British Electric Thunderbird Guided Missile (1957) 

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.
British Electric Thunderbird guided missile. Woomera, Australia.
LS "Thunderbird" missile on launching ramp. LS Missile taking off, camera pans up with missile show booster falling away. LS Missile in flight, visible by means of exhaust stream. LS Target aircraft in flight. Very long shot of missile visible only by the exhaust stream travelling through air. LS Booster falling away. LS Missile colliding with target aircraft, camera pans down with falling wreckage.
FILM ID:2574.21
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