14 November 1969

Friday

1969-11-14

Events

 * TV: BBC One
 * NBC News Coverage of Apollo 12 Part 4.55 pm - Apollo 12 Moon Mission. Direct from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, the final stages of the countdown and launch of America's second mission to land men on the Moon. Introduced by James Burke in the space studio with Michael Charlton at Launch Complex 39.
 * 11.40 pm - Colourful One. Colour comes to BBC1 - will it improve the programmes? Is it worth getting a set? Are people really interested? Julian Pettifer introduces the new colour service and takes a look at future output. Maurice Wiggin of the Sunday Times analyses the pros and cons of colour television. (colour transmissions were launched officially the following day).