Giant Gun for Space Shooting

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1757A

Date Released

7 Feb 1963

Date submitted

Jan 1963

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Giant Gun for Space Shooting. DESCRIPTION: A model of the Martlet space shell, fired recently in Barbados as part of Canada’s McGill University High Altitude Research Programme. It was fired from a 16 inch naval gun. The shots designed to probe the higher layers of the earth’s atmosphere, another interesting thing is the gun itself, of a type that was used during the First World War. This one was made in 1921. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Men look at model of Martlet space shell (2 shots). Men building launching station (2 shots). MS man getting into gun. MS man cleaning inside gun. Men support rocket and put it on launching pad (5 shots). LS rocket ready for firing. MCU man at controls. LS rocket ready for firing. CU man presses release button. LS rocket being fired. GV radar scanner. MCU man at controls. GV scanner. LS another rocket is fired.

Keywords

Weapons; Science and technology; Navy; Military

Locations

West Indies; Barbados

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

85969

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

110

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