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Golden Probe in Orbit

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1553
Date Released
9 Mar 1959
Date submitted
5 Mar 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Golden Probe in Orbit
  2. 2Driving Tests
  3. 3Bonnets for Easter
  4. 4Zoo News
  5. 5Olympic Preview

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Golden Probe in Orbit. DESCRIPTION: The sixty ton four-stage Juno launching rocket on its site at Cape Canaveral was ready for the new attempt to probe Outer Space. A gold-plated fibre-glass cone, shielding the thirteen pound instrument capsule, was hoisted aloft for attachment. Wernher von Braun, one of the big brains behind these American space probes, was present for the launching. And now: up she goes! It is a hugh success this time, and Pioneer 4 is on the way to send a tiny speck of gold circling the sun, perhaps for ever. Britain’s Jodrell Bank Radio telescope started tracking it within minutes of its launching. And it’s the first to track a man-made object beyond the distance of the Moon. SHOTLIST: GV rocket site. Another - radar equipment in f/g. MS rocket gantry. MS Golden Probe being hoisted. CU same. MS low angle same. Longer shots same. SCU Wernher von Braun talking. CU to BS tracking - Braun put on helmet. MS rocket in gantry (night scene). MS technicians at foot of rocket. Longer shot same. Low angle closer same. MS technicians at work. CU steam leaving base of rocket. LS rocket on gantry. SCU steam leaves base of rocket. LS pan ‘Juno’ rocket takes off. Closer same. GV Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Aviation; Science and technology; Space
Locations
United States of America; England
Footage sources
United States of America
Library
Card file number
76571
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
171
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