Navy’s Supersonic Guided Missile Sparrow (1956)

. A Navy jet fighter takes off to test the Sparrow, supersonic guided missile for air to air attack. Within seconds it reaches supersonic speed over 1500 miles an hour, a drone plane is the target. Steered by radar beam the deadly missiles scream toward their target. Various shots of Guided Missile taking off tracking down it’s quarry, and exploding in mid-air. (F.G.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.