Surveyor Soft Landing On Moon AKA Surveyor… 1966

Star Item

Description

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

Cape Kennedy (Cape Canaveral), Florida, United States of America / USA

Various shots, the Surveyor, a spider-like unmanned spacecraft with legs and antenna, camera mountings, is set for a soft landing on the...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
89794
Sort Number:
UN 4146 D
Time in/Out:
01:50:05:00 / 01:52:34:00
Canister:
UN 4146 D
Film ID:
3206.13
Issue Date:
1966

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
Philip

Related Videos

Hide
Florida - Explorer Takes Off

Florida - Explorer Takes Off

American launches her first earth satellite in outer space - 'Explorer'.

News From USA (Gas Main Explosion & Vanguard Blows Up)

News From USA (Gas Main Explosion & Vanguard Blows Up)

Gas explosion in New York & unsuccessful launching of America's first satellite.

100 Ton  Missile Launched (Aka Atlas Guided Missile Launched)

100 Ton Missile Launched (Aka Atlas Guided Missile Launched)

The Atlas Inter Continental Ballistic Missile is sent on a test flight.

Rocket Away!

Rocket Away!

An Atlas Rocket is tested by American scientists in Florida - the test fails.

Selected Originals - Rocket Fails  - 61/35

Selected Originals - Rocket Fails - 61/35

Material relating to newsreel story "Rocket Fails" - 61/35.

22 Times In Orbit

22 Times In Orbit

US astronaut Gordon Cooper successfully returns from his 22nd orbit flight.

Latest Rocket Ends In Failure

Latest Rocket Ends In Failure

Explosive end for rocket test with monkey

Apollo Tragedy Inquiry

Apollo Tragedy Inquiry

Apollo tragedy inquiry at Cape Kennedy, USA.

 

 

On June 4 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison made her way in to the history books when she fell under the hooves of George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby. But was it intentional?
Emily
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
 Last_Words
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911