United States News: Sky Rocket

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1154

Date Released

16 Jul 1951

Date submitted

9 Jul 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Home News: Reuter’s Centenary
2. 2Home News: Nelson Statue
3. 3Home News: Festival Fare
4. 4Korean Memorial
5. 5United States News: Malik’s Farewell
6. 6United States News: Logging Slip
7. 7United States News: Sky Rocket
8. 8United States News: Oil Explosion
9. 9Champion’s Homecoming

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 9

Section Title

United States News

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: United States News - Sky Rocket. DESCRIPTION: Fitted into the bomb-bay of a B29, a Douglas Sky-Rocket is taken up over California for a crack at new speed and altitude records. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS Rocket being loaded into bomb-bay of plane (mother plane). Air to air shots of plane in flight. Rocket plane drops from mother plane. Shots of rocket plane in flight.

Keywords

Aviation; Science and technology; Speed records; Military

Locations

California

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

55762

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

41

Story extras:

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