Sahara Rocket Range

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1506
Date Released
14 Apr 1958
Date submitted
8 Apr 1958
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sahara Rocket Trials. DESCRIPTION: Wide open spaces: that’s the place for a rocket range. Few places could be wider than the Sahara Desert. The French have had a range at Colomb-Bechar for eleven years, now. It’s their version of our Woomera Testing ground: in the deserts of Australia. Some of the test-runs were recorded, by our cameras. SHOTLIST: GV Rocket establishment. Closer shot same. MS rocket hauled on trolley by jeep. SCU head of a rocket moving on a ramp in a jeep. Front shot of rocket being hoisted on jeep. CU newsreel cameramen. LS rocket launched from platform. MS cameramen filming rocket in flight. MS men assist crane in moving missile onto launching platform. Closer diff. angle same. MS missile on launching ramp. CU launching control panel man presses button. Pan shot of missile launching into flight. Various angle shots men tracking missile. LS Radar tracking. LS rockets on launching platform. Photographers. Rocket takes off. CU man tracking with camera. Shot from rocket of ground.
Keywords
Mass media; Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Science and technology; Military
Locations
Sahara Desert
Footage sources
France
Card file number
73361
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
128
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sahara Rocket Range', British Movietone News Issue No. 1506, 14 Apr 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22327 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)