USMC 111790: Vanguard rocket tests

Item Description
Title
USMC 111790: Vanguard rocket tests

Citation information
USMC 111790: Vanguard rocket tests. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
Oct-60

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111790

Decade
1960

Date
1957

Description
Pre-flight tests of a Glenn L. Martin Co. Vanguard rocket at Cape Canaveral. Views of the rocket on the launch pad with and without the service structure and during an engine test fire. Different payloads are put into place, including an aluminum sphere.

Location(s)
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in 1957 or 1958.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
170

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public domain.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
6/19/2024

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
4:52

Digital file type
video/H264