Mariner to Mars
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mariner to Mars. DESCRIPTION: Launched in February and March, the two Mariner Spacecraft - Robot explorers of space reach the Red Planet Mars. The television pictures they transmit back to Earth, across nearly sixty million miles, give us the answers to many vital questions, should Mars be our next foothold in Space. SHOTLIST: MCU Mariner 6 in Space (animated). 2 shots Atlas Rocket blasts off carrying Mariner 6. Animation of Mars. MCU Animation of Mariner. MCU Animation of Mariner’s television camera in operation. Animation of beams sent from Mariner to Earth. Animation of monitor screen on computer. T/R shots of Mars from Mariner. Animation of Mariner photographing Mars. Animation of area to be photographed on Mars. Animation of TV camera on Mariner in operation. Animation of area to be photographed on Mars. Animation of radio waves sent back to Earth from Mariner. T/R Mars photographed by Mariner. Animation of TV camera on Mariner. T/R photographed from Mariner. Animation of signals sent back to Earth from Mariner. Ditto. Animation monitor screen on computer. T/R Mars photographed from Mariner.
- Keywords
- Weather; Communications; Science and technology; Space; Newsreels
- Locations
- United States of America; United Kingdom
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 95028
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 236
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