SKYLARK OVER ARGENTINA [Main Title]

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  • Title: SKYLARK OVER ARGENTINA [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MTE 4207
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  • Summary: Film focusing on the Anglo-Argentinean launch of Skylark in March 1972.
  • Description: Transportable launcher arrives. Argentine Air Force technicians working alongside scientists from RAE Farnborough. Problem of heavy rain affecting the equipment and launch site. Assembly of Skylark components. Cameras and horizon sensors fitted to Skylark. Launch day. Final preparations. Skylark is launched, and the flight tracked by Argentinean radar. Retrieving rocket from the sea after the launch. Scientists study and analyse the aerial photographs taken by Skylark. Details such as crops, towns, rivers, and road can be clearly seen in the photographs.
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  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MTE 4207
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (MTE 4207)
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  • Production Date: 1972
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: British Aircraft Corporation (Production sponsor) Martin I Tyme Enterprises (Production company) British Aircraft Corporation, Military Aircraft Division, Film Unit (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 400 ft ca; Running time: 11 mins
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