[Model rocket launches at Green Mountain Proving Ground (Colorado), circa 1950s-1960s]

Title

[Model rocket launches at Green Mountain Proving Ground (Colorado), circa 1950s-1960s]

Description

Film footage of model rocket launches at Green Mountain Proving Ground (Colorado), produced by Model Missiles, Inc., circa 1950s-1960s. The footage is comprised of short scenes of model rockets being prepped and launched via launch rods, perhaps filmed for demonstration purposes or for a commercial. Del Hitch, dressed in a Model Missiles jumpsuit, demonstrates the various steps of a rocket launch, including folding and loading the parachute, placing the rockets on launch rods, and using the firing control system.

The footage is in color and is silent.

Label on container: "Model Missiles, Inc. / Rocket film for TV / 90 feet."

Date

1950s-1960s circa

Coverage

Extent

1 film reel (3 min., 23 sec.) : silent, color ; 16 mm

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The G. Harry Stine Space History and Model Rocketry Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2013-09-17_AV_001_01