 Apollo 8 's historic mission has been shown and referred to in several forms , both documentary and fiction . The various television transmissions and 16 mm footage shot by the crew of Apollo 8 was compiled and released by NASA in the 1969 documentary , Debrief : Apollo 8 , which was hosted by Burgess Meredith . In addition , Spacecraft Films released , in 2003 , a three @-@ disc DVD set containing all of NASA 's TV and 16 mm film footage related to the mission including all TV transmissions from space , training and launch footage , and motion pictures taken in flight . Portions of the Apollo 8 Mission can be seen in the 1989 documentary For All Mankind , which won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival . The Apollo 8 mission was well @-@ covered in the 2007 British documentary In the Shadow of the Moon . 
