Summary

Missile Failure - Atlas Explodes, Capsule Intact

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Title: Missile Failure - Atlas Explodes, Capsule Intact
File Number: DN-B-306 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1961
Subjects: Test - Rocket - Atlas Missile; Launch - Explosion - Failure; Space - Test - Capsule - Parachute; Telescopes - Tracking; Fear - Running - Men;
Description: 06:00:39:00 - 06:02:29:10 B W 1961 04 27 Missile Failure - Atlas Explodes, Capsule Intact FL, Cap Canaveral Atlas Missile w test mercury capsule Much steam, lifting off & camera tracks up Capsule exploded off at malfunction, rocket explodes in enormous ball of flames Bank of telescopes & a few men looking up, turn and run (not overly dramatic but might work for fear Capsule parachuted down Astronauts looking at space capsule
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