Rockets & Stars

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2131
Date Released
6 Apr 1970
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Ice Hockey
  2. 2Rockets & Stars
  3. 3Bubble Car
  4. 4News in Colour: Safari Park

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rockets & Stars. DESCRIPTION: A Space research satellite launched from French Guiana and a step forward for the French nuclear programme as the latest sea-to-ground ballistic missile successfully completes test launchings before being installed in the country’s nuclear submarines. In the Ukraine, Soviet astrologers can study objects ten billion light years away by means of a new radio telescope - the largest and most powerful in the USSR. SHOTLIST: AV Kourou Spatial Centre. LV radar scanner. AV rocket launching centre. GV gantry & rocket dial. SV pan down rocket dial on launching platform. LV interior control centre. GV blast off. LV slow motion rocket firing & off. GV rocket going aboard submarine. SV pan sub. SV pan up rocket housing. CU officials. LV rocket into sub. CU nose of rocket. SV closing hatch. AV sub at sea. SV radar installations. GV sub submerged at sea. CU pressing button firing rocket. GV rocket out of water. GV during flight firing retro rocket. GV pan radio installations in Soviet Union. LV interior recording equipment. CU pan from machine to operator, scientists at controls, buttons on console. SV scientists. CU oscilloscope. GV galaxy. French Rocket Diamant missile. Soviet radio telescope only.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Weather; Weapons; Science and technology; Space; Navy; Military; Nuclear energy; Newsreels
Locations
France; Russia; Soviet Union; French Guiana; Ukraine
Footage sources
France
Card file number
95762
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
203
Story extras:
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