Rockets - How They Work

Rockets - How They Work 03:30:47 Launch pad, loudspeakers, gantry pulled back; technicians, tracking antennas, control room w/ men at console, racks, CU dials. Tape machine, rocket lifting off & tracked. 03:32:36 Rocket fired from ground, from plane. Static testing. Launched from submarine (?) & dropping tanks. 03:33:01 Garden w/ hose & sprinkler spinning w/ water. CU of reaction spinning. Boy jumping from wagon & it moves, then in & pushing. 03:33:32 Garden pond, MCU frog jumps from wood chipping pushing it backwards. MCU firing rifle. Launching rocket horizontally in slow motion. 03:34:17 Animation of gas in rocket moving in all directions, pushes against forward wall. Boy mowing lawn CU pushing against ground w/ foot. Tractor wheel moving forward due to friction 03:35:09 Animated diagram of rocket thru space. Fireworks, skyrockets bursting. CU two hands holding hollow tube, gunpowder put in w/ finger, tamp it, leaving nozzle hole. Garden hose example; animation of rocket moving. 03:36:47 CU wheel of racecar on track, MS from alongside. Animation of rocket. 03:37:29 CU candle in pan, CU wick & flame covered w/ bottle & candle goes out. Animated rocket. 03:38:09 Tank of cold liquid oxygen, fueling rocket w/ frosts on board. LS of rocket lifting. 03:38:56 Boy & girl in small sailboat catching breeze in sail. Animation of rocket going up & falling back. Drawing of multistage rocket & explained by narration. 03;39:54 Lift off of multistage rocket. Animated diagram of three stages. 03:40:53 Firing rocket up tower, goes out of control, back & exploding on impact. 03:41:19 CU gyroscope spinning, balanced on glass & tilted. Diagram of rocket nose w/ two gyroscopes, diagram illustrating how its controlled. 03:42:16 Piper Cub plane w/ rubber & flaps moved, takes off overhead. Outboard boat turned w/ motor. Diagram of rocket turning rocket w/ same method. 03:43:04 Summary shots: base of large rocket, technicians outside & in control room, tractor, reactions, Rocket lift off. Fireworks, rockets & control room at lift off. Rocket lift off. The End. Educational Films; Science; Physics; 1958; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.