With help from NASA, Canadian astronaut aficionado Robert Godwin used digital technology to transfer the 16mm film clips by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin in 1969, to high definition DVD and Blu-Ray Disc. He also took separate audio and synched it up to the video.

"What we have here is the first high-definition transfer of the first colour pictures taken on the moon," says Godwin.

The result is a fascinating sequence of scenes, including shots from the Lunar Module as it orbits the moon and of the astronauts walking around the airless surface. There are also more intimate moments inside the Command Module, such as Michael Collins shaving, that show the real people behind this historic event.

The entire 28 minutes of visuals will be released in a few months.

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