On Target!

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1482

Date Released

28 Oct 1957

Date submitted

23 Oct 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fire and Flood
2. 2Precision Parade
3. 3Bridge Collapse
4. 4On Target!
5. 5Herring Fair
6. 6The Lighter Side: Farmyard Fashion
7. 7The Lighter Side: Wot, No Feet?
8. 8The Lighter Side: Micro Motor
9. 9The Lighter Side: She’s a Learner
10. *The Prince in Sheffield

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rocket Target. DESCRIPTION: A story of modern fighter-bomber fire-power told at a US base in Arizona. SHOTLIST: CU smoke rising. Shots of bombs being dropped on targets. Shots of targets exploding. MS 2 jets flashing across the sky. Various shots of the scene.

Keywords

Weapons; Aviation; Explosions; Military

Locations

United States of America; Arizona; Luke Air Force Base

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

71960

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

44

Story extras:

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