Peter Burton, in the UK, made these recordings of the live coverage of the mission of Surveyor 1. They really capture the excitement.

Launch (136kb) – with the familiar voice of NASA Public Affairs Officer Jack King.

Lunar landing (1MB) – apparently audio from BBC-TV, with the voice of the BBC’s Raymond Baxter heard at one point.

First picture taking sequence (1.9MB)

with thanks to Peter for these files.