France Becomes Space Power
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: France Becomes Space Power. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show France’s first satellite, launched in the Sahara. It weighed 93 pounds and was to be used to get back weather information but the satellite fell silent after two days. SHOTLIST: The Diamant Rocket. Air to ground of French space base. Air to ground ditto. MS rocket on launching ramp. TS technicians loading capsule in the nose cone. MLS gantry moving away from the rocket. Pan up rocket. TS control room. LS fuel lines drop away from the rocket. CU countdown clock. LS rocket ignites and takes off, scaffolding falls away from side of rocket. Ground to air first stage of rocket falling back to earth.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Communications; Science and technology; Space
- Locations
- Sahara Desert
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 90513
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 129
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