Missile Firing (1961)

Royal Artillery Guided Weapons Range at South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. M/S of men in protective suits and helmets walking over to a fuel tank on a lorry; one of the men fixes a fuel pipe to the tank; the other end of the hose is attached to a large missile on a truck. Various shots as soldiers remove the missile from the truck with a crane and attach the war head; a man is seen making final adjustments to the mechanics inside the weapon. Commentator says the missile is 45 ft long and weighs 5 tons. The fuel tanker drives off, followed by the men in protective suits. Commentator explains that the fuelling operation is so dangerous it is done in two stages: we see the decontaminated protective suits being put on by a second group of men; the head man seems to check the others for any visible signs of contamination. Various shots as they fit the fuel hoses onto the missile. Mix into M/S of the missile being raised into position as a soldier nearby presses some buttons on a large remote cont