Mass Launching Of Homemade Missiles
Mass Launching Of Homemade Missiles
Clip: 356102_1_1
Year Shot: 1959
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1657
Original Film: 032-020-01
HD: N/A
Location: Virginia
Timecode: 00:20:41 - 00:21:58
Mass Launching Of Homemade Missiles At Camp A. P. Hill, Virginia, over 100 teenage rocketeers take over the firing range for a mass launching of their home-made missiles. It's all done with the nod of approval from the U.S. Army. And is a historic day for the youthful scientist and the nation's future space conquerors. Boys prepare their rockets, sometimes wearing masks for protection. Tech geeks. (Nerds.) Boy, wearing eyeglasses, sits behind barricade of sandbags, talking into telephone (his lips read "2, 1, fire!"). Various rockets launch.