Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: US Jet-Propelled Missile

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1025
Date Released
24 Jan 1949
Date submitted
20 Jan 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mr Eden’s Dominion Tour
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Pool Winner Gets Advice
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: New York Trial of Reds
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: RAF Frontier Incident - Pilot Buried
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: US Jet-Propelled Missile
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Ain’t Nature Wonderful (Australian News)

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Guided Jet Propelled Missile. DESCRIPTION: Over California, the American are testing a jet-propelled missile, and directed by radar from the plane. SHOTLIST: KS Pan of missile. Interior, cut-away shot of mechanism of missile. Missile attached to wing of plane. Aerial - plane in flight. Cut-in ground control HQ talking to pilot of plane, begins to drop, then starts on its flight. Drops into sea on parachute, lying in the sea. Pick up by craft, craft towards camera, with missile attached to stern of same.
Keywords
Weapons; Aviation; Military
Locations
California
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
51352
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
99
Story extras:
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