News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1408

Date Released

28 May 1956

Date submitted

24 May 1956

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Chelsea Flower Show
• 2. A Problem for Pups
• 3. Grand Slam
• 4. How Not to Do It
• 5. Holiday Jewellery
• 6. On Parade
• 7. On Parade
• 8. On Parade
• 9. Record Breaker
• 10. The Iceberg Marries

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grand Slam. DESCRIPTION: At a Florida proving ground, a target plane, pretending to be a hostile aircraft, gets the public enemy treatment. The missiles fired from a Scorpion jet comprise a Grand Slam of one hundred and four powered rockets. SHOTLIST: GV of target plane. Missile fired from jet interceptor. GV target disintegrating. Falling debris hits water. Demonstration held at a Florida proving ground.

Keywords

Weapons; Aviation; Military

Locations

United States of America; Florida

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

67063

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Length of story (in feet)

51

Story extras:

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