Blast off by the Boys

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1871A

Date Released

15 Apr 1965

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Blast Off By the Boys. DESCRIPTION: The boys of Wednesfield Grammar School have built a solid fuel rocket, twenty four and a half inches long, weighing eleven and a quarter pounds. It reached a height of over two thousand feet, at a speed of 450 miles an hour. SHOTLIST: GV missile range at Aberporth. CU notice of warning. MS sentry and dog at the main gate. CU pan down ditto. LS firing ramps for rockets. MS grammar school boys with master. CU physics master Philip Birkett. MS pan school boys. MS pan ditto. GV control room at Woomera. MCU controller. CU ditto. CU automatic countdown clock. CU controller. CU controller (another). CU automatic countdown clock. LS Blue Streak on its pad. MCU ditto. CU Blue Streak firing. LS ditto. Ms boys and master. MS ditto. CU boys rocket Wasp on launcher. LS Wasp firing.

Keywords

Children; Science and technology

Locations

Wales; Australia; Aberporth

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

89581

Credits:

Commentator: Jeffrey K. Shearley
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

146

Story extras:

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