Missile Firing 1961

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Royal Artillery Guided Weapons Range at South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

M/S of men in protective suits and helmets walking over to a fuel tank on a lorry; one of the men fixes a fuel pipe to the tank; the other end of the hose is attached to a large missile on a truck.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1846
Sort Number:
CP 342
Time in/Out:
01:03:13:00 / 01:05:29:00
Canister:
CP 342
Film ID:
149.03
Issue Date:
17/07/1961

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