Summary: Five newsreel items relating to missile research and atomic bomb development.
Description: I. A Guided V-2 (from BMN issue 1105, 7/8/1950) - footage of an adapted V2 rocket flying horizontally.
II. The Earth from 76 Miles Up (from BMN issue 1082A , 2/3/1950) - footage taken by a camera fitted to a V2 rocket.
III. The Secrets of Harwell - film of the atomic research establishment.
IV. The Bomb (from BMN issue 1118, 6/11/1950) - first pictures of the latest three US atom bomb tests in the pacific.
V. Pronouncement on Atomic Warfare - the issue of a new pamphlet "The Manual of Basic Training Volume II: Atomic Warfare".
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:HOY 72
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1946-1975
Production Date:1950
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 815 ft; Running time: 9 mins
