I can clearly remember my parents (unable to contain their excitement) rounding us all up - very early in the morning - to watch a "historic moment" on the TV. "Man is going to set foot on the MOON!". I had visions of Thunderball XL5 rockets and martians in mind. The footage was (of course) decidedly underwhelming. To an 8 year old it looked like an ashtray being dropped into a bag of cement.

They put Man on the Moon but showed it to the world in grainy black and white, thrilling as a test card.