" CAMERAS IN SPACE " 1960s NASA SPACE PROGRAM / MOTION PICTURE & TV CAMERA DEVELOPMENT 72692

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Produced and directed by Jerry Hill, "Cameras in Space" shows footage shot with motion picture and TV cameras, as well as with lenses developed to overcome the great distance and speeds presented by missile and rocket launches. A Roti camera, which features a 24 inch telescope with a 500 inch focal length capable of using 35mm or 70mm film, is shown. Milestones shown include the launch of the Atlas missile carrying a motion picture camera in 1959, the creation of mosaic maps, and the launch of Tyros 1, the first weather satellite, and the launch of Ranger 7, which took detailed pictures of the moon's surface.

0:00 Advances in scientific and engineering technologies. Limitations of high magnification lenses at long distances.

1:02 - Development of the radar-controlled Roti camera for greater distances. The Roti camera tracks a Titan missile.

1:39 - Atlas missile on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral in August 1959. Mark II Warhead carrying a motion picture camera.

2:34 - Missile launch at 1600 hours on August 24. Camera turned on as warhead separates.

3:01 - Space camera photographs more than 4 million square miles of Earth's surface.

3:10 - Mosaic map created from sequential frames.Tyros 1, the first weather satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral, carrying two small TV cameras.

4:17 - Transmission of weather pictures to the satellite tracking station in Hawaii. Experimental nose cone with 18 scientific experiments, including three live mice.

4:40 - Atlas booster launch from Cape Canaveral. Atlas missile streaking across the sky with the moon as a background.

5:03 - Atlas booster releases its cargo at a predetermined altitude.

5:11 - Multi-colored stars seen without Earth's atmosphere interference. Atlas booster falls back to Earth, meeting a fiery death.

5:30 - Purpose of the color camera to measure Earth's albedo. Nose cone recovery from the sea after re-entry.

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