New Saratoga Tries Out Its Catapult (1956)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. American newsreel titles read: ’NEW SARATOGA TRIES OUT ITS CATAPULTS’. United States of America. Various shots of sleds being hurled along from deck of supercarrier (ship) ’Saratoga’ and into harbour water, by one of the warships steam catapults (this ship has four such powerful catapults). FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.