The Dog in the Rocket

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1484

Date Released

11 Nov 1957

Date submitted

7 Nov 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Dog in the Rocket
2. 2Soccer - England V Ireland
3. 3A Mighty Project
4. 4The Rotodyne
5. 5A Zoo Arrival
6. 6Campbell Sets New Mark
7. *Scotland V Switzerland

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rocket Dog - Laika. DESCRIPTION: The story of the Russian space-dog, and how it was trained for its fantastic job, the story of an event that has amazed the world. SHOTLIST: Good view dog being fitted with space suit. CU girl. GS dog put into pressurised cabin and then put into rocket. Rocket door shut. MS rocket launching equipment. GV rocket being launched. Shot of dogs in cabin during flight. Ground shot of parachute. Lorry arrives and assistants release dog. GV dog jumping around quite happily.

Keywords

Vehicles; Aviation; Science and technology; Space; Animals

Locations

Russia

Footage sources

Sovexportfilm

Card file number

72077

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

29

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

AP Archive

Email

info@aparchive.com

Web

http://www.movietone.com

Phone

+44 (0)20 7482 7482

Series held

View all series held by AP Archive