Skybolt's Successor - Blue Steel 1963

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Scampton, Lincolnshire.

Title reads 'Britain Shows Skybolt's Successor'.

Various shots of nuclear flying bombs which are to take the place of the Skybolt, they are called "Blue Steel". Various shots of the men in protective clothing fuelling the "Stentor" rocket engine which will drive...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
78392
Sort Number:
UN 3719 B
Time in/Out:
01:10:05:00 / 01:10:39:00
Canister:
UN 3719 B
Film ID:
2631.04
Issue Date:
14/02/1963

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