Heavyweight Space Lift

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1809
Date Released
3 Feb 1964
Date submitted
30 Jan 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Heavyweight Space Lift. DESCRIPTION: Standing a hundred and sixty four feet high, - just short of Nelson’s Column. It weighs five hundred and sixty tons - as much as a small cargo ship. It’s the Saturn One rocket that’s just put an eighteen ton satellite into orbit. The Control Room at Cape Kennedy reflects the immensity of this project - the largest pay-load ever launched into space by any nation. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Saturn One rocket before launching. GV gantry surrounding rocket. LAS men up gantry. LAS same working on rocket. GV control room. ES same. MS same. MS control room. LS Saturn One takes off. CU same travelling.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Science and technology
Locations
United States of America; Cape Kennedy
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
87859
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Heavyweight Space Lift', British Movietone News Issue No. 1809, 3 Feb 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25415 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)