[REGULUS CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCHED FROM USS PRINCETON]

Year Published: 1950s

Format: 16mm

Description: These 1950s newsreels show the U.S. Navy's JATO-launched Regulus cruise missile. The early part of the film shows the missile being launched from the carrier USS Princeton. The missile is then guided to a landing -- it has a tricycle style landing gear allowing it to be recovered and used again. At :48, the missile is shown launched from an aircraft catapult. At 1:02, the missile is once again launched by JATO from the cruiser USS Helena. REGULUS: THE FIRST NUCLEAR MISSILE SUBMARINES (documentary film) can be streamed on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Regulus-First-...

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toward the carrier Princeton a launching ramp swings the Regulus the Navy's revolutionary new guided missile into place for firing the Regulus resembles a conventional swept wing jet fighter and can travel at supersonic speeds after dropping part of its launching mechanism automatically controlled from piloted planes the Regulus is planned to extend and improve the defense and striking power of the Navy with a tricycle landing gear and a parachute for a break the Regulus can be brought down safely if its mission was not accomplished to be used again during like a swept wing fighter the Navy's top-secret guided missile the Regulus is ready for firing at sea [Music] the 30-foot long Regulus is designed for both sea and land launchings aboard the cruiser Helena it's powerful jet exhaust churns up the water at the ship's side the Regulus points the path to an age when robot Rockets will span oceans and cross continent [Music]

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