Moonstruck
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Viking Rocket. DESCRIPTION: The observatory at Bloomfontein in South Africa was chosen for an experiment in Moon-gazing, using a special television camera mounted on a 27 1/2 telescope. Meanwhile the Viking rocket tested in Florida is the first test rocket of the earth satellite programme. Within seconds of leaving the launching platform it reaches its peak velocity of 4,000 miles an hour, climbing to an altitude of 125 miles before plunging downwards into the Atlantic Ocean. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the equipment at Bloomfontein. Special television camera etc. Shots of the lunar landscape on the TV screen. Slip pan to Florida - Various shots of the Viking rocket. Viking rocket takes off. Shots of the rocket in the sky.
- Keywords
- Space
- Locations
- United States of America; Florida; South Africa; Bloemfontein
- Footage sources
- United States of America
Central Office of Information
- Card file number
- 69280
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 98
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