POLARIS TEST LAUNCH [Allocated Title]

Title: POLARIS TEST LAUNCH [Allocated Title]
Film Number: ADM 1884
Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Test 0238, the underwater launch of a Polaris A1, photographed with a 40-inch lens. Unclassified.
Description: LS over sea, camera panning to pick up on a patch of water disturbed by the missile's underwater launch. The Polaris breaks surface a little to one side, and climbs away to be lost quickly in low cloud cover. The missile bears no national markings.
Featured Period: 1945-1975
Production Date: 1960
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: weapons, United States naval - missile: Polaris (object name)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 42 ft; Running time: 1 min
Notes: Technical: this material can be seen in colour as part of ADM 2012
Link to IWM Collections page:
ADM 1884
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