News in Brief: A Missile’s Mistake

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1406

Date Released

14 May 1956

Date submitted

10 May 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Algeria - Critical Days
2. 2News in Brief: A Princely Wedding
3. 3News in Brief: The Swiss Guard
4. 4News in Brief: Empress of England
5. 5News in Brief: A Missile’s Mistake
6. 6The Sporting Scene: Continental Cycling
7. 7The Sporting Scene: The Chester Cup
8. 8The Sporting Scene: Landy Beaten
9. 9The Sporting Scene: England Beat Brazil
10. *Royal Tour of West Country

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 9

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rocket Explodes. DESCRIPTION: At the American proving ground, in New Mexico, the Navy puts a new research rocket to a test. SHOTLIST: Naval rocket tested. Exterior grids. Interior control room. Rocket fired. Soars into air. Falls to earth and explodes.

Local distribution only

Not shown in West Country.

Keywords

Weapons; Explosions; Navy; Military

Locations

New Mexico

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

66901

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

42

Story extras:

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