POLARIS FIRING Part 1

Description

1) LA MS The Polaris blasting off from the Gantry leaving the top of the frame in a cloud of smoke, obscuring the pad and gantry area with a gray smoke. G2) MS The pad area; workers walk around the pit like affair; a man pulls out a chain hoist, as the other man looks through a wire fence.3) HA MS Looking down into the pit where the Polaris is blasted off. GtoF4) HA CU Looking down over the opening from which the Polaris is blasted from the ture. G5) MCU The frame work etc., around the pit; several technicians walk past the camera. G to F6) CU Two technicians, one writing on a pad.7) MS A small body of water; shoreline of the water in the FG; PAN up to several men working in the BG. G8) CU PAN The gateway to the edge of the water. G9) CU Technicians with hard hats on stand by a net; a Naval Officer conversing with one of the civilian technicians. G10) MS A group of Navy Officers and civilian technicians gather around the pad area. G to F11) HA MS The pit from which the Polaris is fired. G to F12) HA CU Technicians looking over some blue prints while in the pit. G13) MS An ambulance backs up next to a fire truck. G14) MLS A mobile crane out in the field; a group of civilians with their backs to the camera. G15) MS Civilians stand on the boom of the crane.16) CU The security policemen.17) LS The Polaris blasting off leaving a long stream of smoke.18) GtoA LS The Polaris Missile shooting skyward a straight path. G

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities