WBGU-TV will premiere One Small Step, One Small Town: Neil Armstrong at a special screening event Saturday, July 13 at 3 p.m. at the Wapakoneta High School Performing Arts Center. The screening is in conjunction with the First on the Moon celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and co-hosted by the 2019 Celebration Committee.
The event is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. A reception will follow the screening, with a Q&A session with those involved with the project.
The 30-minute documentary celebrates the early life of the first man on the moon and Wapakoneta, Ohio, native Neil Armstrong. The documentary includes interviews with those who knew Armstrong and how his accomplishment had such a lasting effect on the area. It will feature Wapakoneta and various locations that figured prominently in Armstrong’s formative years.
WBGU-TV was selected as one of 15 PBS stations nationwide to receive a $10,000 grant from WGBH’s American Experience for special programming in commemoration of the anniversary.
The documentary will air on WBGU-TV Thursday, July 25 at 9 p.m. and be available for viewing online. Throughout July, American Experience is airing Chasing the Moon, a six-hour, three-part documentary about the politics and culture of the space age and the journey that led to the moon landing. It is airing on PBS, along with other related programming, as part of the “Summer of Space.”
For airdates of the documentary and other programs, visit the station’s online program schedule at wbgu.org.
WBGU-TV also will take part in the First on the Moon parade Sunday, July 14 at 3 p.m. in Wapakoneta. Cruising along with WBGU-TV will be Jet Propulsion, a character from the popular children’s show “Ready, Jet, Go!,” and the station’s mascot, Ruby the Red Eyed Tree Frog.
