TITAN LAUNCH AND BLOW-UP, TEST NO. 608 Reel 1 · Part 2

Description

Summary: Film coverage of prelaunch activities, launch, programmed flight and blow-up of Titan. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 557': SECRET. 22' MS truck at side of road -- man walks to a telephone on a post and talks into it. 83' LS, MS & MCU Titan in service structure erector -- camera dollies to blockhouse. 324' CU warning light on top of blockhouse -- yellow light is blinking. 331' LS & MS of service structure erector being lowered. 398' MS & LS tracking footage of launch and programmed flight of Titan. 472' MS Titan in service structure erector. 482' MCU four field cameras hooked together on a tripod. 493' MLS tracking footage of launch of Titan. 518' MS, LS, & MCU Titan in service structure erector -- technicians are working around missile and at various levels of service structure. Reel 2, 712': SECRET. 22' MS tracking footage of launch, programmed flight and blow-up of Titan -- camera following descent of particles. 360' MS tracking footage of launch, programmed flight and blow-up of Titan. 663' MLS static camera footage of launch of Titan. 686' MLS static camera footage of launch of Titan. Reel 3, 141': SECRET. 21' ELS Titan being launched in extreme bg -- OA-1486/MTA radar antenna radome in fg. 65' ELS tracking footage of Titan missile blow-up during flight. 93' ELS Titan launch in extreme bg -- OA-1486/MTA radar antenna and radome in fg. Good (Basic: Orig color)

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities