| Fastest Stop: Check Rocket Sled At 632 M.P.H | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1607 |
| Catalog #: | 513055 | |
| Clip Number: | 513055-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 027-635 | |
| Timecode: | 00:00:11 - 00:01:59 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1954 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INVENTIONS: Rockets LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA TRANSPORTATION: Military | |
| Description: | Underexposed no sound bad picture Fastest Stop: Check Rocket Sled At 632 M.P.H Close up of the pilots face being distorted by centrifugal force. The rocket sled speed report is going 632 MPH. There is a model of a rocket and under that is ? Air Development Center - sign. The pilot of the sled talking to engineers of the rocket - I think. Military men putting canisters in the back of a rocket sled with cameras mounted on the front so it could record the facial expressions of the pilot. Military soldier doing a countdown. Flips the switch and the rocket takes off. It looks like the rocket explodes. Next shot looks like the pilot is in a hospital room laying in bed suffering from injuries due to the explosion of the rocket. Pilot recovered and getting checked out by a doctor. | |
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