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Blue Streak Rocket - video now available online

Video of the Blue Streak rocket project has been made available on the National Archives website at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/
1951to1964/filmpage_rocket.htm

This film charts the story of Blue Streak from its first static firing of the rocket engines (manufactured by Rolls-Royce) to the first flight test in Australia on June 5 1964.

Four other launches of the Britsh built first-stage were carried out successfully, but test launches of the second and third stages, built by France and Germany, proved unsuccessful

 

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