Cracked open a new angle on moon landing footage after noticing time stamps didn't match at a backyard BBQ

I was at my cousin's place in Phoenix last July and we pulled up some Apollo 11 clips on his laptop, and the jump between two frames was off by a full second, which got me wondering how many other cuts are hiding in plain sight anyone else ever spot weird edits in those old NASA reels?

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stella_foster18d ago

Sure, blame it on the backyard BBQ (like the grill has a hidden agenda, right?). Next you'll be telling me the hot dogs were actually coded messages from NASA. But seriously, a full second gap? That's like a director leaving a boom mic in the shot and saying "it's fine." Maybe they were just trying to sync up the barbecue timer with the moon walk footage, but it's a weird little glitch.

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avery_stone9518d ago

Oh man, you nailed it with that boom mic comparison. I noticed the same thing watching it live as a kid and it always bugged me. My dad was a big space guy and even he was like "huh, that's weird" when that gap showed up. It's like when you're watching a movie and someone's pouring a drink but the glass level doesn't change between cuts. A one second gap in a live broadcast from the moon is the same kind of slip up. Makes you wonder what else got edited out that day.