Sam the Spaceman

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1593

Date Released

14 Dec 1959

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Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sam the Spaceman. DESCRIPTION: A rocket on a 55-mile trip into space went up from a base in Virginia. And there was a monkey named Sam in the capsule. The capsule fell in the sea, and it was taken aboard a Destroyer. Having recovered it, it only took a few moments to extract Sam the Spaceman. They found him alive all right, apparently none the worse for his far-flung adventure. This was part of the experimental work so necessary to perfect safety measures for future space men. SHOTLIST: Aerial rocket (2). Aerial rescue plane. Aerial same. TS ship picking up capsule. TS same. LS capsule being lifted aboard. TS men unloading capsule. Pan - monkey in capsule.

Keywords

Aviation; Science and technology; Space; Animals

Locations

United States of America

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

78836

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

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