- Title: P-16-64
- Summary: THE ROCKET: A BACKGROUND:
- Description:01:10:15 - MANY BOMBER PLANES FLY IN THE SKY. 01:10:19 - SPINNING RADAR MACHINE. 01:10:22 - MEN LOOKING AT INSTRUMENT PANEL. TALKING INTO HEADSET. 01:10:25 - DIAL SPINNING ON INSTRUMENT PANEL. RADAR 01:10:29 - AIR FORCE FIGHTERS TAKE OFF INTO THE SKY. FLYING IN FORMATION. 01:10:34 - CU OF FIGHTER PLANE. 01:10:36 - 4 PLANES DROP OFF IN FORMATION. ONE BY ONE. LOOK LIKE THEIR FLYING SIDEWAYS. 01:10:45 - PLANES IN FORMATION. 01:10:49 - SPINNING RADAR. 01:10:51 - MAN LOOKS AT SCREEN. 01:10:53 - MEN PLOTTING AT TABLE. WORKING. STRATEGY. PLANNING. 01:10:55 - MAN PLOTS COURSE ON GRID. 01:10:56 - HAND PICKS UP A PIECE ON A BOARD AND REPLACES WITH ANOTHER. LIKE CHESS. 01:10:58 - CU MAN TALKING IN HEADSET. 01:11:00 - CU MAN ON TELEPHONE. SIGN IN FRONT OF HIM SAYS OPERATIONS OFFICER. 01:11:01 - GUIDED MISSILE. THE NIKE. 01:11:04 - MAN ON PHONE AGAIN. 01:11:05 - CU OUTDOOR SPEAKER. 01:11:07 - PILOT BOMBER IN THE SKY. 01:11:09 - NIKE GUIDED MISSILE. MAN RUNS AWAY FROM IT. 01:11:10 - CU CONTROL PANEL. FINGER PUSHES BUTTON. 01:11:12 - NIKE GUIDED MISSILE TAKES OFF. VAPOR TRAIL. STRAIGHT UP. 01:11:18 - BOMBER PLANE IN FLIGHT. SPEEDING. GETS HIT. BLOWS UP MID AIR. FLAMES. DEBRIS. 01:11:24 - FIREWORKS GOING OFF IN THE NIGHT SKY. 01:11:29 - MEN IN PROTECTIVE SUITS PREPARE TO LAUNCH A ROCKET. 01:11:32 - MAN LIGHTS FUSE, RUNS AWAY. 01:11:36 - ROUGH SEA. WAVES BREAKING. STORMY. 01:11:38 - ROCKET TAKES OFF. VAPOR TRAIL. 01:11:43 - GROUP OF UNIFORMED MEN CARRY A ROCKET. 01:11:47 - ROCKET TAKING OFF. CLOUDS OF SMOKE. ROCKET SPINS OUT AND DROPS TO THE GROUND. CRASHES. 01:11:56 - MEN LOOK OVER DEBRIS ON THE GROUND. 01:12:00 - MEN LIFTING ROCKET PLANE INTO PLACE. 01:12:05 - ROCKET TAKE OFF. STRAIGHT UP. BLACK VAPOR TRAIL. 01:12:11 - LIFT OFF ROCKET. SPINS OUT OF CONTROL. 01:12:22 - MEN IN UNIFORMS. GERMANS. LOOKING AT PAPERS ON GROUND. PLANS. 01:12:25 - MAN POINTING AT MODEL PLANE. POINTING. 01:12:32 - V1 BOMB. TAKES OFF IN FLIGHT. MUCH SMOKE. 01:12:39 - UNIFORMED MEN AND CIVILIANS. 01:12:41 - V2 GUIDED MISSILE TRIES TO TAKE OFF. UNSUCCESSFUL. FALLS DOWN. EXPLODES. BLOWS UP. TOTAL DESTRUCTION. 01:13:02 - MEN PULL A GERMAN ROCKET OUT OF A BUILDING. ON PLATFORM AND WHEELS. 01:13:08 - DOWNWARD SHOT OF ROCKET. 01:13:11 - WHEELING A ROCKET. 01:13:14 - ROCKET TAKES OFF IN FLIGHT. 01:13:21 - POV ROCKET. LOOKING DOWN AT EARTH. NEW MEXICO DESERT. RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. 01:14:21 - CURVATURE OF THE EARTH. 01:14:41 - EARTH AT A DIZZYING VIEW. 01:14:47 - 76 MILES UP. SPINNING ABSTRACT VIEW OF EARTH. THE SUN. ROUND AND ROUND. 01:15:11 - ROCKET COMING DOWN. VAPOR TRAIL. 01:15:18 - MEN CARRYING NIKE ROCKET. SLENDER. 01:15:26 - TRUCK CARRIES ROCKET. TRANSPORTING. THROUGH A BASE. 01:15:40 - POV FROM BACK OF TRUCK CARRYING ROCKET. WITH FLAG. 01:15:44 - RED CROSS TRUCK. MEN IN PROTECTIVE SUITS. PUTTING ON GLOVES. 01:15:50 - TRUCK AND ROCKET AT FUELING STATION. 01:15:54 - MEN IN PROTECTIVE SUITS FILLING ROCKET WITH LIQUID OXYGEN. 01:16:04 - ROCKET IS JOINED TO BOOSTER. 01:16:11 - MAN SLIDES THE ROCKET ONTO FIRING POSITION. MEN CHECKING OUT ROCKET. LOOKING OVER. 01:16:21 - MAN IN PROTECTIVE SUIT AND MASK WALKS OVER AND MAKES FINAL ADJUSTMENTS. 01:16:27 - PULLS LAST SAFETY PIN FROM THE ROCKET. 01:16:30 - LIFTING ROCKET INTO PLACE. 01:16:34 - ROCKET IN PLACE. 01:16:37 - CU SPEAKER. OUTSIDE. 01:16:41 - SMOKE SIGNAL IS LET OFF. ON TOP OF BUILDING. LOOKING UP THE SIDE OF A BUILDING. 01:16:45 - MAN AT CONTROL PANEL. TURNING KNOBS. PRESSING BUTTONS. HEADSET ON. 01:16:55 - CU INDOOR SPEAKER. 01:16:58 - UNIFORMED MAN WALKS OUTSIDE. SHOOTS A HAND GUN INTO THE SKY. 01:17:03 - UNIFORMED MAN WAVES OFF A VEHICLE. SIGN READS STOP ROAD BLOCK. 01:17:06 - HUGE SPINNING RADAR MACHINE. 01:17:11 - CU RADAR WORKINGS. 01:17:14 - MAN AT CONTROLS. LOOKING. HOLDING PAPERS IN HAND. 01:17:19 - BRIDGE OF THE PLOTTING ROOM. LOTS OF MEN WORKING. 01:17:24 - UNIFORMED MAN GIVES ORDERS INTO HEADSET. 01:17:35 - CU INSTRUMENT PANEL. DIAL MOVING. 01:17:38 - MEN AT DESK LOOKING OVER PAPERWORK. 01:17:42 - MAN COUNTING DOWN TO ZERO. 01:17:45 - HAND ON SWITCH. 01:17:50 - CU HAND. THUMB FLIPPING A SWITCH. 01:17:53 - MAN LOOKS OUT BINOCULARS. 01:17:54 - ROCKET TAKES OFF 01:17:57 - MEN LOOK INTO FUNNY LOOKING MACHINE. THEIR HANDS ARE TURNING SOMETHING. 01:18:00 - MAN TALKS INTO HEAD SET. 01:18:05 - TIME TO INTERCEPT MACHINE. MOVING DIALS. NUMBERS. SPINNING. SECONDS. 01:18:09 - FLYING PLANE. 01:18:12 - MAN IN FRONT OF INSTRUMENT PANEL. DIALS MOVING. 01:18:22 - PLANE FLYING. SPINNING PROPELLERS. SMOKE POURING. 01:18:28 - PLANE IS BLOWN UP. HUGE EXPLOSION. PLANE IN BITS. FALLING. FIRE. PROPELLERS STILL SPINNING TURNS UPSIDE DOWN. FALLS SLOWLY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1920
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: P-16-64