Apollo 4 & 6: First Saturn V Test Flights - Historical Footage, 1967, A-type missions, CSM, NASA

Note: The date in the title and the date given in the video, do not match. I'll go with the year 1968 as given in the video.

Historical video of the Apollo Era launches and results. This occurred in 1968. There were two more launches in 1968 besides the ones shown here. Apollo 7 went into Earth orbit with a manned crew. The two launches here were unmanned. Of course, Apollo 8 went to the moon, but did not land. Three astronauts circled the moon and came back for a safe splashdown into the Pacific Ocean.

My recollection of this at the time was of surprise. It was early in 1967 that Apollo 1 had the disastrous fire onboard, which killed the three astronauts, while testing on the ground. It seemed at the time that the goal of landing on the moon and returning safely to Earth was not likely to be achieved before the decade was out, as Kennedy had set. But the spectacular success of Apollo 8 brought the goal within reach as the last year of the decade was to begin.

The rest, as they say, is history.