Vanguard Fired Moon Fails to Orbit (Universal Newsreel, May 1958)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. VANGUARD FIRED MOON FAILS TO ORBIT - At Cape Canaveral, Florida, a Vanguard carrying a 20-inch satellite makes a near-perfect take-off–but the "moon" fails to orbit, due to a misfire of the rocket's third stage. —POLARIS TESTED - In California, development of the Navy's Polaris proceeds with tests of the system that will permit launching from submerged U-boats, firing a steel and concrete dummy. 2A/B/C/D. INFLATO-PLANE - In Akron, Ohio, the Navy shows its new rubberized fabric airplane. One man starts with a folded mass, adds air, and presto! - an air-filled, amphibious and very airworthy little craft. / SNOW PASS - Chinook Pass, Washington, actually, is cleared of its winter-long accumulation of 20 feet of snow. A massive road clearing job amid some of America's noblest vistas. / PRINCESS' TOUR - Princess Margaret's 18-day tour of the new West Indian Federation continues. On Tobago, she is hailed by crowds and visits a children's hospital. / SEAL HUNTING - On the Caspian Sea, hunters jumping from ice-floe to ice-floe pursue elusive quarry, but the nimble seals fall prey to their own curiosity. 3. WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS! - Heel-and-toe and away they go!–in the National 20-kilometer walking championship, held this year in Baltimore, Maryland. Rain doesn't deter the stubborn striders–who are topped by New York's Ron Laird with a determined 7 m.p.h. average speed.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library