U.S. Gun Tracks Its Target (1954)

Weybourne, Norfolk. ’Skysweeper’, a new radar-guided fast-shooting American gun is spinning while soldiers stand on it. Soldier inside the gun waits for his target. Several soldiers prepare target - 12 foot long radio controlled model plane. Target takes off and soldier operates it. Cut to Skysweeper - its radar finds the plane, and attempts to shoot it. It fires very fast, parachute opens and target plane goes down slowly. The same happens to next plane. (Neg.) (Title Scene “D“) 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 c