Moon Rocket

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
58/9
Date Released
30 Jan 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Shirley Weds Guilio
  2. 2Record Bobsleigh Run
  3. 3Scouts Celebrate Centenary
  4. 4Moon Rocket
  5. 5Tough Survivors
  6. 6Aga Khan Enthroned

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
The US Air Force tests "Thor", the intermediate range ballistic missile, which is to be deployed in Britain next December, and before that may take part in the scheme to explode a nuclear warhead on the moon.
Keywords
Weapons; Curiosities; Space; Nuclear energy
Locations
United States of America; Florida; Cape Canaveral
Footage sources
Metrotone
Length of story (in feet)
73
Story extras:
Film clip
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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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