▁dead , ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁this ▁event ▁to ▁' s lip ▁through ▁their ▁fingers ', ▁nor ▁did ▁they ▁want ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁kind ▁of ▁industrial ▁film ▁which ▁was ▁usually ▁produced ▁after ▁each ▁mission . ▁NASA ▁said ▁they ▁could ▁scra pe ▁together ▁$ 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁wanted ▁to ▁know ▁if ▁Thompson ▁could ▁do ▁anything ▁with ▁that . ▁Al ready ▁involved ▁with ▁another ▁project , ▁Francis ▁turned ▁to ▁The o ▁K ame cke , ▁who ▁had ▁edited ▁To ▁Be ▁A live ! ▁and ▁had ▁since ▁gone ▁on ▁to ▁direct ▁other ▁films ▁independently . ▁Bill ▁John nes ▁came ▁on ▁board ▁as ▁line ▁producer ▁because ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁involved ▁with ▁the ▁ill - f ated ▁M GM ▁production ▁and ▁was ▁already ▁familiar ▁with ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁necessary ▁contacts . ▁ ▁Stone hen ge ▁and ▁Moon walk ▁One ▁Since ▁the ▁time ▁was ▁so ▁short , ▁K ame cke ' s ▁immediate ▁challenge ▁was ▁to ▁sc out ▁the ▁location , ▁determine ▁what ▁to ▁shoot , ▁and ▁select ▁the ▁several ▁film ▁cre ws ▁that ▁were ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁necessary ▁for ▁capt uring ▁an ▁event ▁happening ▁over ▁a ▁very ▁short ▁period ▁of ▁time . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁during ▁this ▁sc out ing ▁trip ▁to ▁Cape ▁C ana ver al ▁that ▁the ▁idea ▁came ▁to ▁him ▁to ▁begin ▁the ▁film ▁with ▁Stone hen ge , ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁seen ▁on ▁a ▁sun less ▁dawn ▁the ▁year ▁before ▁while ▁in ▁England ▁shooting ▁another ▁film . ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁efforts , ▁Apol lo ▁and ▁Stone hen ge ,