the flight deck (15:00). Capsule splashdown (16:15). People on the deck of the Navy ship (17:20). The red carpet for the astronauts is highly visible on the flight deck. Capsule floats with two rafts next to it filmed from high above (17:45). Astronaut brought up, out of the water, to a helicopter by a cord with a net to hold him (19:40). Device is being lowered back into the water slowly (21:02). Second astronaut is raised in the special net out of the water (22:17). Net is lowered back towards the water to retrieve a third person from the capsule (23:40). POV from the helicopter as net dangles and the capsule and men float below (24:16). Diver in one of the rafts grabs the net (27:02). Third man gets into the device to be lifted to the helicopter (27:45). No end credits. USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7), the third Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship (helicopter), was launched by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 16 March 1963. On 21 July 1966, she recovered the Gemini X astronauts and their spacecraft after they landed in the Atlantic east of Cape Kennedy, and 13 March 1969, she recovered the Apollo 9 capsule and crew off the Bahamas. The ship was stricken in 1994. Almost in F - Tranquillity by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100394 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXLk1F_BpyQ Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:23:42 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/742391c8-596f-433f-9034-56ed11992631 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.