Video: Check out the 1969 Apollo 11 launch at a mesmerizing 500 frames per second, as captured on 16mm film

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Jason Major of Lights in the Dark recently shared a classic video clip from NASA’s 1969 Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket launch on Twitter. The video is a stunning example of high-speed photography, featuring incredible footage of the rocket’s Aerojet Rocketdyne F-1 engines captured at 500 frames per second on a 16mm film camera. .

This insane 500fps video footage shows the liftoff of the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket, powered by its five @AerojetRdyne F-1 engines, captured with a high-speed 16mm film camera on the launch pad at @NASAKennedy on July 16, 1969.
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