News in Brief: The Atlas

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1464
Date Released
24 Jun 1957
Date Other
Jun 1957
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
News in Brief
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atlas Explodes. DESCRIPTION: Pictures taken at a missile Test Centre in Florida, showed the first abortive trial of America’s new Atlas Missile, intended to have a range of 5,000 miles. SHOTLIST: GV Atlas takes off from launching pad. Goes out of control. Black smoke fills sky. Dives towards ground and disintegrates.
Keywords
Weapons
Locations
United States of America; Florida
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
71011
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
57
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'News in Brief: The Atlas', British Movietone News Issue No. 1464, 24 Jun 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21762 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)