SA-5, Saturn 1 internal LOX tank during engine burn (partial)

Unmanned Satarn test flight, film from inside one of the Liquid Oxygen (LOX) tanks at the start of launch. The LOX drains quickly through the anti-slosh baffles. From the SA-5 Press Kit: “Interiors of the LOX tanks are lighted. 30-volt, 250-watt lamps with pyrex windows in canisters 12 inches long and six inches in diameter. Strobe lights are used with the camera monitoring the plumbing of the number four engine. The strobe unit will provide 16 high intensity flashes per second, synchronized with the ca
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