The Rocket Race

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
57/69
Date Released
26 Aug 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Girl Wins Channel Race
  2. 2Nineteen Miles Up
  3. 3The Rocket Race
  4. 4Seaside Choice
  5. *Channel Swim

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
Latest British developments in the race for rocket supremacy - the Bloodhound and Thunderbird ground-to-air missiles, a new Australian ground-to-ground rocket, and the DH Spectre booster rockets.
Keywords
Weapons
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Gaumont British News
British Aeroplane Co.
Credits:
Camera
Pat Whitaker
Length of story (in feet)
216
Story extras:
Film clip
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British Pathe Ltd
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Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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