De Havilland Firestreak Guided Missile (1957)

Unused / unissued material -



Demonstration of the new infra-red guided missile - the De Havilland Firestreak.



Air to air of the Sabre jet fighter plane firing a Firestreak rocket which travels and explodes aircraft target. Air to air of target aircraft bursting and falling. Air to air Sabre firing missile pan with missile travelling to and exploding on target plane. Air to air plane crashing. LS Sabre taxiing from hangar. carrying missiles. LS Sabre taking off. Air to air of Sabre in flight carrying two Firestreaks. CU Firestreak being fired and travelling away.



(Lav.) Old record suggests material dates from around 01/07/1957.
FILM ID:2878.38

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