Eniwetok - Balloon Launches Rocket (1957)

Eniwetok, Atoll, Pacific Ocean. GV. Pan, showing rocket up on trolley being attached to ropes from balloon. AS. Men working on scaffolding above lorry having final check on rocket before launch. AS. Rocket on platform, balloon lying on ground in background. AV. Setup. GV. Balloon on back of lorry is released. GV. Balloon starts to go up and the scaffolding above lorry holding rocket moves along. SV. Pan with rocket going along on lorry. GV. Balloon in air and rocket lorry moving along, ramp starts to tilt up. SV. Rocket and ramp going along, releases itself from lorry and starts to go towards sky. GV. Balloon with rocket leaving ground. SCU. Monitor screen with ring like object moving on it. GV. Balloon in sky. AS. Balloon. GV. Balloon, rocket explodes and goes through the balloon towards the sky. (F.G.) (Orig. Track “A“) 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.