Bloodhound Guided Missile Is Launched At Woomera (1958)

Unused / unissued material - Title reads: “Bloodhound at Woomera: Guided Missile Downs Meteor Jet Fighter“. Australian voiceovered newsreel material. Woomera, Australia. A Bloodhound guided missile is tested against a pilotless Meteor jet. Various shots showing launching of the rocket, its booster rockets falling away and of rocket proceeding towards its target. LS Target - a pilotless Meteor jet. LS Bristol-Ferranti Bloodhound Missile meets target and destroys it immediately. (F.G.) Old record suggests material dates from around 13/10/1958. FILM ID:2914.1 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 Paramou