"Titan" Rocket Fired 1959

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Titles read: "USA - "TITAN" ROCKET FIRED".

Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States of America.

Several shots of the "Titan intercontinental ballistic missile" ready for test firing. Technicians work around the base of the rocket. Several shots of the skeleton stand folding away. Commentator...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50431
Sort Number:
59/014
Time in/Out:
01:16:38:00 / 01:17:52:00
Canister:
59/14
Film ID:
1571.14
Issue Date:
16/02/1959

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