Rocket Firing Spitfire (1949)

Unissued / unused material. Rocket firing at Royal Air Force gunnery school, Leconfield, Beverley, Yorkshire. LS AK16 Spitfires in flight (3 shots). MS Spitfires and going out top of frame. MS Spitfires. CU RAF airmen on ground looking up. CU target after rocket attack (twisted metal etc.) pan to CU hole in metal. CU damaged steel. Cuts from story in New Pictorial issue 262. FILM ID: 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 Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.