Failure of a Missile

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1559A
Date Released
23 Apr 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Failure of a Missile. DESCRIPTION: Another blast-off at Cape Canaveral. It’s an Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, but something’s obviously gone wrong! Slow motion clearly shows the sideways drift of the huge missile. At a safe altitude, the Atlas is destroyed, producing one of the most dramatic pictures of an explosion ever recorded. SHOTLIST: LS rocket (key). MS rocket takes off. Longer shot same - missile drifts sideways. Closer rocket explodes and hurtles downwards. Longer same - missile disappears behind trees. Excellent shot of rocket explosion.
Keywords
Weapons; Science and technology; Explosions; Accidents and disasters; Newsreels
Locations
United States of America; Florida
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
76958
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Failure of a Missile', British Movietone News Issue No. 1559A, 23 Apr 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22984 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)