Le pas de géant

Year1970
PublisherSélection du Reader's Digest
PlaceParis
LanguageFR
Pages16
Rating★★☆☆☆ (2/5)
AudienceGeneral, Youth
LevelBeginner
Keywords
Apollo ProgramMoon
ThemesLunar Exploration, Apollo Program

A large-format photographic booklet published in 1970 by Sélection du Reader's Digest to celebrate the first Moon landing. Le pas de géant (echoing Neil Armstrong's "giant leap for mankind") gathers a selection of the finest photographs of the Apollo 11 mission: the Saturn V launch, the first steps on the Moon, the deployment of scientific instruments, the flag, splashdown and recovery, down to the commemorative plaque left on the lunar module. Each image is paired with a short narrative caption in French.

📖 Editorial Review

Published a few months after the landing, this large-format booklet from Sélection du Reader's Digest has no ambition beyond reliving Apollo 11 through pictures. The reader will find a carefully chosen anthology of the mission's photographs, but no text that goes beyond the caption. …