Other titles:GENERAL PURPOSE VEHICLE TRIALS AT RAE ABERPORTH, 1959 [Alternative Title]
Summary: Trials footage with commentary, featuring General Purpose Vehicle (GPV) trials at Aberporth in Wales.
Description: Installation and testing of equipment. Once completed, vehicle is moved to the launch area and transferred to the launcher. Further checks are carried out. Pumping in the hydraulic fluid used to operate the elevators and fins. Scientists in protective clothing. Setting up the telemetry receivers, used to track aerodynamic information. Doppler Room, where the speed of the vehicle is measured. Setting up the cameras. Operations Room. Personnel are instructed to clear the launch area. The Controller takes over. Vehicle is launched, and is later seen being recovered from the sea.
Alternative Title:GENERAL PURPOSE VEHICLE TRIALS AT RAE ABERPORTH, 1959 [Alternative Title]
