Thor on Show

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1602

Date Released

15 Feb 1960

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4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Thor on Show. DESCRIPTION: It was a special day for Press and Newsreels: they’d come to see the RAF Thor missile base at Feltwell. The Thor is an intermediate-range ballistic missile, which can strike at a distance of over seventeen hundred miles. SHOTLIST: MS control room. Sign - then pan to men walking. Shelter moves. CU missile leaving shelter. MS missile being uncovered. MS same. MS missile being raised (2). CU same. CU missile base. CU missile connector. MS ramp descending. MS RAF officers with dogs. MS same. CU man with walkie talkie. MS RAF officers at attention. MS cameramen on ground taking pictures. CU same. CU photographer (2). MS man at control table. MS control panel. CU same. LS launching ramp - missile.

Keywords

Mass media; Displays; Weapons; Aviation; Communications; Animals; Military

Locations

England

Card file number

79334

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Michael Samuelson
Camera: Norman Fisher

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