BLACK KNIGHT - THE ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT BALLISTIC ROCKET TEST VEHICLE [Main Title]

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  • Title: BLACK KNIGHT - THE ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT BALLISTIC ROCKET TEST VEHICLE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MTE 4178
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  • Summary: Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) film on the design, construction and testing of the Black Knight high altitude research rocket at RAE Farnborough, Saunders Roe and Bristol Siddeley in the UK, and at the Weapons Research Establishment, Woomera, Australia.
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  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MTE 4178
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MTE 4178)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1963
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Aviation (Production sponsor) Royal Aircraft Establishment Documentary Film Unit (Production company) Newbold, Robert (Production cast)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1100 ft (ca); Running time: 31 mins
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