Mice in Space

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1638A
Date Released
27 Oct 1960
Date submitted
24 Oct 1960
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mice in Space
  2. 2School Blazer
  3. 3Amazing Escape
  4. 4Arrival in the Sun
  5. 5HMS Dreadnought

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mice in Space. DESCRIPTION: Mice before men, and they selected Sally, Amy and Moe to make the trip. Amy was saddled with an instrument to record her reactions during the space-flight, and the mice were placed in a miniature version of the sort of capsule that would be used for a man. The nose cone of an Atlantis missile was the carrier. And then, the time had come for the blast-off at Cape Canaveral. 5,000 miles away in the South Atlantic, they found the nose cone after the 25-mile flight was over, with the mice still alive. But weeks must elapse, before it would be known precisely how they stood the trip. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MCU mice in container. CU mouse being placed in capsule. MS capsule fitted into round container. MS the missile on firing platform. MS nose cone of missile. GV rocket take off. GV nose cone descending. Slip pan. GV nose cone in the sea. MS men in boats retrieving nose cone. MS nose cone hoisted out of sea. GV cone hanging on ropes above ship’s deck. GV men about to open nose cone. MCU top of nose cone comes off. MS man carrying capsule (mice inside). CU capsule taken out of round container. MS mouse pulled out of capsule. MS the mouse. MS another mouse pulled out of capsule. MS mouse.
Keywords
Aviation; Science and technology; Space; Navy; Animals; Military
Locations
United States of America
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
81278
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
138
Story extras:
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