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Title: PREPARATION OF CORPORAL MISSILE FOR LAUNCH

Reference number: 8470

Date: 1959c

Production company: Templar Film Studios

Sound: mute

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 2.38 mins

Description: News footage of Royal Artillery personnel preparing an MGM-5 Corporal missile for launch.

[Please note the viewing copy may display some visible defects such as flicker.]

Shotlist: [shot-listed from mini DV - manual control track]

[no title] - gvs of MGM-5 Corporal missile on mobile launcher at roadside, Royal Artillery? personnel in protective suits refuelling it - shots of warhead being lifted from back of lorry by crane, fitted to rocket body - shot of crane driver at work - fuel truck drives away - shot of personnel taking off protective suits - shots of personnel putting on protective suits, fuel truck driving up, personnel starting to refuel rocket - shot of missile launcher starting to rise into firing position - shot of military fuel tankers driving past (2.38)